The basement shop is a particular organizational challenge. Low ceilings limit vertical storage. Awkward structural columns interrupt clean floor plans. The lack of natural light makes visual clutter […]
This post is yours. We put out the call – “show us how you organize your shop” – and you showed up. Over 80 readers submitted photos of […]
Mark has been woodworking in the same basement shop for 23 years. For the first ten, he describes the organization as “organic” – a polite word for “completely […]
Ask any group of experienced woodworkers whether they prefer cabinet storage or open shelving in their shop and you’ll start a debate that can fill an evening. Cabinet […]
Magnetic tool strips aren’t new. But most woodworkers associate them with kitchen knives and chef’s tools – the strips used to hold metal objects at chef’s-arm height in […]
Every year our readers find solutions to shop organization problems we hadn’t thought of. This year’s roundup is our best yet – twelve genuinely creative solutions, none of […]
Greg is a woodworker who admits he was very good at making sawdust and very bad at managing the space he made it in. For twelve years, his […]
Last month we challenged our readers: label every storage location in your shop – every bin, drawer, shelf, hook, and cabinet – and send us photos. We expected […]
The one-car garage shop is a constraint that forces creativity. You have roughly 200 square feet – enough for a modest shop if you use every vertical inch […]
When architect and furniture maker Nina redesigned her shop organization three years ago, she brought the same thinking to it that she brings to building design: a color-coding […]