Jailhouse Rock

Texas man converts police station into home and auto-repair garage.

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Sometimes people will lock themselves out of their house. On one occasion, Tom Donovan locked himself in his house. Inside the jail cell in his home, that is. The cell is just one of the noteworthy features in the former police station that Donovan now calls home.

Donovan converted the police offices upstairs into living space and found room for his automotive business downstairs. Far from being a drab police station, the home now features hardwood floors, a hot tub, cathedral ceilings and a spiral staircase.