Garages Converted Into Homes – Four Inspiring Ideas

by Paul Ciocoiu · March 9, 2016

Turning a garage into a modern home is not a process where only money counts. Such original houses tell the story of a vision and courage to go beyond the conventional barriers, to do what others do not dare because of prejudices. We have so far presented such stories a couple of times, but today we come back with new garages converted into homes.

The first example comes from the French city of Bordeaux, where a garage has become the home of a photographer always on the move, but who wanted a home that does not mess up his personal budget. He found a garage for sale close to the city center and then hired an architectural studio to turn the old structure of 41 square meters into a house in its own right. The house is clad in pine timber, while a sliding wood shutter plays the entrance door, blocking all access from the street to the tiny home. The new house has it all – kitchen, dining room, living room, bathroom (hidden in the wooden structure in the picture below) and a mezzanine bedroom.

Garages converted into homes – the modern home in Bordeaux

In the second example, a family in the US capital Washington turned the garage into a spacious kitchen, enabling them to use the old kitchen in the house for another purpose. The new kitchen radiates energy in a burst of colors and materials that discharge a vibrant decor. Wood beams on the ceiling were preserved from the old structure, perfectly matching with wooden floor.

Garages converted into homes – a spacious and colorful kitchen

A garage converted into a holiday home this time, oozing an exotic air. The old structure housed two cars so the space was enough to convert it into a chic, full of light tiny home. The lodge has it all, too: a spacious living room that includes the kitchen on one side of the old garage, a bathroom and a bedroom in the attic, bathed in light thanks to the skylights, accessible through an ordinary wooden ladder.

Garages converted into homes – oozing an exotic air

The last example is equally fascinating and it can now be rented out on Airbnb.com The old garage can easily accommodate 4 people in the two beds available, surprising their guests with a contemporary décor in which every square centimeter is used to the fullest capacity. For instance, the bedroom hosting platform that extends above the kitchen, an ingenious idea to save space.