I’ve been taking piccies to show how my new hobby workshop has come about. Hopefully, there’ll be more to come and it'll become more interesting as I start to tackle proper projects in it.
Over the last few years I’ve been struggling to cope with making stuff in little hidey holes. The only problem is that as soon as I find enough space for myself, it gets cluttered up. Here are examples of three of the locations where there are tools:
Scullery
Another view of the Scullery
Shed
Lean-to
So I managed to negotiate a dedicated workshop for myself over the New Year
! His Lordship has agreed that it should be my space, which could mean he'll at least make a token effort to clear up after he's made a mess.
The workshop measures 8' by 18', which is about as large as our garden can accommodate if I'm ever to hang out any laundry again. We decided on a 4" solid concrete base, so His Lordship arranged for a couple of mates to pop over one wet Saturday afternoon (while he was in London at an astronomy exhibition :roll and dig a hole. They dug the hole and removed this much soil:
Skip Exciting, huh?
Then they went home because it was raining, came back the next day and filled the hole with concrete:
Plinth The sapling at the end is a walnut tree. One day...
Although it was very tempting to 'sign' the wet concrete, I managed to resist the urge. Unfortunately, my chihuahua insisted that the plinth needed a finishing touch:
Rio's signature
After shopping around, we decided to buy the workshop from Tudor Garden Products in Hereford, as I've discussed elsewhere. It arrived in sections this morning, a week later than originally scheduled , accompanied by a couple of thirsty blokes. First things first, get the kettle on.
This is how it's being put together:
Obviously, there's still more work to be done so they'll be returning tomorrow to finish off the roof, windows, door and my teabags. Let's hope they finish in good time; it's Paskins' biennial woodworking exhibition in Kidderminster tomorrow and His Lordship wants to go there because he has an afternoon off work.
Gill
Over the last few years I’ve been struggling to cope with making stuff in little hidey holes. The only problem is that as soon as I find enough space for myself, it gets cluttered up. Here are examples of three of the locations where there are tools:
Scullery
Another view of the Scullery
Shed
Lean-to
So I managed to negotiate a dedicated workshop for myself over the New Year
! His Lordship has agreed that it should be my space, which could mean he'll at least make a token effort to clear up after he's made a mess.The workshop measures 8' by 18', which is about as large as our garden can accommodate if I'm ever to hang out any laundry again. We decided on a 4" solid concrete base, so His Lordship arranged for a couple of mates to pop over one wet Saturday afternoon (while he was in London at an astronomy exhibition :roll
and dig a hole. They dug the hole and removed this much soil:
Skip Exciting, huh?
Then they went home because it was raining, came back the next day and filled the hole with concrete:
Plinth The sapling at the end is a walnut tree. One day...
Although it was very tempting to 'sign' the wet concrete, I managed to resist the urge. Unfortunately, my chihuahua insisted that the plinth needed a finishing touch:
Rio's signature
After shopping around, we decided to buy the workshop from Tudor Garden Products in Hereford, as I've discussed elsewhere. It arrived in sections this morning, a week later than originally scheduled
, accompanied by a couple of thirsty blokes. First things first, get the kettle on.This is how it's being put together:
Obviously, there's still more work to be done so they'll be returning tomorrow to finish off the roof, windows, door and my teabags. Let's hope they finish in good time; it's Paskins' biennial woodworking exhibition in Kidderminster tomorrow and His Lordship wants to go there because he has an afternoon off work.
Gill
