Collection by Matthew Keeshin

Playful Converted Garages

These garages go behind parking cars and storing your drum sets.

Architect Cary Bernstein transformed a dated garage into a modern playroom for clients in San Francisco.
Architect Cary Bernstein transformed a dated garage into a modern playroom for clients in San Francisco.
The Stradwick House by Space Division is clad in brick on the base, and a cedar rainscreen covers the top level.
The Stradwick House by Space Division is clad in brick on the base, and a cedar rainscreen covers the top level.
The compact rental features plenty of wooden ledges, nooks, and shelves for keeping belongings organized. In the living room, a low white wall is capped with fir wood salvaged from the garage’s former posts. On the east wall, a half-door made of reclaimed cedar looks out on a garden.  “It looks and lives a lot bigger than it is,” Schaer says.
The compact rental features plenty of wooden ledges, nooks, and shelves for keeping belongings organized. In the living room, a low white wall is capped with fir wood salvaged from the garage’s former posts. On the east wall, a half-door made of reclaimed cedar looks out on a garden. “It looks and lives a lot bigger than it is,” Schaer says.
Landscape designer Jay Griffith recreated the area between the house and the studio.
Landscape designer Jay Griffith recreated the area between the house and the studio.