workspace

A couple of years ago we sold our house in Bristol as we needed a bigger house so that my wife's mom could come and live with us as she is very ill. Long story short, we are a lot worse off financially but her mom is better and we have a bigger house, big enough for a games room!! For reasons...

So I got kicked out of the attic and into the basement. (My wife wants the spare bedroom with the television to be tidier and less . . . "dusty.") On the other hand, I got a lovely old teacher's desk in trade. I figure I'll cover the desktop to spare it the indignity of paint spills and gluing...

Inspiration from Pumpkineater's living room oldhammer cave, whats your painting table area look like? A Heath Robinson affair for me, but it gets the job done and I can pack it away. Oh for the joy of a simple desk. One day... one day. *rubs achy, pins and needle legs *...

I'm open to suggestions and modifications here. Might be more appropriate to the WIP section, or possibly elsewhere. But after seeing photographs of other people's workbenches and what was on 'em a few time I thought it might be nice to have an official thread for showing off giant collections...