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Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/5q8Xk #ltkseasonal #ltkhalloween #ltkhome
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Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/5q8Xk #ltkseasonal #ltkhalloween #ltkhome
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Comment “tree” below to see which one I’m putting up this year!!
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Comment “tree” below to see which one I’m putting up this year too! 😉
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Home Improvement · January 11, 2025

Backyard Detached Garage Ideas

This past year, my husband and I decided to build a backyard detached garage. Our main home does have an attached garage, but my husband always wanted a dream garage. And in 2024, he finally got it! So I am going to share all of our backyard detached garage ideas with you all today.

That way, if you’re thinking about doing one too, we can give you all the garage design ideas as well. I was a little hesitant to building this at first, especially since the garage took over where my stock tank pool used to be! Which, by the way, I still need to find a better space for it now.

But anyway, I am glad we decided to go ahead and do it. Not only does in increase the property value of our main house too, but it also has so much extra space that we can also use as storage space. Which, that is always a huge plus!

If you are serious about building a backyard detached garage too, I recommend looking at a wide variety of garage plans first. That way you can determine the design elements you want as well as the floor plan.

And hopefully everything I am sharing here will give you some design ideas and inspiration for a detached garage as well. And don’t worry, I will be sharing a lot more garage content coming up soon too.

There are a lot more projects and designs we want to accomplish with this space as the year goes on. So be sure to keep checking back for more garage updates!

Finished Backyard Detached Garage

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Garage Plan Design Ideas

My husband looked through a lot of different garage designs, before finally selecting which one would be right for him. I will link the exact detached garage plan he used here.

Before Detached Garage
Before Backyard Detached Garage
This is what our home looked like before the backyard detached garage process was started.

He wanted a 2-car garage with additional space for a man cave style living area with of course a huge TV! Our house technically has a 4-car garage, but space is super tight in there if you do use all 4 spaces. I have accidentally shut the garage door on my SUV many times unfortunately!

Footers For Garage
Before Garage Being Built
Backyard Detached Garage

So I am very excited for more space to park my car in now. And my husband loves old cars so he wanted this detached garage to house all of his antique cars. Such as is 67 Chevy, which I think he may love more than me sometimes!

Garage Footers
Garage Foundation
Building Garage Foundation

And, we are wanting to turn our attached garage into a dedicated home gym space now that we have more room in there. So stay tuned for that project as well!

Framing Garage
Detached Backyard Garage
Detached Backyard Garage Being Built

After looking at garage house plans, he also decided to add a second floor. Which can be used for so many different things in the future. We talked about maybe making the upper level a home office for me eventually.

Building Detached Backyard Garage
Building Backyard Detached Garage
Detached Garage Being Built

The design style is perfect because he can have his space downstairs and I can have mine upstairs! Because it will essentially be a studio apartment up there eventually. Right now it’s unfinished so we are just using it as a storage area.

Garage Being Built
Garage Roof
Building Garage

But, you could customize this space to have unique features that meet your specific needs. So it’s nice to have room to change things up and design it from scratch when we are ready. And I can’t wait to start that project!

Best Detached Garage Sizes

So this garage has a square footage of 34×28 feet downstairs and 20×34 feet upstairs with a 6×5 feet cutout with a window. The ceiling height is also 10 feet in the garage and 8 feet upstairs.

Detached Garage By House
Galvanized Metal Roof
Garage Doors

Due to the property line, we had to make sure it would fit on our land for that particular amount of square feet. We can’t build anything closer than 100 feet of our property line, so be sure to keep that in mind too when you are planning out this separate space too.

Detached Garage in Process
Detached Garage View
Adding Galvanized Roof To Garage

But all in all, it turned out to be plenty of space for what we wanted. We even have enough space to add an outdoor living space to the side of the garage too eventually.

Detached Garage
Making DIY Fire Pit
This is the side where we want to add in a little DIY fire pit area eventually too.

We are planning on adding a fire pit and chairs and having a nice hangout spot outside. I will share all the details to that when we get it completed as well!

Roofing Garage
Side Garage Door
Backyard Garage View

We wanted a modern detached garage, but also to make sure it had a cohesive look to our main house. I think we accomplished all that with the design and added a lot of curb appeal to the home as well.

There are so many architectural styles to choose from, but we stuck with the farmhouse style, which was a great choice for us since that is what our main house is. My husband also chose to do 2 different sizes when it comes to the garage door openings.

The first door is a larger door measuring at 16×8 feet whereas the second one is smaller, measuring at 9×8 feet. He also added a smart garage door opener to each that way it’s easy to get into. The main entry door is also to the side of the garage, where we plan to add a fire pit area. 

Garage Heating and Cooling

Once the framing and everything was done, my husband was looking into heating and cooling options. The best one seemed to be this mini split AC system that we ordered off of Amazon.

Garage Heating and Cooling

It does a great job of keeping the garage both cool and warm and was easy to install. Whenever we get the upstairs completed, we will also add another one of these up there as well. 

Garage Paint & Exterior Ideas 

We painted the exterior of the garage the same colors we chose from the house. You may remember our front porch makeover where we repainted everything.

Adding Shiplap Inside Garage
Adding Shiplap
Shiplap in Garage

We did this to match the garage colors we wanted. So the exterior of the garage is painted Bohemian Lace by Sherwin Williams. And the side door is painted Copen Blue by Sherwin Williams. Which is the same color we did to paint the porch ceilings.

The shiplap inside the garage is painted Passive by Sherwin Williams and it is a nice, light grey color. We also kept the same light fixtures on the exterior of the porch as we did the house too.

We definitely wanted everything to match and have a cohesive look to it, even if it is a backyard detached garage! And we loved the idea of doing a galvanized metal roof to the garage. But, our house still had shingles.

Before Painting Garage Floors
Stairs in Garage
Before Painting Floors

So, we thought we would go ahead and re-do the roof to our house and make it a galvanized metal roof to match. I know it was kind of crazy to go ahead and re-do the roof and not just match the garage roof to what we already had.

But, we are trying to make our builder grade home more into our dream home a few steps at a time. And our dream home includes galvanized metal roofing. Now that it’s finally complete, I am glad we did it! I think it looks more like a true farmhouse with this style of roof!

Before Painting Garage Floors
We also added a sliding barn door to where the bathroom is going to be.
Garage Stairs
The stairs leading up to the 2nd floor are all made with reclaimed wood!
Toby in Garage
Even Toby likes to come hang out in the new garage!

The Perfect Detached Garage

Building this detached garage was the perfect solution for our lack of storage space in our attached garage. And now my husband has his own place to decorate and hang out in as well.

Finishing Garage
67 Chevy

It’s a dream come true for him! With all the natural light and high ceilings, it’s the perfect spot to display all his prized possessions.

He loves collecting antiques too, just more car related antiques than what I like! And like I mentioned above, I can’t wait to make the upstairs a dream home office for me in the future.

Garage Doors
Before Painting Garage
Garage Lighting

It will be so much fun to design, style, and decorate along the way. I will of course keep you guys updated on all the progress as it comes along.

2nd Level of Detached Backyard Garage
2nd Floor of Detached Garage
Unfinished Level of Detached Garage
2nd Level of Garage
This is the upstairs space to the garage, where my big home office will eventually be too!

And I hope you liked all these backyard detached garage ideas and I hope it gave you some ideas on how to design your garage space too!

I will definitely be sharing more of this space and how we eventually style everything in here. And if you want to know exactly how my husband DIYed the garage floors, be sure to check that post out. And stay tuned for further updates and projects too!

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Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/5q8Xk #ltkseasonal #ltkhalloween #ltkhome
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Fall has officially moved onto my front porch 🍂 Fall has officially moved onto my front porch 🍂✨ Pumpkins cascading down the steps + a mix of real + faux mums = total cozy vibes 😍 I think I’m finally done decorating… but we’ll see 😂 Who else has their porch ready for fall yet?!

Comment SHOP below to receive a DM with the link to this post on my LTK ⬇ https://liketk.it/5q8Xk #ltkseasonal #ltkhalloween #ltkhome
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Comment “tree” below to see which one I’m putting up this year!!
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Comment “tree” below to see which one I’m putting up this year too! 😉
Happy anniversary to me right?! 🤣 lol but in al Happy anniversary to me right?! 🤣 lol but in all seriousness, it has been a great 9th anniversary with my best friend! Burnt marshmallows or not! 😉

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