For two decades, financial adviser Tom West spent his free time painting in the basement of his Maryland home, next to the furnace and the washer and dryer. For almost as long, he dreamed of turning his property’s detached two-car garage, seldom used for parking, into an art studio.
Then Covid hit, and Mr. West had far more time to paint and to finally start the project. He and his wife, Ann, spent about $150,000 to transform the dilapidated garage into a light-filled art studio with a 14-foot cathedral ceiling to allow room for Mr. West’s large-scale, abstract oil paintings. The project was completed in June.
