When we first moved overseas, I grossly overestimated how much woodworking or even DIY I would be doing. Our apartment was small and any plans to build anything were quickly shot down. I managed to make a freestanding shelf for our storage closet from some scrounged scrap wood and some shelves for our laundry closet and a shelf for the entryway literally by face gluing two pieces of thin plywood together and then ripping the edges flush.
Our new digs are much more spacious and we have this huge parking area in the front that could easily fit 4 cars if you could Tetris them in. We have one car, though.
When the movers delivered our stuff last week, they left me 3 of the wooden crates. Each of them measures almost 4' wide, 7' deep, and 7' tall. There's a housekeeper's quarters to the right of the picture which we're using as a storage room since we only need a helper one day a week. Instead of cluttering up that room, my wife was easily convinced to use one of these crates for my "shop".
I've decided to use the particle board one since it's the largest and sturdiest--no bounce in the floor--and I'm going to disassemble the other crates for projects like a Tiki bar I want to build for the patio.
I'm going to spend the rest of the day pulling staples. I'm thinking of making a fold-down bench top for the back. The whole parking area is covered. Heavy rains will sneak through that gap, but there's a generous overhang that the crates are quite deep in and never get wet. I may leave the door facing out like this or turn it to the side. Not sure yet. I'm also thinking I might want to cut a door on the long side and use that for entry, but also not sure yet. Let me know if you've got any ideas. I probably have triple of what you see in this picture for tools, etc.
Paul
Our new digs are much more spacious and we have this huge parking area in the front that could easily fit 4 cars if you could Tetris them in. We have one car, though.
When the movers delivered our stuff last week, they left me 3 of the wooden crates. Each of them measures almost 4' wide, 7' deep, and 7' tall. There's a housekeeper's quarters to the right of the picture which we're using as a storage room since we only need a helper one day a week. Instead of cluttering up that room, my wife was easily convinced to use one of these crates for my "shop".
I've decided to use the particle board one since it's the largest and sturdiest--no bounce in the floor--and I'm going to disassemble the other crates for projects like a Tiki bar I want to build for the patio.
I'm going to spend the rest of the day pulling staples. I'm thinking of making a fold-down bench top for the back. The whole parking area is covered. Heavy rains will sneak through that gap, but there's a generous overhang that the crates are quite deep in and never get wet. I may leave the door facing out like this or turn it to the side. Not sure yet. I'm also thinking I might want to cut a door on the long side and use that for entry, but also not sure yet. Let me know if you've got any ideas. I probably have triple of what you see in this picture for tools, etc.
Paul
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