Simple Garage Floor Plans
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Are you designing your new dream home with an architect or a builder? If so, don't forget to lay out the garage floor plans too. We tend to overlook garages, but they can be so much more than just a place for your vehicles.
Start by looking at sample floor plans from your architect or at online sites that have house plans. These will give you some ideas of current trends in garage planning.
For example, try making your garage a little wider by a few feet if it needs to be a two-car garage. This gives you extra space for cabinets and shelves, and still gives you enough room to access your car without scraping up against things or doing weird contortions.
Making the garage a few feet longer than normally seen in garage floor plans is good too because it gives you more room and versatility. All that extra space will give you a place to put your lawnmower, bikes, and even a workbench.
Yet another way to make your garage even more useful is to create a little space that you could use as a child's play area, a workbench area, or just extra storage. These kinds of spaces will most often be located in a corner in the back of the garage.
By extending the garage space out or into the house space by a few feet, you can gain a lot of extra space.
If storage is your goal, try raising the ceiling. Putting ten or eleven foot ceilings in your garage will give you an extra few feet of wall space all the way around on which you can put shelving for seasonal items.
Another thing to consider is access to the yard and the house. It's traditional for most garages to have a door to the house, and of course the main door for car access.
It could also be convenient to add an extra door that opens out to the yard. That makes it easy for you to take out your yard and lawn tools, and gives easy access to large toys.
You can also modify your garage floor plans to include a door to your laundry room, if it's located close to the garage. You'll have an instant mud room.
Good luck building your dream home! With a few extra tweaks, you can have your dream garage, too.
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