Garage, Garage Conversion Room Type, and Living Room Room Type After a tree falls in Santa Monica, a garage is reborn as a 600-square-foot family gathering spot.  Photo 10 of 12 in 12 Functional Modern Home Libraries from Modern Homes With Libraries

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After a tree falls in Santa Monica, a garage is reborn as a 600-square-foot family gathering. When Libby May and Eoghan Mahony purchased a 1950s post-and-beam house in Los Angeles’ Santa Monica Canyon, they envisioned someday transforming the garage and adjoining workshop into livable space, with an office for each of them and a family room they could share with their sons.