GARAGE DOORS OPENING; CONSUMERS ARE STARTING TO DECORATE THE LAST ROOM IN THE HOUSE YOU'D THINK OF DECORATING WITH MORE FURNITURE AND STORAGE ITEMS.
HFN: The Weekly Newspaper for the Home Furnishing Network, August, 2004 by Beatty, Gerry; Kunkel, Karl
Byline: Karl Kunkel, Gerry Beatty contributed to this report.
NEW YORK-The garage -- the final frontier of home furnishings decor.
Usually just a repository for stuff, and possibly even a car, garages in the past were mostly an afterthought. But as consumers spend more time in the home, they are turning their garages into extensions of their houses -- with more sophisticated storage, furniture and appliances designed to make garages both more efficient and more attractive.
"It is the last part of the home [to be done]," said Terry Mulhern, a designer with Home Depot Expo. "It is definitely a new trend."
The Container Store designs garage shelving for consumers and also sells a variety of organization accessories. Newton said the...
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