For the past year I’ve been working on a extension on the house. We used to have a triple length garage that ran the whole length of the house and out the back into our garden but we (I) sacrificed half of it to turn into a new extension on the house. So, in return, I was allowed to go mad in the garage.
This is where we started.
Used large LED lamps so it’s bright. It’s now got double glazing and a heavily insulated door and a huge 6000kw radiator so I’m not going to be cold in winter.
It’s an Ikea kitchen with Sapele wooden worktops. I raise the units an extra 10cm to make it more workshop than kitchen. Laid a rubber floor to conserve heat and save me from cold concrete and gave it a nice coat of washable paint.
Glass work bench on the left(I make stained glass as a hobby), bikes on the right
OCD storage:
My mobile bike stand (it’s a tool chest on castors with a 1990s Kestrel Engineering shop repair stand bolted on:
More tool chests with non-bike tools along with some lovely bike prints and an old window I made years ago:
Old stuff- 1950s dentist stool, it’s got a flexible joint at the base meaning you can angle it which is great for working on the bike and at the worktop:
-Machinists lamps (now converted to LED):
1970s space-age French wine rack now holding oils and degreasers:
Bikes, bikes, bikes:
Guess where I’ll be spending winter... :xmas-wink:
This is where we started.
Used large LED lamps so it’s bright. It’s now got double glazing and a heavily insulated door and a huge 6000kw radiator so I’m not going to be cold in winter.
It’s an Ikea kitchen with Sapele wooden worktops. I raise the units an extra 10cm to make it more workshop than kitchen. Laid a rubber floor to conserve heat and save me from cold concrete and gave it a nice coat of washable paint.
Glass work bench on the left(I make stained glass as a hobby), bikes on the right
OCD storage:
My mobile bike stand (it’s a tool chest on castors with a 1990s Kestrel Engineering shop repair stand bolted on:
More tool chests with non-bike tools along with some lovely bike prints and an old window I made years ago:
Old stuff- 1950s dentist stool, it’s got a flexible joint at the base meaning you can angle it which is great for working on the bike and at the worktop:
-Machinists lamps (now converted to LED):
1970s space-age French wine rack now holding oils and degreasers:
Bikes, bikes, bikes:
Guess where I’ll be spending winter... :xmas-wink:
what a great space, certainly looks a hell of a lot better now. Some nice and interesting items you have in there too, on a look out for one of those stools now 
