working on ideas for the conversion of the boathouse (think one car garage space), glass and door changes happen next Friday…..fitting in some tools, two bikes, one desk, one desk chair, two filing cabinets, maybe a loveseat or a three seat couch (must fit golden retriever and one human at the same time), end table, and a few other workshop items like a shop vac. I have two bookcases allocated for tools.
any other must have suggestions? thanks
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William J. Gibsonwalls are stud open with black construction board, we contemplate insulation and drywall, or just spray the interior up to and including the open rafters white. wont be me going up into those rafters, but easy for a pro painter. -
Stephen QuinnSounds quite ambitious. -
William J. Gibsonmy above ground man cave, write read, let the Georgian Bay wind blast through, hang out with the dog. and stare at the bay, while listening to everybody else’s power mowers, whipper snippers, chainsaws, circular saws, and bad choices in music. perhaps I need a desert island.
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William J. Gibsonperhaps a dart board for exercise?
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Michele Hornbythis is essentially your writing room?. -
William J. Gibsonkeeping tv out, this is supposed to be primarily a quiet writing space. if you ever get a chance crack open Jill Krementz’ A Writers Desk, a book of photographs of the spaces, quite varied where writers work. http://www.amazon.ca/Writers…/dp/0679450149/ref=sr_1_4…
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William J. Gibsonwriting room? yes. plus guy tools storage, but it will at the minimum have electric power via outdoor extension cord plugged into outlet outside side door of house.
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William J. GibsonKrementz shows I think it was Robert Penn Warren typing, his typewriter set on a small wooden packing crate set on its end for added height, the essence of rudimentary but still steady
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Michele Hornbyso less is more with focus on view… .I like a la Z Boy rocker for mulling but a good chair with desk, and lighting (ceiling fan?). just stare out @ Georgian Bay and weave that noise into your work….
Gnawledgewurker and his knowledge work blog 
I think we generally overload our homes. I recall the last week or so at the old family mansion, a small two story brick house in the north end of the City of Toronto, just before sale. All that was left in the living room and dining room open space, was a table, small, and a tv on a small book case, and a floor lamp, all that expanse of hardwood floor and bare walls., simple sparse, excellent.