Another workbench in my life... - converting the shed into a workshop
Another workbench in my life…
converting the shed into a workshop
Hi LJ's,
This is the story of another workbench in my life, another house, another garden another path.
I call the house Postgaarden (The Postal house), named so because the main house is an old Railway post van, that were put on the allotment and converted into a small house back in the fifties.
It will be my summer hide out, a place for peace, quietness, gardening, time in the workshop and once the place is fixed, hopefully also a place to just hang out, with a good book and a pipe of tobacco.
Here it is, the new old workbench, in my new allotment workshop.
In a previous post, I promised to tell a little more, about my new allotment house.
In Denmark we have an old tradition, with these small allotments with tiny houses on.
The plot is 400m² 4300ft² and the house including conservatory and the workshop is about 50m² / 540ft², so we are talking a tiny garden and a tiny house (quite big for an allotment actually), so not a real summer hose. Originally these plots were meant for the working class, to be able to grow some food and get fresh air in the summer, so the rules are that you can only sleep there in the six summer months, the advantage of this is, that you pay no taxes, just a small annual fee to be a member and rent the land (really cheap).
It's almost off grid, no electricity, no sewer, just water are installed, there's a small solar system, gas bottles for hot water and cooking, a drain for roof and kitchen, a camping toilet and I have made one of the green houses into a bath house, where I can recycle the water for gardening.
(Text on drawing in Danish: Stue - living room, Gæst - guest, Sove - bed room, Spise stue - dinning room, Køkken - kitchen, Udestue - conservatory, Krea rum - creative room, Værksted - workshop).
Here in the back garden, looking at the workshop, that were used as a shed.
But let's take a little tour inside.
Dining room and bed room in the back.
(With fine new floors, I put just before the winter).
Looking at the kitchen, in the other direction.
This room got a new deck and floor now (like the rest of the house) and will be the living room, with a sofa / guest bed.
Finally the conservatory.
(Will get a new floor this summer).
The greenhouse, that has been converted into a bath house.
Love to shower out there under the stars at night, while eating some grapes.
This was how it looked, when I got the house just five months ago.
Inside the shed.
But then my friend Pasquale and I cut a hole in the wall…
It's him inside the shed, I'll post more about the window project another day.
He is here on LJ: httpss://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/41065
Thank you my friend.
Taaaaddddaaaaa!
With a beautiful window and even a bench, to sit and have a wee coffee.
So now it's just a matter of cleaning up, so it can become a workshop.
But here is the star of the show, the old workbench.
Traditional Scandinavian / German bench, got it for next to nothing, but it needed some love.
(There had been wood worm in it, so I started by treating it, so I was sure it was all gone).
Cleaned the top up and gave it a layer of lacquer.
Since the base had some damage and lots of holes, I decided to paint it.
Back in the new workshop after I made some order.
(You can see the old 220v generator, I got a newer one now, so I can run power tools when needed).
The workshop end. I'm quite pleased, a relative small job, has converted it into a nice place to work and hang out.
I have all the basic tools there and even a table saw, drill press and an old compressor - like this I only have to bring my accu tools when I go there.
I smile.
I can hang out here.
Hmmm, I'm not the only one…
Country life - it's an hours drive from Copenhagen.
Building a bookcase for the house, working by the gas light in the evening.
Restoring windows on a rainy day.
Yes I'm pleased, a happy monkey, with a new workshop.
Having my breakfast in front of the workshop.
The happy monkey in the door of the house, think this little place will bring plenty of fine moments, for friends, for neighbours, for my daughter, for my girlfriend and for me. Hopefully some peace and quite, I really need that in my life.
Well, there should be a chance. ;-)
Thanks for watching.
Link to a blog with a few more pictures from the allotment, laying new floors and how to make a circular saw jig, I use there: httpss://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/130245
Hope it can be to some inspiration or just a wee smile.
Best thoughts,
MaFe
Another workbench in my life…
converting the shed into a workshop
Hi LJ's,
This is the story of another workbench in my life, another house, another garden another path.
I call the house Postgaarden (The Postal house), named so because the main house is an old Railway post van, that were put on the allotment and converted into a small house back in the fifties.
It will be my summer hide out, a place for peace, quietness, gardening, time in the workshop and once the place is fixed, hopefully also a place to just hang out, with a good book and a pipe of tobacco.
Here it is, the new old workbench, in my new allotment workshop.
In a previous post, I promised to tell a little more, about my new allotment house.
In Denmark we have an old tradition, with these small allotments with tiny houses on.
The plot is 400m² 4300ft² and the house including conservatory and the workshop is about 50m² / 540ft², so we are talking a tiny garden and a tiny house (quite big for an allotment actually), so not a real summer hose. Originally these plots were meant for the working class, to be able to grow some food and get fresh air in the summer, so the rules are that you can only sleep there in the six summer months, the advantage of this is, that you pay no taxes, just a small annual fee to be a member and rent the land (really cheap).
It's almost off grid, no electricity, no sewer, just water are installed, there's a small solar system, gas bottles for hot water and cooking, a drain for roof and kitchen, a camping toilet and I have made one of the green houses into a bath house, where I can recycle the water for gardening.
(Text on drawing in Danish: Stue - living room, Gæst - guest, Sove - bed room, Spise stue - dinning room, Køkken - kitchen, Udestue - conservatory, Krea rum - creative room, Værksted - workshop).
Here in the back garden, looking at the workshop, that were used as a shed.
But let's take a little tour inside.
Dining room and bed room in the back.
(With fine new floors, I put just before the winter).
Looking at the kitchen, in the other direction.
This room got a new deck and floor now (like the rest of the house) and will be the living room, with a sofa / guest bed.
Finally the conservatory.
(Will get a new floor this summer).
The greenhouse, that has been converted into a bath house.
Love to shower out there under the stars at night, while eating some grapes.
This was how it looked, when I got the house just five months ago.
Inside the shed.
But then my friend Pasquale and I cut a hole in the wall…
It's him inside the shed, I'll post more about the window project another day.
He is here on LJ: httpss://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/41065
Thank you my friend.
Taaaaddddaaaaa!
With a beautiful window and even a bench, to sit and have a wee coffee.
So now it's just a matter of cleaning up, so it can become a workshop.
But here is the star of the show, the old workbench.
Traditional Scandinavian / German bench, got it for next to nothing, but it needed some love.
(There had been wood worm in it, so I started by treating it, so I was sure it was all gone).
Cleaned the top up and gave it a layer of lacquer.
Since the base had some damage and lots of holes, I decided to paint it.
Back in the new workshop after I made some order.
(You can see the old 220v generator, I got a newer one now, so I can run power tools when needed).
The workshop end. I'm quite pleased, a relative small job, has converted it into a nice place to work and hang out.
I have all the basic tools there and even a table saw, drill press and an old compressor - like this I only have to bring my accu tools when I go there.
I smile.
I can hang out here.
Hmmm, I'm not the only one…
Country life - it's an hours drive from Copenhagen.
Building a bookcase for the house, working by the gas light in the evening.
Restoring windows on a rainy day.
Yes I'm pleased, a happy monkey, with a new workshop.
Having my breakfast in front of the workshop.
The happy monkey in the door of the house, think this little place will bring plenty of fine moments, for friends, for neighbours, for my daughter, for my girlfriend and for me. Hopefully some peace and quite, I really need that in my life.
Well, there should be a chance. ;-)
Thanks for watching.
Link to a blog with a few more pictures from the allotment, laying new floors and how to make a circular saw jig, I use there: httpss://www.lumberjocks.com/mafe/blog/130245
Hope it can be to some inspiration or just a wee smile.
Best thoughts,
MaFe