The Workshop
Not your typical man-cave
"The Workshop" is much more than a place to store tools. It is a place where problems are solved, bourbon is consumed and late nights are common. The lower level of the workshop looks like any man's woodworking shop (table saw, bench, chop saw, etc) but climb the ladder to the loft and you'll find bookshelves, and oriental rug on the floor and an old armchair. Lit by an old ship's oil lantern and lined with bourbon bottles and a few glasses, it is a place for best friends to talk and laugh.
In 2017, work continued on the workshop! ...but of course!
As part of the kitchen addition, we moved the attached deck from the house over to the workshop -I can now wheel the table saw out of the workshop onto the deck for big cuts! We built it on footings so we can add a second floor porch looking out to the ocean next year! We added two underground power circuits so the extension cords were retired. Probably a bit safer too.
The insulation layer also went in the upstairs bourbon bar this winter! - It's nice to be able to sit in the workshop, sitting bourbon and playing cribbage when it is warm! Mike came up for a week for Christmas and we spend three days adding foam panel insulation between the rook beams. It really tightened it up.
As part of the kitchen addition, we moved the attached deck from the house over to the workshop -I can now wheel the table saw out of the workshop onto the deck for big cuts! We built it on footings so we can add a second floor porch looking out to the ocean next year! We added two underground power circuits so the extension cords were retired. Probably a bit safer too.
The insulation layer also went in the upstairs bourbon bar this winter! - It's nice to be able to sit in the workshop, sitting bourbon and playing cribbage when it is warm! Mike came up for a week for Christmas and we spend three days adding foam panel insulation between the rook beams. It really tightened it up.
A few cool pics from the winter
I (Steve) continue to work away at the workshop - over the winter of 2016/17 I added a woodshed. It is always best to keep your wood dry! I also framed out a few of the windows and began to run the electrical. I added a barn light in the spring to greet us when we come home! Here are a few pics from that winter
a man needs his woodshed!
Here are a few pics of the woodshed buildout. Metal roof will go on fall of 2018!
Here are a few of the pics of the buildout.
It took about 4 months to get it to this point. Metal roof installed and stove in. I had the boys help at various points (chimney, roof, beams, and the ridge - so you can say it was a family project. All the wood came from a sawmill in Oxford, Maine and is green hemlock. Hemlock is great to build with, once it dries out (a year maybe), it is as strong as oak. Also as it dries, it shrinks a bit tightening up the nails. The next step is to build a woodshed off one side.
Mike helping me build the shelves for one of the walls.