Tao Of Foo

Today I worked from home so I could supervise the construction of my new workshop. A little bit of background first though. Amy’s business is growing like gangbusters but it’s getting a little old moving furniture out of the living room to turn it into her photography studio every time she needs to run an indoor photo shoot. Also our spare bedroom makes for quite a cramped office and storage is becoming an issue for all of the props she is acquiring. Earlier this year we started thinking about converting the garage into her studio and office. There are only 2 problems with that though, my workshop and storage. My workshop takes up about half of the garage with the workbench, radial arm saw, lumber and tools. I do a lot of woodworking and other projects so I desperately needed to keep that space. That reminds me, I need to finish the writeup of the playset I built for Ben. The other half of the garage is basically lawn and gardening equipment, all of our camping gear, bicycles, a little (currently) unused furniture and random storage.

I had originally wanted to build the workshop myself but came to the conclusion that it would take me about 3-4 months to do so. And that’s not necessarily factoring in the winter holidays, Amy’s work schedule or any spring vacations. So I contracted out the work. Three guys showed up at 9am and were gone by 4pm. Not too bad for a 20′x12′ workshop with lots of loft/storage space. Now I didn’t pay to have it completely finished. I’m going to deck in the storage loft, build a workbench and shelves, wire in AC for lights and power tools, finish the interior walls, paint the exterior and eventually build doors for the storage loft.

I’ll probably start building the workbench pretty soon that way I can at least move some of my tools out there. After I finish this project we’ll get started on the garage. First I’ll need to add a few AC circuits for the additional recepticles for her lighting equipment. Then I’ll build a wall to replace the garage door. That will give her a separate enterance for the business and a big bay window. Then it’s just painting and flooring.

It seems there is always another project or 10 when you are a home owner.

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