Shop Dreams
Working from home, my office space overlooks my backyard and garage. When those Zoom meetings run a bit too long, or my eyes glaze over after staring at a screen filled with text and numbers, I find myself daydreaming about my shop. Not my actual shop, mind you. My actual shop is a 1920’s one-car garage that was expanded to a two car some time mid-century. When I moved in two years ago, the walls were solidly out of plumb, the concrete floor was cracked and heaving, it had two, 15-amp circuits, and the roof had a few key leaks. Since then, I’ve added a plywood floor on sleepers to one half, upgraded the electrical to a 60-amp sub panel, insulated and sheathed the walls and added better lighting. I’m always…