How to Turn a Garage Into a Bedroom Cheap
43 garage conversion ideas to add more living space to your home
Gorgeous ways to transform an empty garage
Converting a redundant, dusty garage is a great way to add more living space and value to your home without encroaching on your garden or spending a hefty sum on a basement conversion. From handy home offices to extra bedrooms, chic cocktail lounges and even movie theatres, the possibilities are endless. Click or scroll to be inspired by these brilliant real-life transformations...
Cool man cave
We all need a space to escape to every now and again, so why not transform your otherwise redundant garage into the ultimate man cave or she shed? Give the room a clear out, paint the walls and fill it with games, sports memorabilia, and maybe even a bar, and suddenly you've got yourself the perfect place to relax and unwind. Just remember, you might need to install heating and electrics and any structural amendments may be subject to planning approval.
Garden guest sanctuary
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This beautiful garage conversion was undertaken by Brad Pitt and the Property Brothers, Jonathan and Drew Scott, for HGTV's makeover show, Celebrity IOU. Pitt helped the Scotts to convert a grimy, 400-square-foot garage into a guest retreat over a three-week period. The tiny, purpose-built space now boasts a Murphy bed, which can be folded away to save on floor space, as well as a lounge, kitchen, bathroom and a secret door bookshelf that leads to a walk-in closet.
High-level hangout
If you can't sacrifice the carport and your garage has high ceilings, create a family room in the attic by adding a mezzanine floor. Kelly + Co. Design has transformed dead space into a bright and fresh den with white shiplap walls, fun pops of colour and black iron railings.
A conversion with kerb appeal
This double garage conversion feels like a real home thanks to a few carefully selected details. Bachelorette Pad Flip gave the exterior a monochrome makeover in collaboration with Home Depot. Decaying garage doors were replaced with energy-efficient, black patio doors and new crisp white siding, while a black and white striped awning imparts plenty of kerb appeal.
An artist's studio
Ryan Leidner Architecture
This beautiful artist's studio was converted from an existing dilapidated carriage house by Ryan Leidner Architecture. It had to remain in keeping with San Francisco preservation requirements so the exterior is clad in reclaimed redwood siding, which was extracted from the original structure. A large skylight and sliding glass doors flood the creative space with light and draw the outside in.
Bright home office
The need for a home office has soared this year so converting your garage into a work zone can be a clever use of space. However, if your garage is windowless, extra thought may be needed to make it work. This studio garage, owned by set designer and stylist Chloé Fleury, features bright white walls and bright bursts of colour. There's an array of stations for different projects, while the desk is on wheels so it can be relocated to allow the garage door to open fully when needed.
Teenage den
Converting the garage into an extra bedroom can be a practical and low-cost solution for growing families. Teenagers will love the added independence of feeling detached from the main bedrooms, plus clerestory windows will create a den-like atmosphere that's cosy as well as cool.
Indoor-outdoor terrace
@groverestorations / Instagram
This garage transformation is pretty genius. Instead of turning the space into another room in the house, Grove Restorations has blurred the boundaries between indoor and outdoor living with a shady covered terrace that acts as a garden living room. We especially love the cement tiles and painted wooden rafters, which create a cool monochrome look that's easy to keep clean as well as weather-proof.
Garden room with utility space
It took eight months for this labour of love to come together, turning a dank and dusty garage into a beautiful garden room with some handy extras plumbed in. The inner walls are clad with reclaimed scaffolding boards, sanded and painted by Instagram user projectno10. Plus there's a mini kitchen, a wood-burning stove and extra storage in here too, so it can function as an office, a dining space and a utility room. Genius!
Rustic guesthouse
The Rustic Modern Tiny House / Airbnb
This former garage, now listed on Airbnb, has been converted into the perfect bolthole for a holiday, thanks to some clever tiny home-inspired design. Recycled materials have been used wherever possible, including in this cute kitchen cabinetry installed underneath a mezzanine floor that's used as a bedroom. Within the open-plan space there's also a sofa, a cosy log-burner and a two-seater breakfast bar. Plus, squirrelled away somewhere there's a fully-plumbed bathroom with a mini clawfoot bath!
Office and playroom
By adding an extra extension to the back, this garage conversion has cleverly become three rooms in one. The main garage is now a utility space and shower room, while the extra square footage at the back was utilised for a home office/playroom. The team at Architect Your Home also managed to rearrange the layout to add plenty of storage, which is vital in a narrow space.
Stylish cinema room
This standalone double garage has been transformed into a luxurious movie theatre. The separate home cinema and entertainment room boasts a state-of-the-art TV screen and sound system and has a fully-equipped bar to the side. The dark and dramatic decorating scheme combined with rows of comfortable recliner seats makes this the ultimate movie house that's sure to impress.
A handy mudroom
Instead of bringing dirt and grime into your home through the front door, convert your garage into a mudroom that you can use after long walks and outdoor activities. This design in a Cornish beach house includes a small laundry space, making a perfect multipurpose room.
Bright living room and study area
Here's another stylish example of adding a mezzanine floor into the eaves of a double garage. This multifunctional study and lounge area features fitted furniture to create a practical and stylish living space. The Juliette balcony and skylights ensure the new room is flooded with light.
Spacious design studio
Adding stud walls to a double garage has completed transformed this structure into a stylish artist's studio. Conceived by Molly Frey Design, the layout features an open-plan workspace, living room, kitchen and bedroom, plus clever storage space tucked away in the eaves. A stylish bathroom (not visible) completes the impressive standalone tiny home.
Split-level apartment
Adding levels to a garage conversion creates the illusion of more space, just like this ingenious split-level layout. Dellicompagni, the designers of this luxury annexe, installed a high-level entrance with LED-lined steps to partition the room. On one side of the hallway sits a sunken galley kitchen with a glass brick wall, while on the other is a living area complete with a wall-mounted TV, realistic open gas fire and a sofa bed.
Teenage hangout zone
Converting the garage is an ideal way to give growing children their own space. A large family in North Carolina needed somewhere for their sons and their friends to relax without getting under their parent's feet, so The Redesign Company helped them turn their detached double garage into a clubhouse. The neutral white and grey canvas is filled with repurposed furniture. Using old beds as sofas means the cool conversion makes a great camp for sleepovers too.
Modern studio apartment
A faux brick wall and modular storage have partitioned this double garage conversion into an apartment-style space with cleverly zoned living areas. Built by Good Fellas Construction, we love how the dining area is defined by a half-wall filled with house plants, which allows an airy flow to the open layout. As far as micro homes go, this one is up there with the best of them!
Large and luxurious bathroom
This stylish bathroom by Petit Suite is part of a 158-square-foot garage conversion in Ontario. The designer has created a plush room for relaxation and the luxurious retreat even has enough space for a sizable bathtub and even a washing machine. It couldn't look further from a dusty, cold garage!
Industrial-style bedroom
@mark_lewis_i_d / Instagram
You don't need to completely remodel a garage to make it liveable and stylish. Designer Mark Lewis has used existing industrial fixtures and fittings to create a rustic bedroom that oozes cool. Exposed brick walls add texture, while original garage doors have been modified with shiplap to create an oversized headboard. From the outside, you would never know this is no longer a garage.
Homely family room
It's extremely hard to tell that this enclosed family room in San Francisco by Maquette Interior Design was once a double garage. A strong red feature wall and dark wood flooring offer warm and homely touches, while patterned curtains and large comfortable sofas complete the relaxed living room scheme. Faux wooden beams have even been added to the sloping roof – a great tip to impart character to newly converted spaces.
Large contemporary lounge
Interior designer Kerrie Kelly worked on this garage conversion in Sacramento for HGTV, transforming the redundant outbuilding into a welcoming lounge complete with a faux fireplace. Wood cladding was added to the interior and painted with smart horizontal stripes to increase the sense of space, while a concrete chimney breast and electric fire warm the room and offer a cosy focal point.
Industrial-style living space
Why move, when you can improve? From the outside, this garage conversion with corrugated iron walls looks industrial and commercial, but inside the space is packed with personality. Well-positioned lighting and soft furnishings create a welcoming atmosphere, while innovative storage solutions put every inch of the room to use. Architects Brown + Davis installed a glass and aluminium overhead door as a way of opening up the space to the outside world.
Farmhouse-style family room
Blogger The Honeycomb Home performed a DIY makeover to convert their New Jersey garage into a stylish extra living area. They have added a window, vents, insulation, a subfloor and electricity to make it a functioning part of the home. A wall and faux chimney breast were built in front of the garage doors to house an electric fireplace and TV. Shiplap wall cladding and the traditional mantel add architectural interest.
Modern house with carport
Architects Fala Atelier have transformed a windowless garage in Lisbon into a bright and contemporary living space that still has room for a car. Ultra-minimal with a poured concrete floor, white walls and skylights, the whole space is completely open-plan (except for two small bathrooms), with living zones divided by thick, colourful curtains. The ingenious entrance consists of the original garage doors, which allow the owner's car to be driven into the living zone.
Modern micro home
Located in the Lithuanian capital, this modern micro home has been spawned from a shell of a garage attached to a set of crumbling abandoned brick pantries. Designed by IM Interior, the home consists of one multipurpose room and a small bathroom, with the industrial-style metal exterior contrasting with the warm birch wood cladding inside.
Airy open-plan house conversion
Set over 2,900 square feet, this incredible two-bedroom conversion project is hidden behind blue garage doors on a residential London street. As well as a huge, fully-equipped living space with a wood-burning stove, it also houses an art and photography studio at the rear.
Colourful casita
New Generation Improvements
This bright and jazzy garage conversion in Los Angeles was undertaken by New Generation Improvements. The approximately 350-square-foot garage, originally used for storage and laundry, has been transformed into a vibrant living and kitchen space with curvaceous alcove shelving, natural greenery and whitewashed walls.
Wood-clad studio apartment
@hearthstudio / Instagram
This apartment in Melbourne's Carlton North was once a 1970s garage. Architects Hearth Studio designed a layout with few doors or separating devices to create an open feel in the living area. The space features glass walls, a raised platform bedroom and a two-sided bathroom vanity that acts as a room divider. Second-hand and salvaged materials were used in the project, including the doors, windows and bathroom fittings.
Sophisticated screening room
Once a four-car garage in Santa Monica, this space was entirely transformed into an extremely chic screening room and guesthouse by Spazio LA. The space squeezes in a bar and kitchenette, a bathroom and a Murphy bed for visitors. It's been elegantly kitted out with hardwood floors, sliding doors, recessed lights and reclaimed wooden beams for a cosy yet clean look.
Welcoming family kitchen
A previously unused garage was cleverly transformed into the family kitchen you see here. Ahmann Architects maximised the room's narrow, awkward shape by incorporating different zones into one open-plan design based around a long kitchen island with a breakfast bar and plenty of worktop space.
Petite bachelor pad
A French freelance photographer was struggling to find an affordable home until he found a decrepit garage on a small lane in Bordeaux. He tasked architects Fabre de Marien with turning the garage into a gorgeous one-bedroom bachelor pad. Featured on Home Blings, the formerly dilapidated space now features a courtyard, a white and chrome kitchen, a dining area, living area, office, toilet, shower room, dressing room and even a sleeping area in the loft.
Colourful games room
Talk about a great teen room! This vibrant, brightly-coloured games room in New Jersey has a fun all-American theme. Designed by Mimi & Hill, the former garage now enjoys a bold colour scheme of red, white and blue. It's full of surprises too, from a Pac-Man arcade game to a bed that folds down from the wall.
Woodcarving studio
An 85-year-old Atlanta home was in need of a revamp so its garage was transformed from a sad storage space into a woodcarving studio for its owner by Handcrafted Homes. Large carriage doors allow plenty of light into the studio while he carves, as well as making it easy to transport tools and pieces of wood in and out of the studio.
Multipurpose home theatre
Believe it or not, this incredibly cool home theatre, designed by B+G Design, was once a garage. Now used as a screening space, music room and home office, that can also sleep up to six people, the room is a popular spot with the owners and their teenage kids too.
Guesthouse garden retreat
Kimberly Gehr / Beth Dana
Designed by Beth Dana, this 400-square-foot space has been transformed into an idyllic guesthouse that includes a living room, kitchenette, tiny bathroom and mezzanine loft bedroom with ladder access. In the daytime, the barn doors are thrown open to allow the living areas to spill out onto the driveway, which has been turned into a sunny patio area.
Stylish home gym
The owners of this Los Angeles home can now work out in their former garage thanks to the work of Pearl Remodeling. The detached structure was converted into a light, airy gym studio, complete with folding glass doors that open up to let in the breeze during exercise sessions.
Country-style utility room
This wet room and utility room in Suffolk was once a large garage but after a lengthy building process by Parker Home that involved erecting stud walls, adding new electrics and installing plumbing, the owners were left with a gleaming new wet room and utility room; a much more efficient use of the garage space.
Snug studio flat
SHED Architecture & Design
A decaying garage in Seattle, Washington was creatively turned into a studio apartment by SHED Architecture & Design. Sustainable materials such as salvaged wood and plumbing fixtures were used throughout to revamp the characterful structure, which has a bathroom, kitchen, living area and a cool loft sleeping area.
Upcycled art studio
In need of a space to paint and fulfil her creative potential, one California-based artist transformed an old, dark garage into a colourful, cosy and sustainable art studio. Brought to life by Sol Haus Design, both the artist and her builder spent days on Craigslist and looking through dumpsters to find materials to upcycle, meaning everything in the new studio apart from two structural beams was sustainably sourced.
Family games room
@masterpiecedesigngroup / Instagram
Kids and adults alike will love this fun games room, transformed from a formerly unused two-car garage. Created by Masterpiece Design Group, the ping-pong table, putting green, large light-up 'play' sign and wall-mounted bar make this the perfect hangout space. A wall of sliding doors lead out to a patio where there's a table for alfresco dining.
Custom kitchen garage conversion
deVOL Kitchens / Facebook
Even as a garage this period building would have enormous charm, with its gabled roof and mini clock tower, but we have to say that this custom kitchen really takes the space to the next level. Designed by deVOL Kitchens, the clean monochrome palette and restrained design creates a bright and airy space for cooking, eating and living. We love the Crittall French doors too!
Mid-century modern hideout
Proving that a garage can be an inviting and cosy space, this stunning hideout was transformed by the team at Essential Home. Thanks to a lick of paint, some wood panelling and mid-century modern furnishings, the once-dingy garage is now a comfortable and stylish space that's perfect for escaping the kids or enjoying some alone time.
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