This weekend I was lucky enough to make it out to nearly every house in the NIBCA Parade of Homes here in the beautiful Coeur d'Alene area. The homes were all great again as usual and I definately appreciated looking around more this year than years prior as I'm in the process of building my first new home. The applications of new technology and classic architecture was very impressive. The uses of paint and texture on the surfaces gave me reason to get excited for doing new things at my new house. Furniture and TV's caught my eyes at every house. But there was one thing that I was never impressed with...the garage.
I'm a garage guy. The house my wife and I are building isn't very big, not too flashy, pretty clean, but the garage is going to be awesome. This is something I don't think modern builders put much effort into this year. Even the 6400 square foot beauty with the detached shop wasn't that appealing to me. The garage is an American institution. We build, create, modify, store, and essentially live in the garage. This is why I'm putting extra room and detail into my garage at my new house. I have a GarageTown unit too where I store all my seasonal items, heavy equipment and things that aren't currently in use. Without it I wouldn't be able to have the garage I've always wanted. It would be filled with lawn care items, christmas ornaments and toys.
With more and more builders building homes with less and less garage space and more Americans needing their space to escape and do what they want to GarageTown is continuing to grow in popularity and necessity.
Monday, August 11, 2008
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