{"id":488,"date":"2016-12-19T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2016-12-19T11:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/?p=488"},"modified":"2022-10-03T08:54:35","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:54:35","slug":"kitchens-in-garages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/kitchens-in-garages\/","title":{"rendered":"Kitchens in Garages: Innovative Uses For Your Worktops"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Garages are useful places for lots of reasons. You might be looking to set it up as the classic \u2018man cave\u2019 sort of space; a room to tinker with hobbies the house doesn\u2019t have room for. Or you might be looking to set it up as a relaxation space: an extra living room of sorts. Even if you don\u2019t have any grand plans for it, we\u2019ve all got at least one of Those Drawers in the house. You know the ones we mean \u2013 the ones filled with stuff that\u2019s not quite junk, but things you can\u2019t seem to find a place for elsewhere. In all cases, there\u2019s a slightly left-field idea that could help: setting up a kitchen in your garage. It might sound odd, but bear with us, and we\u2019ll explain.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2>A Convenient Space for Extra Storage<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-2.jpg\" alt=\"Kitchens in Garages\" width=\"730\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-2.jpg 730w, https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-2-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even the smallest, most efficient households still accumulate bits and pieces that no one wants to throw away. Boxes of very specific screws that you\u2019re sure must be useful for something, various lengths of string, empty picture frames you still like and heaps of maybe-dead-but-maybe-not batteries. Cleaners are another example \u2013 specific types of bleach or chemicals you\u2019re not quite comfortable with having in the main kitchen, or ones you don\u2019t have room for.<\/p>\n<p>A second set of cupboards and work-surfaces a kitchen offers might be equally well suited in your garage, especially if you\u2019ve got bulky toolkits you can\u2019t seem to find a home for. After all, even with cars in them, a lot of garages often end up with a lot of empty space. If that description matches yours, it seems only sensible to use it for storage.<\/p>\n<h2>A Handy Home for DIY<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-491 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-1.jpg\" alt=\"DIY tools\" width=\"730\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-1.jpg 730w, https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-1-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The same places that make <a href=\"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/kitchen-worktops.html\">kitchen worktops<\/a> so useful for preparing food also make them equally useful as DIY surfaces. They\u2019re sturdy, reliable and hardwearing, and as a bonus you don\u2019t have to keep them as stringently hygienic as kitchen surfaces, so you probably won\u2019t be as worried about marking them anyway. They\u2019re also simple to clean \u2013 dust and other fragments of material are easily swept off them, and any fluids are equally straightforward to clean, again especially if you\u2019re not as fussed about permanent marks.<\/p>\n<p>These advantages overlap if you\u2019re a motoring enthusiast, as they offer convenient waist-high surfaces to tinker away to your heart\u2019s content, with your car or motorbike only feet away. Garages have always been highly regarded as potential space for these sorts of motoring man-caves!<\/p>\n<h2>A Home (Slightly) Away From Home<\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"img-responsive alignnone wp-image-494 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-3.jpg\" alt=\"kitchens in garages innovative uses for your worktops\" width=\"730\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-3.jpg 730w, https:\/\/savoytimber.com\/help-and-advice\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/12\/Kitchens-in-Garages-Innovative-Uses-For-Your-Worktops-3-300x123.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Man-cave or not, the sheer scale of the space in a garage also offers valuable potential for an extra living room, especially if for whatever reason it doesn\u2019t have a car in it. It can make a perfect relaxation space, with plenty of room for cosy furniture, as well as power sockets for TV, music systems or even games consoles. Once again, kitchen worktops and cupboards perform a useful role in all this; they can be stocked with less perishable goods like beer or wine, so you can crack open a bottle in front of a DVD. Or if you\u2019re not a big drinker, you can stock your kitchen units with rows upon rows of DVDs or video games, saving you from having to trek back into the house every time you want to change discs.<\/p>\n<h2>But That\u2019s Not All\u2026<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, you may have your own ideas for your garage, whether they\u2019re minor adjustments or grand plans for complete transformations. Whatever the case, you could do worse than consider a space for kitchen worktops. You might be surprised at how they can help. If you have any questions about this post, or you\u2019d like to make an enquiry, you can <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.savoytimber.com\/contact\/\">contact us<\/a> on 0345 0268 799<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Garages are useful places for lots of reasons. You might be looking to set it up as the classic \u2018man cave\u2019 sort of space; a room to tinker with hobbies the house doesn\u2019t have room for. Or you might be looking to set it up as a relaxation space: an extra living room of sorts. 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