For the past 6 years or so, I've stored all my tools in a 6x12 enclosed trailer in my side yard. It has a back ramp and a side door, so it's been fairly easy to go in for the tool I need or roll out the air compressor, table saw, etc. However, it's never near the driveway when I'm working, and takes forever and a day to find anything. My amazing wife has heard my grumblings and finally prompted me to start cleaning out the garage and converting it to my work area.
I don't have any good before pictures, but this should give you an idea:
Granted, that was when we were installing some garage cabinets years ago, so everything was pushed to the middle. But the garage was our storage shed.
After a weekend and holiday of work, it now looks like this:
I bought the workbench at HF, but I glued every joint as I put it together and it's pretty rock solid now. As we were pulling away from the HF pickup, my wife spotted the sheet of peg board leaning up against a dumpster. Had a piece cut out, but that piece was there too. Yay! Used that piece for my air tools. Plan is to now build a welding table and put it on the left to complete my side of the garage (I've only been allowed half the garage so far
). I also ran fresh power to it...10 gauge wiring, 16 outlets. I've already used the space countless times for fixing little things...so nice to finally have a work bench. Not to mention the air compressor and hose reel at the ready. The workbench and electrical outlets/boxes/conduit were the only purchases...everything else came out of the trailer.
Anyway, just thought I'd share. Can't wait to work on the jeep with all my tools at the ready instead of working in my neighbor's driveway.