What do an art studio, a home gym and a pub all have in common? They all spent their past lives as home garages
For two decades, financial adviser Tom West spent his free time painting in the basement of his Maryland home, next to the furnace and the washer and dryer. For almost as long, he dreamed of turning his property’s detached two-car garage, seldom used for parking, into an art studio.
Then Covid hit, and Mr. West had far more time to paint and to finally start the project. He and his wife, Ann, spent about $150,000 to transform the dilapidated garage into a light-filled art studio with a 14-foot cathedral ceiling to allow room for Mr. West’s large-scale, abstract oil paintings. The project was completed in June.
“Since I started painting in natural light, I realized how deprived I was in my old space,” said Mr. West, 64. “I was starting to see colors I had not realized were as brilliant as they were.” Cooped up during the pandemic, many homeowners transformed their garages into spaces that have nothing to do with cars—from home offices and gyms to ceramics workshops. Some of these conversions grew out of a necessity to add living quarters or to safely entertain friends and family, but others emerged from flights of fancy.To Read the Full Story
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