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The Gable Studio
Projects / Selected works 2023 to 2026
Every garage holds a room waiting to be found.
Eleven Garage to Rooms projects across Sydney and New South Wales, each shown next to the garage it used to be. Drag to compare, then open any project for the full story, the scope of works and the plans.
11Projects in this collectionFrom Grantham Farm to the Southern Highlands
4 wksTypical time on siteFrom the first day to handover
FixedPrice in every contractChanges only with your written approval
5.0Google ratingRated by Garage to Rooms homeowners
6 yrsMajor defects warrantyTwo years on everything else
01 / The projects
Eleven garages. Eleven rooms.
Hover a project to see the garage it used to be. Select one to open the full story, with every photo, the scope of works and the concept plan.
Showing all 11 projects
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The Highlands Guest Suite
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The Dressing Room and Cellar
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The Garden Pavilion
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The Aquarium Room
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The Granny Flat
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The Backyard Studio
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The Home Office
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The Long Room
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The QuickRoom
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The Panel Bedroom
QuickRooms
A finished room, in weeks.
QuickRooms lines your garage with pre-finished, insulated steel panels. There is no plastering, no painting and far less waiting, so you get a clean, comfortable room sooner. Strathfield South and Grantham Farm in this collection were both built with it.
02 / Where we build
From the Hills to the Highlands.
Our projects reach from Sydney's north and west to the Illawarra and the Southern Highlands. Select a pin to open that project.
03 / How it works
Six steps. From garage to room.
Every project on this page ran on the same six steps. At each stage you know what is happening, what it costs and when it will be finished.
- 01
Online quote
Get a live estimate online in minutes, with no obligation.
- 02
Free site visit
We measure your garage, take photos and listen to how you want to use the space.
- 03
Concept plan
A measured plan and 3D views, so you see your new room before it exists.
- 04
Fixed-price contract
A clear scope of works and a fixed price, with HBCF insurance where required.
- 05
Scheduled build
Trades booked to a construction schedule, with updates from your supervisor as it runs.
- 06
Handover
A builders clean, certificates in hand, and a room you can move straight into.
04 / More conversions
From the archive.
Earlier Garage to Rooms projects, from simple single-garage living rooms to complete studios.
Edensor ParkNSW
A single garage turned into a living room with new internal access to the house. Framing, insulation, flooring and painting, completed in two weeks.
Hoxton ParkNSW
A double garage converted into two bedrooms and a generous storage area in three weeks, framed, insulated, floored and painted throughout.
AbbotsburyNSW
A double garage converted into a self-contained studio with its own bathroom in four weeks, with waterproofing, tiling and new windows.
Sutherland ShireNSW
A single garage turned into a fully equipped studio with bathroom, kitchen and attic storage in five weeks, including licensed asbestos removal.
05 / Your project
Your garage is next.
- 01Get a live quote
Answer a few questions and see an estimate in minutes.
- 02Book a free consultation
We visit, measure and talk through what your garage could become.
- 03See it before it is built
Your concept plan, 3D views and fixed price, set out clearly.
Garage to Rooms provided a seamless experience from planning to execution, transforming our double garage into functional rooms with attention to detail at every stage.
Suburbs shown, with addresses withheld for our clients' privacy. Some interiors are digitally styled to show furnishings. Programs are contract estimates in work days.
01 / 11 PICNIC POINT, NSW
01
Picnic PointNSW
The Gable Studio
A single brick garage under a raking roof, opened up to the light. The roller door made way for full-height aluminium stacking doors and a glazed gable, the cathedral ceiling was lined with its timber beams left on show, and a loft was slung above a new bathroom. A compact kitchenette makes it a studio you could happily live in.
Roller door out. Glazed gable in.
- Typology
- Self-contained studio
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Living, loft, bathroom, kitchenette
- Contract program
- 45 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Roller door replaced with lockable aluminium stacking doors
- Glazed gable and new aluminium doors with highlights
- Cathedral ceiling insulated and lined, beams left exposed
- Mezzanine loft built over the new bathroom
- Bathroom waterproofed, tiled and fitted out
- Kitchenette with joinery and tiled splashback
- 3.5 kW split system and waterproof laminate floors
Contract program / 45 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
02 / 11 HIGH RANGE, NSW
02
High RangeNSW
The Highlands Guest Suite
On a rural block in the Southern Highlands, a long brick garage full of storage became a calm, light-filled guest suite. A new hallway of cavity sliders leads to a floor-to-ceiling tiled bathroom, and new doors and windows take the place of the roller door to frame the paddocks beyond.
From storage shed to guest wing.
- Typology
- Guest suite with bathroom
- Completed
- 2026
- Spaces created
- Bedroom living, hallway, bathroom
- Contract program
- 30 work days
The room in detail / 9 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Roller door replaced with new external doors and windows
- Floor raised and levelled on battens, yellow tongue and FC sheet
- New walls framed; walls and ceiling insulated and lined
- Floor-to-ceiling tiled bathroom, waterproofed in two coats
- Cavity sliding doors, skirtings and architraves
- Two-way switched lighting and hard-wired smoke alarm
- Painted throughout, one base coat and two top coats
Contract program / 30 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
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03 / 11 THORNLEIGH, NSW
03
ThornleighNSW
The Dressing Room and Cellar
A tired single garage, lined in asbestos, is now the most talked-about room in the house. Once the linings were removed by a licensed contractor, new walls, a concealed doorway and an epoxy floor set the stage for a boutique dressing room with an illuminated glass island, and a wine cellar reached by its own short flight of steps.
Asbestos out. Chandelier in.
- Typology
- Dressing room and wine cellar
- Completed
- 2023
- Spaces created
- Walk-in robe, wine room
- Contract program
- 18 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Licensed removal of the existing asbestos linings
- Garage door removed, new timber window to the opening
- Wall opened to the house through a concealed 820 mm doorway
- New walls framed, insulated and lined
- Epoxy flake floor with new skirtings
- Power, bulkhead downlights and chandelier installed
- Painted throughout, builders clean on handover
Contract program / 18 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
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04 / 11 RIVERVIEW, NSW
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RiverviewNSW
The Garden Pavilion
A dark garage and a tired carport, reworked as one indoor outdoor room. New sliding and bifold doors open the space to a new awning with integrated downlights, and a split-level deck steps down to the lawn. The roof was re-sheeted and the gutters renewed while we were up there.
Carport and garage, made one room with the garden.
- Typology
- Indoor outdoor living
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Rumpus room, covered deck
- Contract program
- 20 work days
The room in detail / 4 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Internal wall removed; back walls framed, insulated and lined
- New aluminium sliding and bifold doors with fly screens
- Hinged door replaced with a double hung window
- Roof sheets and rear gutter replaced
- New awning with downlights and a 250 mm overhang
- Split-level deck, retaining walls dressed to match
- Waterproof laminate floors and a full repaint
Contract program / 20 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
05 / 11 NORTH RYDE, NSW
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North RydeNSW
The Aquarium Room
The floor was raised to meet the house, a structural opening was cut through to the living room on a new 400 mm beam, and a 2.4 metre fish tank was set into a purpose-built feature wall. Two weeks on site, and a family room that looks as though it was always there.
One wall opened. One aquarium set in.
- Typology
- Family room
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Family room, storage
- Contract program
- 18 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Floor structure raised to house level, yellow tongue over
- Structural opening to the house on posts and a 400 mm beam
- Feature wall with a 2.4 m x 700 mm aquarium opening
- Storage walls at both ends of the room
- Walls insulated, battened and lined
- Dimmable downlights, ceiling fan, living room LEDs upgraded
- Painted throughout, laminate floors laid
Contract program / 18 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
06 / 11 WOONONA, NSW
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WoononaNSW
The Granny Flat
A steel-framed double garage in the northern Illawarra, turned into a fully self-contained home: a bedroom, a bathroom with laundry provision and a 12.7 metre run of kitchen and living, with its own hot water, air conditioning and entry. Independent living, without leaving the block.
A whole home, inside a double garage.
- Typology
- Self-contained granny flat
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Bedroom, bathroom laundry, kitchen living
- Contract program
- 40 work days
The room in detail / 7 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- New timber walls forming bedroom, bathroom and living
- Walls and ceiling insulated and lined
- Bathroom with laundry provision, tiled floor to ceiling
- Full kitchenette and built-in wardrobe
- Electric hot water system and 3.5 kW split system
- Double hung window, cavity sliders, sensor light at entry
- Laminate floors, painted throughout
Contract program / 40 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
07 / 11 RIVERWOOD, NSW
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RiverwoodNSW
The Backyard Studio
A bare steel shed at the back of the block became a self-contained studio office. New framing hides the metal skin, a raked ceiling lifts the room, and an ensuite and kitchenette are plumbed through to the existing sewer. A new concrete path now leads from the driveway to the front door.
A bare steel shed, now a studio with an ensuite.
- Typology
- Studio office with ensuite
- Completed
- 2024
- Spaces created
- Office living, ensuite, kitchenette
- Contract program
- 35 work days
The room in detail / 9 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Workshop mezzanine removed and rebuilt
- New framing inside the steel shell, insulated and lined
- Roller door replaced with an aluminium sliding door
- Louvred windows glazed in 6 mm glass
- Tiled ensuite and kitchenette, connected to sewer and stormwater
- 250 L hot water, 3.5 kW split system, pendant lighting
- New concrete footpath from the driveway
Contract program / 35 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
08 / 11 NORTH EPPING, NSW
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North EppingNSW
The Home Office
Half of a double garage beneath an off-form concrete slab, reclaimed as a home office without losing the car space. Timber batten panelling warms one wall, the raw concrete ceiling stays as found, and a new hardwood and glass entry gives the office a front door of its own.
Half the garage. A whole office.
- Typology
- Home office and storage
- Completed
- 2024
- Spaces created
- Office, storeroom, car space
- Contract program
- 20 work days
The room in detail / 7 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- New wall frames close the office and form a storeroom
- External walls waterproofed to 900 mm
- Walls insulated, lined and set, new architraves
- New hardwood and glass entry door
- Two aluminium windows with fly screens
- Flooring on membrane underlay
- Five double power points, lighting and full paint
Contract program / 20 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
09 / 11 LALOR PARK, NSW
09
Lalor ParkNSW
The Long Room
A long, narrow garage with a timber roof, lined out as two generous rooms of about twenty square metres each. The ceiling was sheeted as a cathedral with its beams expressed, timber-look tiles run the full 10.4 metre length, and a lockable sliding door with a security screen replaces the roller door.
Ten metres of garage, two rooms of living.
- Typology
- Multipurpose rooms
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Two rooms of about 20 m², storage
- Contract program
- 25 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Existing linings stripped and removed
- External walls and ceiling insulated and lined
- Roof strengthened, cathedral ceiling with exposed beams
- Floor levelled and laid in timber-look tile
- Aluminium sliding door with security screen
- New side door with glass highlights
- Ten downlights on two-way switching, six double power points
Contract program / 25 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
10 / 11 STRATHFIELD SOUTH, NSW
10
Strathfield SouthNSWQuickRooms
The QuickRoom
A double brick garage and workshop, finished with the GtoR QuickRooms system. Pre-finished 50 mm insulated steel panels line the old brickwork, a V-groove ceiling and raised timber floor complete the shell, and a kitchenette, storage loft and back-to-back split system made it a finished room in four weeks on site.
Panel system. Four weeks. A finished room.
- Typology
- QuickRooms panel conversion
- Completed
- 2026
- Spaces created
- Living, kitchenette, storage loft
- Contract program
- 23 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- Pre-finished 50 mm insulated steel panels in Surfmist
- Insulated, sarked V-groove ceiling
- Floor raised and levelled, waterproof laminate over
- Kitchenette, new toilet and vanity
- Storage loft built over the bathroom
- Flashings, capping, new gutter and rear drainage
- Back-to-back 3.5 kW split system, eight downlights
Contract program / 23 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
11 / 11 GRANTHAM FARM, NSW
11
Grantham FarmNSWQuickRooms
The Panel Bedroom
A double garage divided cleanly in two: a bedroom entered from the house, and a storeroom with a laundry bench behind. Insulated panel walls and a bulkhead that hides the garage door went up in days, and the whole job was on site for just over two weeks.
One garage, divided cleanly in two.
- Typology
- QuickRooms bedroom and storage
- Completed
- 2025
- Spaces created
- Bedroom, storeroom
- Contract program
- 15 work days
The room in detail / 6 photos
Scope of works / from the signed contract
- 75 mm insulated panel wall forming the new bedroom
- 50 mm panel wall and bulkhead concealing the garage door
- Full-height door frames and doors to match the house
- Roof space above the garage insulated
- Cabinetry relocated, bench built for the dryer
- Waterproof laminate floors with new scotia
- Lighting relocated, back-to-back power points
Contract program / 15 work days, one mark per day
Inspired?
Picture this in your garage.
