How To Plan a Garage

Bill and I had spent over an hour trying to figure out what size the garage actually needed to be. Moving the lines this way and that. Knowing that the storm shelter would be in it, the pantry is going into it, our cars, with the possibility of when we are older needing a handicap van, a walkway to get into the West Wing, the big lawn mower, the golf cart, and the push mower. The size just kept growing and growing until it had become the size of a medium sized home. And it's ridiculous to have a garage that big. 

Finally had the idea to park what belonged in the garage and see how much room we actually needed. Sometimes a visual is really all it takes. We were able to cut a whole bunch of excess space and still kept it where when we are older and our reflexes aren't as sharp we won't run into each others car. For every foot we cut off we said; this is a bathroom faucet we can afford now, this foot is another square of shingles, and so on. Made cutting the size down much easier.