When you redo the garage onto a studio, what kind of entry do you have from the house proper? Do you have to step down to the garage floor? If so, I would raise the floor leverl to the house level so you have no step! A good subfloor there will help with heating and cooling, and be easier on your feet! And then a laminate floor, or wood, or whatever, but NOT carpeting! At least not the whole room. :?
In my area, ReUseIt.org is our answer to freecycle.org. : [/quote]
Our indoor entry is off the kitchen. It is 3 steps down to the garage floor. Thanks so much for the ideas for raising the floor level. I'm not sure what DH has in mind for that, I imagine a lot has to do with what materials we are able to get and the cost of it all. I'm sure he'll do the best he can for me. Oh, I've learned how awful carpeting can be, so I'm sure we'll look for something different.
I've never heard of ReUseIt.org. I'll check and see if we have anything like that in our area. Trouble with being so rural is that even a Free Cycle is 30 miles away. I think there's a lot to be said for word of mouth and I'm thinking surely DH knows of some folks he can let know what we're looking for. Time will tell.
Thanks for your great reply. :) Karla