For far too long my shop had been nothing more than a glorified storage shed. Like many 2020 led to many plans being changed and for my family and I it was no different. We had hoped to spend time in other parts of the state on the weekends but ironically the Kenai peninsula was the only real place open (and crowded) and that left us at home for the most part. So my better half convinced me that it was finally time to work on making the space what I needed it to be. Yes a place for storage, but a multi-functional workshop where I can work on the Jeep of course but our other vehicles, home repairs, woodworking (that I need to improve in greatly) and for my other hobby collecting vintage edged tools (aka Axes and Pulaskis).
This thread is to show what I went through trying to figure out one how to lay one out to be functional, some ideas for storage that I picked up and hopefully inspire others to offer some feedback and share their ideas as well. Shop layout can be a personal thing, but I hope sharing what is working for me (or not) and have others chime in will help others as well.
The first real problem that had to addressed is that at some point one of the previous owners had converted the back of the shop into basically a bedroom. It was walled, had a ceiling and was wired and insulated. The shops Modine heater was in this space as well and had not been in working order for some time. So first order was to yard that all out.
This thread is to show what I went through trying to figure out one how to lay one out to be functional, some ideas for storage that I picked up and hopefully inspire others to offer some feedback and share their ideas as well. Shop layout can be a personal thing, but I hope sharing what is working for me (or not) and have others chime in will help others as well.
The first real problem that had to addressed is that at some point one of the previous owners had converted the back of the shop into basically a bedroom. It was walled, had a ceiling and was wired and insulated. The shops Modine heater was in this space as well and had not been in working order for some time. So first order was to yard that all out.
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