Note: I originally wrote about our house'stransformation from a 1980′s ranch to a"what-year-was-this-built?“农舍在一个多部件改造系列during the first year of AOC.I am updating these posts通过展示新的“之前和之后”每个房间的照片和更多细节(想确保你不会错过任何东西吗?订阅email hereor这里的RSS).
我们买房子的时候,我们想住的地方没有很多选择,so we knew we'd probably need to do some remodeling to any house we found that fit our criteria – which was mainly what we could afford.
The ranch house we ended up buying was 16oo square feet – not terribly small for a family of four – there were three bedrooms and two baths,after all.但是房子的其余部分是一个大房间,里面住着起居室,吃饭,and kitchen.布莱恩的办公室没有地方(作为独立承包商,a necessity) or any extras like workout equipment or a sewing area.
So shortly after moving in (and setting our offices up in the living room…),we hired a contractor friend to把我们附带的车库换成三个房间用一个门廊连接到房子原来的门廊。我们和他一起在大楼里工作,but we did all the electrical and finishing – trim,地板,wall texture,门,等。when the shell was completed.
The before picture显示了一个典型的牧场房屋车库。You actually entered our house from this area though,在客厅窗户前的左边走一条狭窄的走道到前门(看看前面的房子– we couldn't even看见我们第一次开车时的前门!).
The after photo展示了我们如何用一扇双法式门和一组窗户替换车库门,这些窗户是我们从车库的一侧移走的,以便与房子前面的其他窗户相匹配。

In order to help the new living space blend with the rest of the house,我们added a long porch通过在房子的整个正面建造一个活动平台,adding rails and steps at each end.
为了省钱,我们建造了一个凉棚,附着在原来的门廊上(屋顶L"括号)which we later covered with clear panels to help protect against the weather.
Of course,我们知道我们需要新车库,几年后我们建造的。在此期间,we stored all our"车库物品(工具,油漆,在一个满是老鼠的漏洞百出的小屋里。
Needless to say,我们修好新车库的那天真是个好日子。
我们能够重新使用旧车库门(we had stored them in another shed) after purchasing a new section to make them work for the 8-foot doors we needed in order to park我们的老式拖车in the garage.
Between the house and the new,free-standing garage we added a有盖人行道所以我们至少可以尝试在俄勒冈州下雨的时候保持干燥。
前车内车库:我不知道我为什么要展示这张照片——是的,这是一张”之前射击,但它看起来就像你见过的所有车库内部。
好,那些没有组织的或什么的。尽管在我们的辩护中,我们在画画,ripping off wallpaper,and doing repairs in the rest of the house,所以这是集结地。
原车库占地面积为24×28,所以这是一个很大的空间。From that we created three rooms:
- 洗衣房/泥房.有一扇法式门,hidden washer and dryer,and space for our extra freezer and gardening supplies,这是我在新空间最喜欢的房间之一。Especially since I hated going out to the cold,dirty garage to do laundry.
- 多功能大房间我们使用存储,客人,以及运动器材。但主要是在我的工作间写博客,sew and create.
- 布莱恩急需的办公室.With a door to close.当你需要专业的声音和孩子在厨房里争吵时,与客户交谈是非常重要的,这不是最好的事情。不,布赖恩不让我组织,整理他的架子,or do much decorating here.哼哼。
When we converted the garage into living space,we deliberately tried to blend the remodeled areas into the original living areas.如果你有车库改装,或者任何区域,that you'd like to look like it's original to your house,以下是我们所做的一些有帮助的事情:
Ways to avoid the dreaded"到门口的车道”车库改造向外看走进旧车库”看里面
- 升高地板新地板to meet the rest of the house.It cost a bit extra,但这是使新地板与旧地板无缝融合的关键。
- 匹配新地板与旧的联系在一起。厨房的地板是橡木的,所以我们刚买了一点橡木,然后继续穿过新的走廊。The rooms,however,我们用胶合板覆盖,我们要么油漆(洗衣)或染色,以节省大量开支(读一下我们是怎么铺地板的).
- 使用任何可用的原装门或硬件。我们用门为新办公室和工作室我们的浴室改造.这些门与房子其他地方的六扇嵌板门相匹配——它们是实心的,质量门。
- Create a porch or some exterior continuation of an original element.我们的门廊让旧车库看起来像一直是房子的一部分,而且它给了我一直梦寐以求的前廊!!
- 移动原始窗口从侧面到正面与其他窗户相配。Again using anything original where people will see it creates continuity.
- Jackhammer the existing concrete driveway.If you don't have room to remove it entirely,at least remove six feet or so in front of the new area.We kept all the concrete pieces and used them for walkways and garden edgings.
- Replace the concrete drive with a garden bed.我们的床继续放在房子前面。在整个空间重复种植的植物也能使新的空间看起来像一直在那里。
- 重新布置车道。我很高兴我们有空间把我们的碎石车道移到旧车道的右侧。
这个空间对我们有什么作用?好,it changed the way we lived and used the house,当然。它给了我们2200平方英尺的空间,让我们有足够的空间不感到拥挤,可以举办聚会。It was totally worth it.
但最好的赞美必须是当新客人不相信这部分房子曾经是一个车库。
目标实现了。
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I love your ideas about making the new space not look like it used to be a garage.我从来没有想过要移动车道或窗户。I need an office/studio for my music studio and have thought of using the garage.这给了我更多的思考的食物……
Ok,当内森说工作室以前是车库的时候,我以为我只是误解了他。It connects so naturally!I seriously never would have guessed.干得好!🙂
Thanks,Kerry!🙂
我喜欢听这些项目,喜欢看前后的图片!!
出色的工作!Must be nice having so much more usable space!!
干得好!喜欢新的外观,那凉亭真是太棒了!!
Good job on the remodeling.Checked you before/after on the exterior photos,really looks nice.