Could Your Garage Become a new Room?

A Growing Family May Require Some Innovation

If your family is growing beyond the space that you have in your home, you only have a few options of how to deal with it. First, you could move. However, that option may not be feasible depending on logistics and other more financial concerns. Another idea is that you could add a room to your existing home, but, once again, financial constraints may not allow this. A lot of families will have their children begin sharing a room. That is honestly, the most viable option for most families. Coming from someone who shared a room with his brother for most of his life, there are some good things and bad things that come with doing this, but I digress. One other option for accommodating expanding living arrangements would be to convert a room like an office, or even a garage to a new room. 

Turning the Garage into a Bedroom 

To many people, a garage is really a place that just collects junk over a period of time. The garage is counted as part of the square footage of your house yet you may not really utilize it to its fullest potential. That’s why many people change or repurpose their garage to be a more useful space. Converting the garage into a bedroom may seem like a daunting task, but it is going to be cheaper than building a new room from scratch. You do have to act lay some electrical wires, insulate the garage door, lay sheetrock, and, more than likely, lay flooring down. Of course, you want to do all of the other cosmetic things such as painting and all such like that but aside from that, it shouldn't take much more to get convert it to a new bedroom.

Furnishing the New Space

Now that you’ve created the new room, you really need to furnish the new space. Taking into consideration who is going to be living in this new room, it may be time to upgrade or replace some furniture items. You don’t have to spend a lot of money on the bedroom set for this new bedroom. But at the same time, you also don’t want to invest in super cheap furniture that’s going to look and feel like an inferior product. This is where it can get rather tricky. At House of Furniture in Lubbock, TX, we have quite a wide selection of quality bedroom sets for sale. We will save you money because we truly believe in offering lasting, prime furniture at discount prices. 

Furniture for Sale in Lubbock, Texas

Picking the right furniture store is definitely a vital component to this process. You have to go to a furniture store that has a wide variety of furniture so you don't feel shoehorned into a certain style. That way you can go through the wide selection and pick the exact piece that you need for your new bedroom. House of Furniture located in Lubbock, Texas is one such store. Our goal is to save you money!