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Elbow Vroom

Completed family room, which no one would guess had been a garage, has plenty of room for house guests.

Completed family room, which no one would guess had been a garage, has plenty of room for house guests.  (PERRY C. RIDDLE / Los Angeles Times)

A garage is transformed into a family room by a Whittier couple who realized their retirement home was too small.

Eugene and Barbara Noller

Eugene and Barbara Noller relied on years of remodeling experience.  (PERRY C. RIDDLE / Los Angeles Times)

The old garage

The old garage, left, was given a face lift when it became a family room.  (PERRY C. RIDDLE / Los Angeles Times)

A door and window in place of garage door

A door and window now occupy the wall where the garage door once stood.  (PERRY C. RIDDLE / Los Angeles Times)

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Transformation of garage into a family room.

Wood floors, French doors, sheer swag curtains and custom bookshelves completed the transformation of Barbara and Eugene Noller’s garage into a family room.  (PERRY C. RIDDLE / Los Angeles Times )

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