Flickr Pool: Beautiful Workshop
By Sean O'Hara
The definition of picturesque is “striking or interesting in an unusual way.” Striking: that about sums up this photo of reader Sidney French’s brother’s workshop. Even if you’d never seen a shop in your life you’d know what this is with just one look.
More than just a place to build things, this spot, wherever it is, has so much character I’d spend most of my waking moments in it if it were mine. Someone spends a lot of time here or should. From the dozens of new and old projects to the homebrew storage, quiet improvements have been going on here for a long time.
Our hats off to both the guy this shop belongs to and to Sidney for taking photo.
Toolmonger Photo Pool [Flickr]
July 31st, 2009 at 12:36 pm
what an amazing space
July 31st, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Beautiful. All it needs is a line shaft running the length of the ceiling powering some belt-driven machines.
July 31st, 2009 at 3:55 pm
If Sidney’s brother is looking to adopt someone, I’m available.
July 31st, 2009 at 4:40 pm
sometimes I wish I had a dad/granddad who had a hankerin’ for having a shop like this…and the means to make it happen.
August 2nd, 2009 at 12:01 am
Now that’s a shop that shows a lot of real work gets done, unlike some ’showroom’ shops where it appears the owner spends most of their time cleaning and rearranging the tools for mere display.
August 2nd, 2009 at 4:22 pm
I agree with the line shaft idea. A batch of big pulleys and belts and such and I’d be ready to trade my house for this shop.
August 3rd, 2009 at 1:12 pm
[...] Given that this set of five chisels will set you back $435, I’d probably never wield one as an emergency screwdriver. At this price, I might never actually use them at all — maybe just frame them for my mantel, or trade them for a week or three in Sidney French’s brother’s workshop. [...]