If you don’t know anything about converting a garage into a usable space then you probably live in a place where there are large homes. That wasn’t the case for my home in San Francisco where space is limited and real estate prices are astronomical. Luckily, I was able to snag a small home with an attached garage at a reasonable price.

My small house plans didn’t originally include using the garage for anything but storage. I was moving from a two-bedroom home into this one-bedroom place and I figured that I could just store my excess junk down there until I could do something else with it. I assumed that I’d probably eventually rent out the garage since parking spaces in San Francisco command a good price and the great public transportation here means I don’t need a car myself.

However, I quickly found that my home was too small for my needs and it occurred to me that I could make use of the garage as a functional space. After sifting through some of the garage floor plans available through companies like Archway Press, I was able to figure out how to configure my garage to serve as a multi-purpose art studio and office space. In a city where every square foot counts, it’s made all of the difference in the world!

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