Luxury Housing Trends & Home Improvement Ideas

The garage can be a mine field full of hazardous waste and combustible liquids…it’s amazing how much stuff just piles up. Over time, you tend to forget what you own and where those hazardous and unsafe materials have been stored.

Keeping extra gas on hand is helpful these days, especially since the price of it increases off the charts as a moments notice. Whether you store gasoline for your car or lawn mower, it’s important to store it as safe as possible.

The No-Spill Poly Gas Can is CARB and EPA compliant, and it’s designed to prevent gas spills. It has several features including a thumb button control to guide your pouring, a 7/8” funnel spout, dust cover for the spout and an integrated 20 mesh stainless steel screen.

Are you a mountain climber at heart? Then make your gym more fun with activities that you enjoy doing most.

The Metolius Pure Force Training Hang Board is meant to strengthen your upper body from your forearms to your elbows to your biceps. This all-inclusive arm workout features three full hand jugs, full hand rounded slopers, one set of three-finger pockets, three sets of indexed two finger pockets, and three indexed, radiused edges.

The white, red and black splatter design will rock out your gym area whether it’s in the basement or garage. The structure is made from an ultra-fine texture (polyester resin) so there is a lower impact on your body. It’s also ergonomic with tendon-friendly hold shapes. It measures 20” x 10” and weighs 11 pounds 8 ounces.

The garage can easily become a cluttered and dirty place where you can’t find anything that you’re looking for. Instead of letting the garage take over all of your possessions, start a ritual of organizing. The easiest place to start is by setting up a workbench.

The Gorilla Rack is a five foot workbench that has two drawers, and the ball bearing drawer glides out and can hold up to 100 pounds. The entire rack is made from 16-gauge steel so it’s highly durable and designed for heavy-duty use. There is also a large bottom shelf that you can store items on so they’re more accessible.

On the top of the rack, you can hang all of your essential tools and store them so they’re in plain view.

The garage can be and unkempt place filled with liquids and powders that can spill all over the floor. Along with the dust, dirt, leaves and mulch that gets inside, your garage might look like a nightmare. If the rest of your home is clean, it’s a relieving feeling when the garage is sparkling too. Fortunately, there is a quick fix to garage messes.

The Bissell Garage Pro is wet/dry vacuum specially designed for this messy area. It has 12 amps of powerful suction to clean up the floor, and it will take care of liquid and solid spills from your car or workshop projects.

In addition to sucking up unwanted spills, you can also use this vacuum as a blower. With the all-purpose tools, you can detail your cars and make your garage just as clean as the inside of your house.

Does your garage door not look so good? If you’re holding off on repairs, you need a temporary solution so your garage door doesn’t look like an eyesore.

Style-Your-Garage.com has a variety of photo tarpaulins that you can use to improve the appearance of your garage door. You can even use these as seasonal decorations, because they have photos for winter and Christmas. The Ski Chalet tarpaulin shown below is so realistic it will seem like you live in snowy Colorado. The tarpaulin measures 87.7” H x 96.5” W.

Some other motifs you might want to check out include vehicles, gates, graffiti and animals. These scenes would compliment an outdoor party, or you can just pretend to own a plane, hot rod or fire engine. Just be careful that you don’t drive or walk through your garage, because looks can be deceiving with these photographs.

When you have limited parking space in your garage, it just make it easier to have an accident. If you have scraped your car one too many times in the garage or even bumped the wall, it’s time to prevent those costly car repairs.

The Emerson Auto Signal Sign will help you park your car safely in your garage, because it’s an automatic parking signal. The stop sign will light up when your bumper touches the pole. The sign stands four feet tall, so you won’t miss the red sign that lights up and alerts you. Also, the sturdy base keeps it in place.

This stop sign is wise to have if you have a teenager who is learning how to drive. This will prevent them from crashing into the garage wall or bumping up against things you store in front of the cars.

Is breakfast your favorite mealtime? If you enjoy cooking breakfast and spending the morning with your family, why not make this meal more interesting with a cool and functional gadget?

The Radical Six Part Toaster designed by Matt Gossington is a contemporary toaster that will make your counter more cheerful even on those gloomy mornings. This modern toaster has six separate compartments, so you can make several pieces of toast within minutes. The compartments swing open, which makes it easier to retrieve the hot bread so no more burning your fingers. The heat is also distributed evenly so the bread is completely toasted.

This colorful gadget might make you do more toasting even when it’s not breakfast, because the toaster can sit on the counter all of the time and serve as decoration. Your family and friends are sure to question what it is and how it works.

Running out of room to store your belongings in the garage? If you have a bunch of items you don’t use on a regular basis, you don’t need them cluttering up the space for your tools, workshop and cars. What you need to do is make the most out of your garage.

The Heavy Lift Garage Storage System can help you take advantage of all of the space you have in your garage. It’s easy to forget about the storage possibilities near your ceiling. With this lift system, you can easily keep items up out of the way, but you can conveniently get to them whenever you need to.

This is the perfect spot to store your bulky camping equipment, large plastic containers filled with your belongings, furniture, file boxes, big tools and other items that you can stack. This device can load and lift items up to a 12” ceiling.

Does your home lack a proper storage area for your car and other outdoor equipment? Not all homes have a garage, which means you have to improvise so you can protect your property. A car storage shed comes in different sizes to fit your needs, and it’s an excellent solution.

This 12′ x 20′ x 8′ round car storage shed from the Car Guy Garage can fit a large sport utility vehicle with ease. No longer do you have to worry about the weather destroying your car. This shed has a heavy duty galvanized finish on an all steel frame, so it’s built to last and withstand regular wear and tear. Because of the easy bolt together design, you can quickly have the shed up and ready to go.

In addition, this model has wind brace support on both sides, heavy duty grommets on the cover and doors, and heavy duty roly poly rope for the main cover tie down. This can be a safe place to store your vehicle if you don’t have a garage, especially in the fall and winter.

When it comes to customizing your garage door, the sky is the limit. The various options can help you match the design of your home so that your garage and house are harmonious structures. Just keep in mind that the most durable materials are wood and steel.

A garage with raised-panel doors, hardware and lighting fixtures that go with the colonial look of you home can add some style to the once plain garage. Material options include wood, steel, aluminum and fiberglass. The more economical materials are aluminum and fiberglass, but they can’t take too much abuse.

For the design, consider single-panel or sectional roll-up styles. If you live in an area that receives a significant amount of snow accumulation, you should go for the roll-up style.

Steel doors with glass are more modern, and accent lights above the doors can enhance their appearance. Frosted-glass panels can give you more privacy, and they mimic Asian-influenced architecture.