Setting Up My Wife's Shop/Craft Room

[Renegade1LI]

Seems like most shops here are for the guys and my wife is great about it. She is very into crafting and making stuff and has been working out of an extra bedroom. Like us she has more stuff than room and needs to expand. As she never asks for anything, it was time to set her up in a better/bigger space.
With no kids home and an empty finished basement it was a no brainer, let's set up in the main room, approximately 1000sq ft. Was looking at kitchen cabinets, but she thought tool boxes would work better so I bought her two 15 drawer husky boxes, two 36" x 61" cabinets and a rolling work table.
Just picked up the boxes and two 25 x 96" butcher block tops. I think this will be a good start and will be easy to move when the time comes. Now just have to get the boxes down, the room is empty and ready. The big plus is the bathroom and small kitchen which I may put in a bigger sink. Progress pics to follow, really want to set this up nice for her.

 

[gizardlizard]

Ahhh….a “she shack” lol

 

[Bucko]

At our last house I made the loft area into a craft/office area for my wife. The one side was for crafts with the peninsula top made from two upper cabinets on the one side and standard base cabinets on the other with a end panel to finish it out.
On the office side I cut the drawer section off from a standard base cabinet to bridge the weight of the top and hide all the cable modem and router stuff.
The new owners ripped it all out and made it into a TV room.
The current house has a similar setup in a spare room but not quite as large.

 

[gleman]

Making Mama happy is always a good plan!

Lighting is important in the craft room. What are you planning?

 

[Metallitubby]

Does she want PVC airlines yet, or not? Enquiring minds want to know!

 

[Mike65]

My wife gets half of the garage to keep her motorcycle in.

 

[Renegade1LI]

Does she want PVC airlines yet, or not? Enquiring minds want to know!

She perfers cordless,lol

 

[Renegade1LI]

Making Mama happy is always a good plan!

Lighting is important in the craft room. What are you planning?

There's hi hats but may need to add more or put in some led tubes in the grid.

 

[Metallitubby]

She perfers cordless,lol

Sadly, mine prefers battery-powered as well.

 

[gleman]

There's hi hats but may need to add more or put in some led tubes in the grid.

The Barria led tubes on Amazon are legit and make a world of difference for a little coin.

 

[Renegade1LI]

A little update on her craft room, finally got the boxes down and the top assembled. Hopefully get a couple coats of clear on today. Next to assemble the rolling table and cabinets.