The home makeover trend is moving to what some might consider the final frontier-the garage.
A place often considered a “junk drawer” for the entire home, the garage is following restaurant-style kitchens, spa-like bathrooms and Hollywood-inspired home entertainment centers as the next room in line for the ultimate makeover. A recent study from Peachtree Consulting found that:
• The garage is ranked as the single biggest storage and organization headache in the home-ahead of closets, basements, kitchens, home offices, attics and laundry rooms.
• Cleaning up and organizing the garage is a more highly ranked priority than buying a new computer, building a shed or adding a home office.
• The garage is shifting more from a “male space” to a “shared space”-nearly 50 percent of garage organization purchase decisions will be made by couples.
“The garage is often the largest but most underutilized room in a home,” said Julie Morgenstern, author of the book “Organizing from the Inside Out.” “With proper organization and storage, the garage can extend the livable...