A couple spent $26,000 turning their garage into a kitchen. The space has boosted their cookie business to new heights.

"You can never have too many cookies - or too much kitchen space."

"'This is really taking off, and it's great that you're doing this,' Mandy Edmunds recalled her husband saying. 'You're happy and successful, but I think it's time for a dedicated space.'"

"Together, they spent about eight months and $26,000 transforming their two-car garage into a second kitchen."

"The process, she said, has led to the growth of her business and tens of thousands of cookies in the oven."

Mandy Edmunds, a 47-year-old baker in Los Angeles, launched Sugared Up Cookies in 2019 and eventually outgrew her home kitchen. Rather than renting a retail location, her husband proposed converting their two-car garage into a dedicated baking space. The couple invested about eight months and $26,000 to complete the renovation. The new kitchen functions as the business's primary production area and has supported business growth, enabling the production of tens of thousands of cookies and increasing capacity without leasing external commercial space.

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