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Issue Date: CLOSETS October 2006, Posted On:
10/12/2006
Renovating the Garage
Michaelle Bradford
Garages have become multi-purpose areas to meet
the needs of busy families, whose divergent
schedules have created the necessity for creative
storage solutions.
The garage shown here was completed for a family
of five - two adults and three kids. According
to Jennifer Chicacciaro, national marketing
manager for GarageTek, the family was in need
of all-around storage.
They recently moved and renovated the entire
house before turning to the garage, which was
cluttered with remnants of their busy lives.
"The children have lots of toys, the dad
is a little league coach who regularly used
a lot of equipment, which he stored in the garage,"
Chicacciaro says. "The mom is a busy stay-at-home
mom who juggled the family's schedule and needed
storage for bulk shopping purchases." The
family also used the two-car garage as a workshop.
Their storage solution included creating a
play area with baskets and shelving for the
toys, bracketless and storage shelves for the
bulk grocery items and other accessories, racks
for hanging the stroller and car seat, as well
as lawn tools, and a tall cabinet with shelves
and a door bin. A shoe and coat rack were also
installed. GarageTek's tile lock flooring was
used in the renovation, as well as TekPanel,
a wall panel made of thermoplastic material
that is used frequently in retail stores. The
1-foot by 10-foot panels fit together with tongue
and groove joints.
The average price for a two-car garage system
is from $10,000 to $12,000, Chicacciaro says.
