My Nags Head Boathouse

[phartman]

I grew up in North Carolina, but don't live at the beach. But I figured I could build an Outer Banks style boathouse and have it serve as my shop here in my backyard on the banks of the James River ("Big Jim") in Richmond. The design was something I sketched up, but in the old boatbuilder tradition, built by the "rack of the eye", that is, no plans. The cladding is some of the last big cypress to come out of the Great Dismal Swamp. It is my "dirty shop", the "clean shop" being the small garage under the house. It is all humbly proud. Not like some of the massive places I see here that you other guys have, but it serves the purpose and is long on charm. Once I built it, I realized there was no place for the wooden boat I have (18' Simmons Sea Skiff' www.simmonsseaskiff.com). A man can never have enough garage space. But the proportions are correct here. If you ever travel to the N.C. Maritime Museum in Beaufort, NC, their reproduction of an outboard motor repair shop is almost identical to the interior of my place. Hope you like it.

Pete
Richmond, VA

 

[Fins/413]

Very nice.

 

[robert mitchell]

nice garage -charlotte nc

 

[thomask]

Nice idea. I built a scaled down 8 x 8 version of the New Yankee Workshop to store lawn equipment and our rider mower.

Even made a minature sign "The New South workshop" just like Norms on the show.

Cedar siding and designer shingles to match house. Now wish I would have made it twice the size. I may make another one in the future to put in rear yard so I can use the old one for car wash/detailing equipment.

Anyone out there ever seen any other copies of the New Yankee Workshop built?

 

[phartman]

Nice idea. I built a scaled down 8 x 8 version of the New Yankee Workshop to store lawn equipment and our rider mower.

Even made a minature sign "The New South workshop" just like Norms on the show.

Cedar siding and designer shingles to match house. Now wish I would have made it twice the size. I may make another one in the future to put in rear yard so I can use the old one for car wash/detailing equipment.

Anyone out there ever seen any other copies of the New Yankee Workshop built?

Do you have any pics? I need a smaller building to go with this one. I want to move all the lawn tools and equipment out of this one. Needs to be 8x10 or so. Post pics if you have them and you think your building is complimentary to this one. Thanks.

Pete
Richmond, VA