It's hard to believe I started this workshop project almost a year ago. The hot Dallas summer led to a lot of inertia, with the unfinished workshop needing attention and all of the stuff that should go into the workshop sitting in boxes in the front of the garage, which meant that Supermodel Wife and I had to park our cars in the driveway or in the street.
For almost a full year.
My goal was to get both cars parked in the garage before the temperature went below freezing. Well, I looked at the forecast last week and was spurred into emergency action by a forecasted cold front. Over the past month or so I'd built some shelves, and Hacker Dad helped me hang some wall cabinets that I'd salvaged from a home that was undergoing renovation. So, with a frantic burst of activity I managed to store some of my stuff in reasonable locations within the workshop and I dragged the remaining full boxes into the shop, and managed to get both cars into the garage before the cold arrived.
Whew!
Currently the shop is a mess. Supermodel Wife can park in the garage but I'm rewiring all of my fluorescent light fixtures with electronic ballasts in the space where my car belongs. (They currently have magnetic ballasts and therefore they hum when powered on.) That will free up some floor space and light the shop, so I get a twofer out of this work.
I have three fixtures wired up and at least six more to go. (What can I say, I like a lot of light in my workshop.) I'm hoping to average one fixture per night for the rest of the week.
After that, it's a matter of finding a home for all of my stuff in my new space. I'm already finding that I don't have as much room as I'd hoped to have. I'll have to tell the wife we need a bigger house.