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Thursday, May 13, 2010

A Woodworking and craft workshop addition

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Does our older child need a little more liberty? Your work from home or maybe you just feel that you need another room for a special projectthat you want to start? Then the solution is to construct a new woodworking and craft workshop addition.


By making an addition to your home you can add to the living space inyour house, no matter what type of home you own: detached or attached to the house. The space above the new woodworking and craft workshop can be converted into a private living space for your older child, guests or a live-in parent.
You could very well find the peace and quiet needed for your work. Also, the new addition can be converted into a music studio if you put some simple sound proofing measures into place.

In order to start planning for your addition, first prepare a budget and then hire a professional because this is a complex project. Also, you may need to hire an architect to help you with the construction plans.

Five tips for your woodworking and craft workshop.
You park your car in the driveway and you still have to work on your projects in the back yard. If you don’t use your garage for its designed purpose, why not turn it into a tidy new woodworking and craft workshop ?

Here are five steps to turn your garage in a perfect small home Into a new woodworking and craft workshop:

1) Create your own workbench from an old doors or from some Sawhorses or scrap wood.

2) Mount a pegboard on the wall to store your tools. It would be a great idea to mount it above your workbench. Strategically place pegs according to the type of tools you will be placing on the board. After hanging your tools, trace around them with a marker so you will know where each one goes.

3) Use old jars for holding nails, nuts, bolts and screws

4) Make a storage box for the rags because they tend to accumulate in the working area.

5) Use a small tackle box for transporting items such as screws and nails as you move around the shop.

Gadgets for your new woodworking and craft workshop.

If you spend a lot of your time at home in your new woodworking and craft workshop or if you want a clean and organized woodworking and craft workshop you need a few gadgets. Woodworking and craft workshop gadgets come in many forms and for different purposes.

For example a stop light for parking may come in handy for someone who has a problem with depth perception or for someone who comes home late from work and is very tired. If you have such problems, you need this tool. It is easy to install and use and it helps you to park the car in the same spot every time when the motion sensors are triggered.

If you need space on the walls next to the door, you can mount a garage door opener on the ceiling above the door to eliminate chains.
Bike storage is ideal in a new woodworking and craft workshop. For “hanging” your bike on a wall so you have easy access to it with the advantage of having more clear space in the workshop.
If you have a lot more items in your workshop or garage than you really have room for, or the walls are full of shelves and cabinets, you definitely need additional storage devices like an overhead storage system mounted directly on the ceiling.
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