This is the best part…the Small Touches.
This is like the accessories in a room. And who doesn’t like to buy and arrange accessories??
You can read Part VI Cement or can I have a pond? {if you need to catch up with the process}
Just as accessories make or break a room I figure these small touches would make or break my workshop.
My favorite; love these little canning jars and I used leftover 1 x 4 to build shelves between the 2 x 4 studs.
This is a favorite idea for display that will grow…I call it the dead brush area. I still remember seeing a fantastic display in Anthropologie with hanging paintbrushes still covered with dried red paint. This will be my version with dried white paint. And bonus…no washing paintbrushes!
Using some leftover old molding to edge a shelf.
Tiny spindle angel to look over me. Note: these are great for the holidays using larger spindles. I will post a how~to before the holidays. Planning Ahead!
Frame clamps are great!!! But they don’t store well. I would always pull one out and another would drop on the toe…Ouch! Now using spindles inserted between the 2 x 4 studs the frame clamp are secure. No more hurt toes.
These sewing machine boxes came from our local antique shop. Like just leaving them stacked on top of the green cabinet. Easy to storage current project bits and pieces.
Scrap 2 x 4 used to hold drill bits and router pieces.
Just stuck leftover old molding in a bucket…ready for the next project.
Old chair used as a blackboard. Tip for this project: paint the edges and any molding with flat regular black paint for easy sanding to bring out the details of the molding. Apply the blackboard paint in the center.
This could be my totally favorite small touch. Inserted a spindle between the 2 x 4 with room to push to one side and add rolls of tapes and twine.
There was a knot hole on the front of the workshop just to the left of the door that wasps would enter through and build nests {or whatever they build}. I used a piece of glass about 1″ x 1 1/2 inches, painted our logo with glass paint and sealed the knot hole. A fun unexpected result of this was when the sun hits the knot hole “window” our logo reflection shows up on a piece of wood inside.
Cool!
I think the small touches make the workshop.
What do you think?
$300 Budget {it is only a 6 x 8 workshop}
Primer and Paint $60
PVC $22 {had paint and primer for the PVC}
That ugly orange outdoor electrical cord $17
Old jewelry box $6
Flexible metal electrical tubing one foot .80¢
Electrical cord and light kit for hanging funnel light $4
Ruler $3 {cause I did scrounge decorating and used the wood I had…even reused nails and screws}
Canning Jars $30
Spice Rack with wooden drawers found at antique store $30
12 Bags of 80 bl Cement $40
Cement Color $26
That great edging tool $9
Cement Gloves $5
2 Expansion Strips for between shed and cement ramp and square planters $6
Sewing Machine Boxes ~ one was $10 the other three totaled $17
Left in the piggy bank $ 14.20 Note: I have been rounding up {cept for the .80¢ flexible metal electrical tubing cause it’s so cute and under a dollar}.
Next…and last of the Workshop Series Part VIII or the Ribbon Cutting
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