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Abandoned garage conversion: before & after

AI-generated concept, not a real renovation. Every image on this page, before and after, was made with AI. There is no real property, no building work and no cost behind them: they are ideas to look at, nothing more.

A derelict 1950s brick mechanic's garage beside a country road, reimagined five times: from the air, at the roll-up doors, in the workshop hall, up on the mezzanine and in the attic. Black metal roofing, steel-framed glass, epoxy floors, oak and leather: ideas for turning an old garage into a dream workshop with a loft above it.

1. The garage from above

Before (AI concept): Aerial view at sunset of a long red brick garage with a corrugated roof full of holes, rusted roll-up doors and ivy, and a yard of weeds, a rusted pickup truck and piles of tyres, beside a winding country road through autumn woods. — Before

After (AI concept): The same building from the same height with a black standing-seam metal roof and two long skylights, cleaned brick, black steel windows and three black roll-up doors, a pale concrete forecourt with a dark green vintage pickup and a classic car, gravel, lawn and young trees. — After

Same brick walls, same road, same woods. The concept replaces the broken roof with black metal and skylights and turns the scrapyard into a forecourt for the cars.

2. At the roll-up doors

Before (AI concept): The front of the garage under a grey sky: three rusted roll-up doors, one half open on a dark workshop, broken high windows, ivy on the brick, a rusted fuel pump, tyres and puddles on cracked concrete. — Before

After

The three door openings and the window line stay where they were. New black doors, warm lanterns and the old fuel pump, kept and repainted.

3. The workshop hall

Before (AI concept): A long dusty workshop hall under steel roof trusses with light coming through holes in the roof, an old two-post lift holding a rusted car, tyres, tools and debris on a cracked floor, and a roll-up door at the far end. — Before

After (AI concept): The same hall with a glossy pale grey epoxy floor, the two-post lift in black holding a dark green classic car, skylights in the roof, black tool cabinets and an oak workbench along the brick wall, warm pendant lights, a vintage motorcycle and the far door open to daylight. — After

Same trusses, same brick walls, same lift in the same place. The concept adds skylights, an epoxy floor and a wall of tool cabinets.

4. A lounge on the mezzanine

Before (AI concept): An abandoned mezzanine office up a rusty steel staircase: broken floorboards, a large broken internal window over the dark workshop, peeling plaster on brick, an old desk, a fallen cabinet and debris. — Before

After (AI concept): The same mezzanine with oiled floorboards, the staircase in grey steel, a brown leather chesterfield sofa on a red Persian rug, an espresso bar with a coffee machine, Edison bulb pendants, an acoustic guitar and framed car blueprints, and the black steel internal window looking down on a classic car in the lit workshop. — After

The staircase and the big window over the workshop stay. The old office becomes a lounge with a view of the cars below.

5. A bedroom in the attic

Before (AI concept): A small attic room under a sagging timber roof with gaps of daylight, a red brick gable with a round window, a rusty iron bed frame, a broken chair and debris on the floor. — Before

After (AI concept): The same attic lined in warm oak boards, the round window in black steel, a low oak bed with white and grey linen and a knitted throw, a cognac leather armchair, a pale rug, warm lamps and green plants. — After

Same brick gable, same round window, same roof slopes. The attic becomes a warm bedroom right above the workshop.

What Roomstill does, and what it does not

These concepts go further than Roomstill does: they can rebuild a roof, add glass or move a window. Roomstill starts from a photo of your own room, furnishes or restyles it, and keeps its walls, windows and doors where they are.

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