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7 Awesome Custom Garages

This is an awesome custom garage inside of a beautiful home in Santa Barbara, CA. photo via realtor.com

Having a really cool garage with tons of space for your 2 and 4-wheeled, prized possessions is the stuff dreams are made of for many a guy out there...and many of you girls, too. I was surfing around for cool garage ideas and found a great Forbes article about amazing custom garages and knew it would be a fun topic to share. I'm not going to talk about every garage in the article they posted, just the one's that really stand out, in my opinion. The homes that some of these garages are a … [Read more...]

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How To Apply A Garage Floor Coating In Your Home

What is the best type of garage floor coating to apply to your garage floor? You'll need to know a few things about your garage floor before you can begin to decide on the type of garage floor coating that is best suited for you.First and foremost, you can't apply any type of paint or epoxy coating to your garage floor until at least 28+ days have passed since it was poured. It must be fully cured concrete if you are to have a shot at a successful coating application that won't bubble up or … [Read more...]

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Creative Ideas For An Oversized Garage

It's time that I posted another installment of Dumb Homebuilding Ideas here on The Fun Times Guide To Home Building. The topic for this "dumb idea" article is an huge, oversized garage with a very high ceiling. The ceiling in this garage has got to be 18 to 20 feet in height and probably 22'D x 32' W. The square footage is not the issue. It's the height (or cubic ft.). Why in the world would the builder construct a garage with a ceiling so high? And look at the placement of the … [Read more...]

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What Do You Do With Your Old License Plate?

Have you ever wondered where all of the old license plates go to once they have finished serving their purpose? Landfills? Metal recyclers? License plate heaven? I think I have a good idea of where some of them end up. I saw it with my very own eyes today...displayed on the walls of a garage. We were out looking at houses this past weekend and drove past this old, old garage on the side of the road and I did a double-take. This was another case of "Glad I Had My Camera". I couldn't let … [Read more...]

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Things to Consider When Choosing a Garage Door

If you are considering replacing your garage doors, you may be surprised by the variety of doors available to you.Made out of metal, wood, composite, or fiberglass and with four different types to choose from, there are over a dozen combinations to consider before making a choice.   Types of Garage Doors Roller This type of garage door is the most space efficient type, but many homeowners shun roller doors because of their industrial appearance. Made out of thin aluminium strips, this … [Read more...]

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Homes With RV Garage Plans and RV Planned Communities

We just got back from a trip to central Florida and I noticed that RV sales are HUGE in Florida. We saw RV sales lot after RV sales lot everywhere we went. This lead me to think back regarding the article about RV garage house plans that I posted previously and that maybe...just maybe...there might be some homes in the area to accommodate these behemoth RVs that (mostly) retired folks are buying. Well, I was right. … [Read more...]

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Top Tips To Organize That Garage

If you need a few great tips to organize that oft-misused space...the garage...here are some quick links to get you started. Updated 02/16/2008 with some great new garage organization ideas, solutions and storage systems. … [Read more...]

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Custom RV Garage House Plan

If you've got an RV or motorhome these days, you've spent a pretty penny on all of the things needed that go along with hitting the road in your RV. Petro is expensive (Update: gas was around $2/gal when I wrote this...now in June '08 gas is over $4/gal and rising!!!), campsite reservations aren't cheap, not to mention the time and energy you've put into organizing a trip. When you've made your way back to your "stick home" you'll need somewhere to park your motorhome or RV. Maybe you park … [Read more...]

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