Garage: Reinventing the Place We Park

by Kira Obolensky

Book Overview

Anyone who thinks the garage is simply a place to park the car will never think that again after a look at this book. Garage takes a look at the last, undiscovered frontier of home design... the most versatile room not in the house. The book explores many uses for this ubiquitous space -- from studio, library, and museum to soundstage, playroom, and greenhouse. Garage takes this space seriously, after all.
-- Includes more than 200 color photographs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1561586455
• ISBN13: 9781561586455
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 9.7" x 10.0"

Customer Reviews

American history of architecture and lifestyle

This book is beautifully photographed and the scope is enormous. The author covers an enormous variety of handsome solutions to storage and leisure time which actually become an historic perspective. Taunton Press actually publish Fine Homebuilding magazine and I wish there had been more floor plans. This is not a "how to" book but rather a photographic essay. Perhaps, they will add a website or link in future editions for readers who might want to build such garages.

Garagenous Zone

Loved "Garage." And for the reader who was looking for the book "Your Garagenous Zone," you can hunt it down at www.garagenouszone.com.

Many Great Ideas

This is an excellent book that I would highly recommend to anyone interested in garage or home design. The book covers many upscale garages that have been converted to a variety of uses other than just parking cars. There is also a chapter on garages that are used for car storage. I found the book especially useful for ideas on how to smoothly integrate a garage with the rest of the house.

Not Just a Parking Box

Kira Obolensky finally gives the garage its due as a room with potential far beyond its obvious use in her beautifully photographed, straight-forwardly written book. Great source of inspiration for anyone looking to eke out an extra room or anyone who enjoys spending time in his garage. Fun gift for lovers of architecture, home and style as well as garageophiles (my realtor says it's the #1 room for most men). But beware: your own garage will likely feel inadequate after you peruse these handsome pages.

MAKES OPTIMUM USE OF EXTRA SPACE

We all know friends, neighbours and co-workers who have everything in their garage except the family car. The car usually gets booted out the door in favour of lawn furniture and equipment, camping supplies, and anything else that comes along. In this book, the reader will find a variety of uses for the garage over and above "a place to stash the useful and useless odds and ends." Personally, I liked the greenhouse and studio ideas, but there are others here, too, such as the soundstage that would excite the teen-aged musician in the family, and a playroom to keep younger children amused for hours.This is one of the first books I have seen on garages and it has some excellent ideas. With over fifty concepts contained here, the book has something to please every lifestyle and virtually every taste. The reader is only limited by their budget, but many of the ideas can be scaled down or expanded upon depending on the financial resources available.