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Tools Sponsor By Michael McHale/Lincoln Journal Star
Saturday, Nov 01, 2008 - 11:23:19 pm CDT

As wind thrashes the trees on a chilly October day, Lincoln resident Gary Pepin watches leaves skid into his garage.

The foliage doesn’t know it is invading Pepin’s territory, the place he has come to call his own as the decades have ticked by.

Ladders and shovels neatly line one wall. Paint scrapers and wrenches hang on another. In back, a stool sits next to a long wooden desk — a makeshift office where Pepin sometimes makes recruiting phone calls.
The longtime head coach of the Husker track and field team enjoys spending part of his evenings hanging out in the garage.

He is not alone. A slew of men have turned the space into a personal haven, somewhere more than just a spot to park a couple of cars.

“The truth is,” Pepin said, smiling, “I’m a pipe smoker. My wife doesn’t like me smoking in the house, so I can come out here and puff on my pipe.

“It’s kind of a nice place to get away to.”

Sara Shragal, a representative of the national home design service DirectBuy, said more people in recent years have personalized their garages. Sometimes they set up an office for work, or they wire an entertainment center for friends and relatives to enjoy. The uses are endless.

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