It takes a visionary mind to look at a beaten-up metal door and the unfinished garage space inside and see the opportunity for a ultra-modern tiny home, but when French Photographer Jérémie Buchholz wanted to find a place to live in Bordeaux, he decided not to rent, but to reinvent. The Tiny House Movement is coming, and soon you might see small homes built on trailer beds traveling around the country near you.
The Kittredge family may just have a little wax in their blood. Michael Kittredge II started making candles when he was just 16, starting The Yankee Candle Company in his parent’s garage. Forty years later, his son Michael III founded Kringle Candle, establishing the company just 20 miles from Yankee Candle’s flagship store. Michael III is intent on following in his father’s footsteps to greatness, although of course having a multimillionaire father means that he has plenty of help beginning his journey. Michael Kittredge the II, his father, only had three things – a dream, a garage, and a single candle.
The Jetsons predicted how life would work in 2062, less than fifty years from today, with cities in the clouds and flying cars. Although we don’t currently offer our customers customized garages for flying cars, we do have a couple of smartphone-controlled options for your door opener that might make you feel like you’re living in the future.
Walt Disney’s success sounds almost like one of his fairy tales. When the young cartoonist began filming his “Alice Comedy” shorts in his uncle’s garage, no one could have predicted that Disney would spend the next century growing into a multi-billion dollar international king of family entertainment, revolutionizing animation and building some of the world’s most visited tourist attractions, the Disneyland parks in Florida, California, Tokyo, Paris, and Hong Kong.
If you have or are planning on installing a driveway gate, the new UL325 2016 and F2200 guidelines will affect you. We’ve made a helpful infographic to show you all you need to know about these new safety standards and walk you through the whole process of checking your site for compliance. Safety is a priority!
What’s the Value of R-Value? This blog is a little more technical than some of our other pieces, so here’s the 3-line summary: R-value…
Did you know that Lotus Cars, British manufacturer of sport and racing cars and one of the most respected names in F1 racing, began in a garage? Founder Colin Chapman originally studied Structural Engineering at University College London, but after graduating, serving in the Royal Air Force and working for the British Aluminum company, Chapman began to pursue his passion for muscle cars, starting in a garage.