May 17, 2025: The Forgotten Room

It deserves way more credit.

There’s an underrated room in most homes. Seldom do folks renovate the space, and guests rarely see it.

The garage.

A few facts:

  • Burglars often break in through this area

  • Tech giants like Apple, Google, and Amazon all started out there

  • So did Disney and Hewlett-Packard

  • Nirvana and The Ramones first shredded chords in one

  • A Wisconsin father built a full replica of Disney’s Haunted Mansion in his carport

  • Over half of homeowners use theirs for storage, not parking

  • My dad once relocated his entire business into ours after a fire

  • In elementary school, I hit my head on the cement floor, resulting in a forehead shiner

  • A watermelon we placed in there somehow exploded, leaving a stench of death for weeks

And today? We spent the afternoon cleaning ours up, digging through the avalanche of college stuff from our returning students: boxes, clothes, furniture, and the mysterious smell of dorm room.

Gotta love garages, the unsung hero of homes.

Guard your melons.

Brian Forrester