Home builders are taking a page from the automotive industry and starting to build homes in factories rather than on the job site. Pre-built components make construction more efficient and affordable and homes built in factories save time, money and materials. [Read more...]

We’ve blogged previously about the growing trend of utilizing glass garage doors as an alternative-style patio door to seamlessly merge indoor and outdoor living spaces. That application is precisely what attracted ABC “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” (EMHE) designers to Clopay’s glass and aluminum Avante™ Collection garage doors to use in the May 16th season finale makeover benefiting the Williams family in Pine Mountain, Georgia. [Read more...]

The Museum of Science and Industry houses Chicago's greenest home as part of their Smart Home: Green + Wired exhibit. Bill Goldberg and the Garage Mahal team, along with special guest, actor and green activist Ed Begely Jr., are brought in to help make the garage as cool as the house by transforming the empty space into the ultimate multifunctional, eco-friendly garage. [Read more...]