Putting the Car Back in the Garage; Making Space by Tidying Up Is Growth...

The Washington Post;  September 23, 2006 ;   Adrian Sainz;   787 words ......moldy books -- Americans' garages are filled with stuff...companies, including GarageTek in Syosset, N.Y., and HouseWall Garage System in Fort Lauderdale...the trend of turning garages into multiuse rooms...offer specially designed wall paneling that allows easy ...

Garage Reorganization Part of U.S. Trend

AP Online;  September 24, 2006 ;     787 words ......moldy books - Americans' garages are filled with stuff...companies, including GarageTek in Syosset, N.Y. and HouseWall Garage System in Fort Lauderdale...the trend of turning garages into multi-use rooms...offer specially designed wall paneling that allows easy ...

Everything but the family car: Garage reorganization part of national home...

Charleston Gazette;  September 23, 2006 ;   Adrian Sainz;   787 words ......moldy books - Americans' garages are filled with stuff...companies, including GarageTek in Syosset, N.Y., and HouseWall Garage System in Fort Lauderdale...the trend of turning garages into multi-use rooms...offer specially designed wall paneling that allows easy ...

GARAGE BEAUTIFUL\ REORGANIZING IS A GROWING HOME REMODELING...

The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH);  September 22, 2006 ;     594 words ......moldy books -- Americans' garages are filled with stuff...Several companies, including GarageTek in Syosset, N.Y., and HouseWall Garage System in Fort Lauderdale...and the trend of turning garages into multi-use rooms...offer specially designed wall paneling that allows easy ...

GARAGE EVOLUTION; Space goes from elegant to utilitarian to a combination...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  January 3, 2002 ;   Nelson, Connie;   787 words ......Connie Nelson; Staff Writer RSEC: + Think that the garage is just a place to store stuff and maybe park a...playwright, paints a much grander picture of the garage in her new book, Garage: Reinventing the Place We Park, (Taunton Press...

Homeowners Discover Value in Improving their Underutilized Garages.

Denver Post (Denver, CO);  June 13, 2004 ;     787 words ......tossed, it's time to organize what is left. The garage is a system that is designed to fail, West said. The garage floor is often used as one big shelf. Imagine your...the floor -- that's the way people treat their garages. Companies like GarageTek take over when the task of getting everything ...

Sweep away the clutter Professional organizer tackles a big job -- in her...

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  June 18, 2002 ;   Renee Messacar;   449 words ...Melinda Harper's garage was so cluttered she had to step over things to walk through it. Cleaning her garage earlier this month, the Mackinaw resident...Melinda and her husband, Mark, used the garage for storage. They filled it with paint...

Garage Space, the New Frontier

The Washington Post;  July 22, 2007 ;   Elizabeth Razzi;   787 words ...Have you spent any quality time in your garage lately? Or is yours just a cluttered...Home builders, remodelers and specialized garage-organization companies see that problem...plenty, including more square footage and garage-themed cabinetry. You can even find a...

That is so tacky But it's more than welcome in Joe's garage

The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL;  December 14, 2003 ;   Steve Arney;   632 words ...In Joe's garage, there's a 6-foot-tall shelving unit used to hold bug spray and weed...at the Monroe Center, another good place to find discards for the garage. Joe's garage is an overstimulating, controlled chaos with a mammoth collection...

A confession.(garage)(Column)

ATV Sport;  September 1, 2005 ;   Rice, Chaz;   572 words ...I have a confession to make: My garage is a mess. I also have another confession: I have garage envy. But I know I am not alone with these...the same predicament. You have a nice-looking garage from the outside, but inside it is a complete...

Homage to the garage; More than just a simple structure, a garage is a...

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN);  May 31, 2006 ;   Haga, Chuck;   787 words ...Byline: Chuck Haga; Staff Writer My first garage was the best, partly because of the lilacs...prove that I was brave. It was my father's garage, of course, not mine, and he said my leap...locating it with my knee. I remember that garage, and all garages since, as magical places...

Garage Glam Homeowners invest in slick cabinets, floors, lighting in space...

The Gazette;  February 2, 2006 ;   CAROL McGRAW THE GAZETTE;   787 words ...Here is the typical American garage: bicycles leaning against the walls, garden...covering the floor. Then there's Mike Sabo's garage, a $10,000 room so handsome it's hard to call it a garage. It's better organized and cleaner than most...

Embarrassed homeowners seeking solutions for garage clutter

Chicago Sun-Times;  August 15, 2003 ;   Bill Cunniff;   787 words ...Fifty percent of homeowners say the garage is the messiest place in the house, according...new national survey. A $10,000 professional garage makeover is the grand prize in the America's Ultimate Garage contest. "We're looking for homeowners who...

Garage Beautiful: Book examines garage's role in American homes

AP Worldstream;  March 22, 2002 ;   JEFF BAENEN, Associated Press Writer;   640 words ......Dateline: MINNEAPOLIS To most Americans, the garage is simply a place to park a car or stash...life pass by the driveway. Now comes Garage, a coffee table book that celebrates the history of the humble garage and its role in art and industry, from...

Spokane, Wash., Garage Deal Leaves City in Tight Financial Spot.

Spokesman-Review (Spokane, WA);  March 28, 2004 ;     787 words ......Camden Mar. 28--The mall and its parking garage have spawned an avalanche of lawsuits...by not telling them the truth about the garage. Outside the courtroom, the controversy...depositions show: -- Warnings about the garage's potential financial problems were not...