You may be working from home and need a private area in which to do your job. As an alternative to adding on to the house or constructing or renovating a separate building like a shed or barn, remodeling the garage into an office may be the answer.

Removing and closing up the garage door opening is probably the hardest part of this remodel.  However, once the large opening has been closed, you can begin to create a office-like atmosphere inside by adding wall studs that will be covered with dry wall.  You can also do some different things with the concrete floors like staining or stamping.

Make sure to add electrical, telephone and internet outlets and any necessary light fixtures at this point, BEFORE the drywall goes up. After the drywall is up and finished the walls can now be painted, floor coverings installed if you don’t like the concrete work and any necessary trim. Once all the remodeling work is finished, hook up your phones and computers, move in your furniture and other equipment, hang some pictures on your beautiful new walls and you’re ready for business.

Why not turn your garage into more than just a storage space for vehicles or tools? Just add a work bench in a corner or along one wall and you’ve created an area where you can repair items or build any number of projects. First determine the size your work bench needs to be by thinking about what types of projects you’ll be working on.

With a length of five feet and a depth of two feet, you should have ample work space for smaller projects. However, if your plans include bigger projects using lots of parts and tools, you may want a larger work area.  Taking an entire corner or even half a double garage might work better for someone who really wants to get their hands dirty.

Of course, every work bench needs tools readily available. A good way to keep small tools handy is to hang a sheet of peg board on the wall behind your bench and suspend smaller tools using hooks made especially for use in peg board. A shelf attached to the underside of your work bench can hold larger tools and a drawer in the work bench is great for handling small items.

Your very first project just may be building out your work space.  If you don’t have a garage, you can always build out space in a shed or barn.

Whether you choose to call it a shed, a storage unit or a barn, its main purpose is to house stuff that can withstand some temperature changes and stuff that doesn’t belong or fit in your house. If your shed doubles as a garage, you’ll want to make sure you maintain enough room for your cars.  However, with a bit of organization you will have room for many other things as well.

By adding a few simple shelves, which can be both hand-made and attached to the walls, or purchased and assembled as free-standing units, you’ll increase the storage capacity immensely and almost immediately. A trip to your local home improvement store is sure to give you many ideas as to what’s available for such things as hanging rakes, shovels or other tools with long handles.

There are even hooks which make it possible to hang bicycles from the rafters and don’t forget the pegboard.  With a few changes and additions you will have much more than a storage shed, you will have an organizers work of art.