My Workspace #1: Introduction

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This is part 1 in a 1 part series: My Workspace

  1. Introduction

My family lives in a small 850sf, 2 room apartment on the ground floor. We are also fortunate enough to have a ±200sf patio. My wife and I have come to a mutual arrangement that for the sake of both our sanities, we need our patio to function both as a workspace for my projects as well as an outdoor hang-out area + play yard for the kids.

This is what I came up with, take a look and let me know what you think:

1. These are originally 79.5" tall Billy Bookcases from Ikea which I added drawers to. The process was painful as I had to measure and cut each drawer and door from ply, then cover with fabric. But I am pretty happy with how it turned out.

2. I love those Pneumatic Support/Hydraulic Gas Spring door lifts which I purchased from eBay for cheap. They are all 100N/10kg pressure.

3. Folding work/picnic table and benches:

5. Roll out storage cabinet for additional bench space (where my mini table saw is resting on), it hides under the folding table when not in use.

6. It rains quite a bit here, and the patio umbrella & heater from Walmart help to a certain extent. But I still find myself working out in the cold most of the time. However I am not complaining as it is better than having no work space. On sunny days, I fold up the tables and umbrella, and the kids can play outside, to the delight of my missus :)

I am adequately set up to handle most of what my DIY projects require (minor home reno, small carpentry projects like bookcases, hobby electronics, aquarium projects etc.) It also helps that I live only 4 blocks away from a very well stocked hardware store where I get most of my supplies as well as timber cut to required dimensions.

Very nice solution.

CHRIS, Charlottetown PEI Canada. Anytime you can repurpose, reuse, or recycle, everyone wins!

Very creative use of space. Thanks for posting.

Most creative shop I have seen here.Great use of space!

steve66

That is just amazing. I love it. Thank you for letting us see your shop.

Jack

Thank you all for your encouraging comments. I have a lot to learn from you guys.

James,

Where there’s a will, there’s a way! Just some old-fashioned ingenuity and you’ve got yourself a shop!

L/W

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.” Benjamin Franklin

Where there is a will there is a way. That is for sure!

Losing fingers since 1969