Ideas for Converting a Garage Into a Room

Media Room

• Renovate the garage into a media room for everyone in the family to enjoy. Install a big screen television, surround sound equipment and theater seating to create your own movie theater. If the garage has been used to park the family vehicle, you will have to refinish the floors to create an attractive room for your family's media room. Putting carpeting on the floor is one option for the garage media room. You can also paint the floors with an attractive epoxy flooring kit to create a colorful floor.

Game Room

• Creating a game room in the garage gives the kids, as well as adults, a place to play their favorite games. The game room can include a pool table, ping-pong table and video games for everyone in the family to enjoy. Include tables and chairs for board games. Add some arcade games to the room, such as pinball machines, and retro video games, like Asteroids or Ms. Pacman. The entire family will find something to enjoy in a garage game room.

Home Gym

• Many garages hold extra space that can be converted into a workout room. Place a treadmill, stair climber and weights into the garage to provide you with your own personal gym. Install a television in the room for aerobic dance exercises as well. A small refrigerator in the corner allows you to keep water on hand for your workouts.

Office

• The garage is an ideal location for a home office or studio for those who work at home. Running a small business out of the garage allows you to separate your work from your home life. Be aware that you may need additional wiring and phone lines installed in the garage before it is suitable as an office.

Apartment

• A garage may also be turned into a small apartment for your in-laws or a friend who needs a place to stay. One of your older children may be able to take a first step into the world of adulthood with a garage apartment as well. A garage apartment requires a great deal more renovation than a room, but, with the proper wiring and plumbing, it can be turned into an efficient, small home.