A garage, as car-lovers know, is more than just a place to stow your vehicles. It can be a workshop, a retreat, or a place to show off your pride and joy. That’s why we decided to check out some particularly high-profile garages—those of the rich, famous and hopelessly car-devoted. The following garages may be located in places far from Wilmington, NC, but their celebrity owners sure can show us a thing or two about garage organization, garage storage, and professionally-designed garage spaces.
Ralph Lauren: The iconic fashion designer is also an avid car collector. In fact, his Long Island garage functions as a two-story museum in which each of his more than 60 vehicles sits atop a stainless steel counter, illuminated via halogen lamps. This garage even boasts its own gas station.
Garage Storage Systems Take-Away For Us “Regular” Folks: Lauren’s garage is extensively coded by brand and color, making it easy to find whatever he wants to drive or show off at any given moment. It also makes for a sharp-looking garage! Check out Strickland’s Home’s garage organization types, including the full house, the handyman’s haven, the type-A garage, the party garage, and the car collector’s paradise.
Adam Corolla: The real-talk comedian loves cars so much he recently added a multi-room “Super Garage” to his existing garage in the Hollywood Hills. Now, a car elevator lifts Corolla’s rides to a scenic, glass-walled showroom.
Garage Storage Systems Take-Away For Us “Regular” Folks: If you’re proud of your cars, then by all means create a garage that can show them off! Look into lifts, specialized lighting, glass features, in-garage entertainment areas, and more.
Jerry Seinfeld: Since 2004, the comedy legend has housed all 46 of his beloved Porsches in his own three-story, subterranean garage, located just three blocks from his home in New York City. It’s hidden behind a plain facade, and it boasts several parking spaces, as well as touchscreen wall controls, a billiards room, a kitchenette, a bathroom, and an office.
Garage Storage Systems Take-Away For Us “Regular” Folks: Strickland’s Home boasts dozens of cabinetry and shelving options to meet any need, be it storage for oil and windshield washer fluid, kitchen cabinets, bathroom cabinets, or a garage office like Seinfeld’s!
Guy Fieri: This Food Network personality modeled his Northern California garage after old-school diners. Yes, the host of Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives outfitted his space with diamond-plate wainscoting, black-and-white murals, classic car hoods, racetrack-reminiscent flooring, and funky soda fountain stools.
Starring Garage Storage Systems Take-Away: If your garage is your home away from home, it might as well reflect your personality. There are lots of ways in which your the aesthetic for your garage can encapsulate your interests, hobbies, and favorite colors. Strickland’s Home associates will work with you to find the perfect solutions for your personal styles, tastes, and budget!
Jay Leno: The former king of late night is the current king of car-collecting. Leno’s 17,000-square-foot “Big Dog” facility in Southern California includes a full mechanic team and a fabrication shop—featuring special equipment such as welding machines, water jet cutters, and plasma cutters. You’ll also find a full kitchen, and plenty of eco-friendly flourishes such as solar panels. On yeah,it reportedly houses 886 rides.
Starring Garage Storage Systems Take-Away: You might as well keep your rides in the most sustainable place possible via green building and storage principles. Our storage systems can be built with eco-friendly components. And if your love of cars, like Leno’s, has led to your encyclopedic knowledge of them, consider investing in some mechanic capital—if you know what to do with special tools, you can kiss car-service fees goodbye forever!
Speaking of celebrities, the legendary race car driver Michael Andretti recently got a showroom-style garage makeover, care of ORG Home. Our associates worked to match Andretti’s garage to his home style, while creating a designated place for everything in the garage (including three gorgeous scooters). The result is a timeless, showroom-like look. Visit the ORG Home garage gallery to check out more photos from Michael Andretti’s garage makeover, and glean your own garage organization ideas!
Remember, while you may not have dozens of Porsches to your name (like Jerry Seinfeld), or be the proprietor of a multi-million-dollar garage (à la Jay Leno), a well-organized, thoughtfully-designed garage designed by Strickland’s Home will leave you feeling like a million bucks!