My new workshop.

[x88x]

So I got bored tonight and decided to start working on getting my new workshop into a useful state. First, some background. My house, unfortunately, has no garage (yet... :twisted: ), but there is a large shed that, I think, used to be a small apartment..very small, it's about 150-200 sqft.

Flyover shot of part of my property, with the shed circled:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/myHouse/flyoverS-1.png

Outside view:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/myHouse/PG7434034_14_0.jpg

Inside, let's see, some inside, 'before' shots:
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_04.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_01.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_03.jpg
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_02.jpg
Yes, that is a big pile of old dressers with no drawers...yeah...like I said, the previous owners were a bit..odd...

Now, that little wall thing is just in the way, and the board across the ceiling is just in the way of the light unit I'm putting in, so..
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_08.jpg
Ahh, that's better. :D

Lumber waiting for a much better use...most likely building either the new workbench or shelves.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_09.jpg

[blaze15301]

oh i love things like this. just add on to that little shack. then before you know it you have a wholenother house in your back yard.

[x88x]

Haha, no, no additions to the workshop...I am planning on refinancing and building a garage this summer though. :D

[mDust]

Hmmm...isn't that thing attached to your house with the driveway leading up to the garage door a garage?:whistler:


Yes, that is a big pile of old dressers with no drawers...yeah...like I said, the previous owners were a bit..odd...
What? Clearly, that's a redneck bookshelf. The drawers are probably stacked as a coffee table somewhere.

[x88x]

Hmmm...isn't that thing attached to your house with the driveway leading up to the garage door a garage?:whistler:

Nope, just a carport.
(note: car in pic isn't mine; this is a pic I mirrored from the listing and I can't be bothered to take a new picture myself. :P )
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/myHouse/PG7434034_1.jpg

[x88x]

I forgot to post this last night, but I found this on one of the sheets of old drywall that I pulled down. I thought it was interesting.
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/x13931x/workshop_10.jpg

[OvRiDe]

Looks like it may have been a garage back when it was built. The problem is back then they built garages for Model-T's not full size sedans of today, so they are almost worthless today as a garage. We have a bunch of garages like those in my neighborhood, and pretty much all of them have been converted to living space. The shed looks like it has LOTs of potential. :up:

[x88x]

Nope, the original house was actually just the left (from the road) part. The L-shaped section going off it, including the carport, was built in 95. I'm not entirely sure why they didn't go ahead and pay the extra little bit to make it a couple feet longer and enclose it... It's a nice little ~400-450-ish sqft area that's been finished off as an efficiency apartment. Once I get my stuff out of there (it was the staging point for everything while I was moving in, so consequently it still has a lot of boxes in it) and actually put in a proper door between the two sections I'll be renting it out. Nice little side income that should let me pay off the mortgage in about 10 years instead of 30. :D

[farlo]

i love projects like this, ill keep an eye on it.

[x88x]

I added a nice big 8' florescent light on the ceiling on Sunday..with a switch! No more climbing on top of a microwave to screw in the single bulb! :D I'll grab a picture tonight.

Next step is to break down all the dressers and build real shelves along that wall...out of scrap 2x4's and plywood. :D

[billygoat333]

New Mancave project!!! sweet! lol