Before & After - Shed to Workshop! Incredible Transformation

I think it's pretty complete, so welcome to the little shop that used to be a

shed

. After a year of preparation, there have obviously been a lot of changes made here and in this video I want to share a little of what I've been up to. I'm working on the latest stuff, but I also want to go back to the beginning and go over the whole process a little bit, so if anyone else has a sad little

shed

in their backyard that they want to turn into something really useful, you'll know. a little bit more to expect so this genre was on the property when we bought it and as soon as I saw it I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it so I imagine a little shop here like little woodworking desks.

The tools make it a really nice and cozy little space, away from the big boys. I guess I should mention that I share a large

workshop

with my husband and that space is great, although it is not private and that is really what I wanted here, a place just to work alone and I know it is a great luxury to be able to have two work spaces , although it is very beneficial in terms of productivity, I think especially since we both work from home, so having a space just for yourself is I don't know. Good for everyone's sanity, let's put it that way now, these things didn't have to be large to meet the requirements.

It is a very common prefabricated shed that measures 10 by 14, so 140 square feet or 13 square meters had some shed style to it. The windows had a plywood floor and were sitting on the ground or some concrete blocks, so the interior here is a pretty decent sized space. Actually, I'm just taking a moment and sharing what I'm thinking here. Replace these windows. Beautiful work table right here, desk. around here all kinds of nice tools I want to hang on this wall the first thing I did was evaluate the structure and I saw that it had a lot of mud splashing on the side and some minor water damage because it was too close to the ground and I obviously didn't want to invest time or resources in space if it wasn't going to be good in the long run, so the first step was to pick it up and take it off a little.

I used a Car Hijack for this and added an extra concrete block and all the footers now there are more blocks in the front here but to get to them I need to dismantle or demolish this ramp right here which means I now have room additional under the building. and decided to crawl under and put up rigid insulation, maybe not the most glamorous or fun job and definitely not for the claustrophobic, but I was determined to do it in my old shop in Oregon. I didn't insulate the floors and it always felt a little drafty and cold coming from below so I really wanted to insulate this place well and that included crawling under it with a staple gun and fastening these rigid boards down next I built a little detector and this platform that I've been using for almost a year and it's been great because it really increased the footprint of this entire building.

I mean, over time, while working on this building doing construction and renovations, I've been constantly using the platform for cutting and other things, so I highly recommend it. build some kind of platform if you have the space because it makes everything feel bigger after a while, going up and down the platform without stairs was getting a little old so I built some basic ones on the side and this whole deck layout platform is a part that I haven't finished yet. I want to do some nice railings and include lighting and that's something I'm hoping to do this spring or summer, but having a deck and stairs definitely makes a big difference, okay, so it's time to start tackling the actual building.

In terms of structure, I wanted this little house to really feel like a house and not a shed, so to achieve that I needed to replace the door and add a real door and I also wanted to replace the current windows that looked a bit fake. and add new windows and I think that's fine, why not add additional windows too? This way I will get not one, not two, not three, but four windows for 140 square feet. When you're making the frame yourself, you realize that adding more windows isn't really the case. great thing, they're not that expensive, it's not that difficult, plus I think having several windows makes the space very livable and comfortable to be in, so it's a pretty reasonable investment.

I think I have air conditioning so the front section was completely reworked and that's because I wanted to add a window in a different door so a lot of the frame needed to be changed and it made more sense to start from scratch rather than tinker and preserve some of the old. It's getting dark, but it's supposed to rain tonight and tomorrow, so I'd like to cover this as much as possible, as you know, because they're always on and I'd say that's next. I installed the door with a window and it's fun while working on a project like this, each update makes it feel a little more real, if you know what I mean, going from a shed door to a real door and real windows, it really changes space and it's quite exciting.

While you're getting the door installed, of course there's no way to close or open it right now, so I need to install the handle, although I decided to use an electronic door lock since I live here and don't want to carry one. key, but I want to be able to lock this place, so I think it will work just fine. I then went on to add some trim around the exterior windows and here you can also see the original siding. tv111, which is a cheap standard shed product, is basically designed so that the siding and cladding are the same, so now I just had to put a new layer on the front section, which I reworked and didn't want to go down that route there. so I put some tuft on top of the studs and then put fiber cement siding on top, which is more durable and I think it looks better too, so I BL painted the house all white.

I love the crisp white look, now I think it's time. to add a pop of color to the door, so I've been working on the electrical here, drilling holes through the studs and doing wiring everywhere, so we'll put in a bunch of outlets. I would make sure you have plenty of outlets that this switch is for. the

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completes all the electrical outlets lighting whatever and then this is for no you have two switches here, one for the interior light and one for the exterior living of course I was very lucky in the sense that this shed already had electricity So there was one thing I didn't have to address and once the wiring was completed I moved on to the insulation.

I went with cheap basic fiberglass insulation for the interior and I hadn't installed the air conditioning yet and this was in the middle of the heat. The Virginia summer and insulation work isn't as fun in the heat, but it's a pretty easy job, so when we laid down the floor in the big shop we used this Bostic reinforced glue that creates a moisture barrier and acts as a glue for wood. to stick it on the concrete, it's fine. I have a little left over. I'm going to write any code for this skim inside this little shop before I put the floor in here, so yesterday I started on the drywall and my plan. is to put up the six sheets that I picked up first and then take out some of the white oak flooring from the big box store because I need to make more space there put this morning here and then go get some more drywall and put it up.

I'm ready to get it done, okay, so in terms of flooring, there's obviously a lot of ways to do it and I was wondering what would be optimal and if I could have anything, I'd go with white oak. I think it's beautiful, very durable, perfect for a store and since I'm making this building a little gem, I wanted to feel like a beautiful cabin in the woods. I decided to follow that path. This was a rusty quality that we got for a good price and also used at the big box store. I think if there's one thing that really makes this space it's the floor, it just turned out beautiful.

Now the main focus of this room will be a woodworking bench that I have been planning for a while to get the design and wood. ready, plus get a couple of accessories, so I bought these two fasteners at an antique woodworking show. They are quite rusty, they are hand forged, but I thought they would be perfect for my new bench I am working on. For rust removal I'm going to use this without you before the specialist rust removers so I would say it works very well okay it's a bit cold in the morning so it turned out great I really like the finish it doesn't it looks. no rust just beautiful so i want to thank wd-40 for collaborating with me on this video and i can't wait to build the bench for the space actually use everything quickly it will be nice ok i have a temporary rust proof railing children on the porch.

Here, but let's go in. I think somehow I'm going to do the gables first, so the gables roof and then the rest of the walls may be a little unorthodox in order. Now I know some people are thinking it's a store. Because? Are you making drywall, why not plywood or something where you can nail and screw anywhere? Basically, drywall is much cheaper than putting up plywood everywhere and I'll find storage solutions other ways. I also decided to cut the drywall into relatively small pieces so I could lift it myself and I realized that would increase the amount of mud and tape I had to do, but I didn't mind too much because it's a shop and it doesn't have to be absolutely perfect, so I then moved on to mudding and taping, there were a lot of seams and it took me a while to complete them.

I ended up doing three coats of mudding and then sanding it looks good, maybe not perfect everywhere but now it's a tent to make this tent is really nice and comfortable to spend time in. I wanted to think a little more about the window edge. Turns out I had extra white oak flooring left over, so I glued up a bunch of panels and made trim with them. I have my panels, I have my cut list, so now I'm going to cut them to size and then I'm going to assemble them, so I put the floor down and then the walls dry and paint, and it's a little dirty, but I was doing it, back off interesting, but That seems like a lot of work but I want it to look clean and I'm going to put a finish on it.

I think that for a workshop floor the finish should not be too shiny. I made that mistake once in the past and too shiny equals too slippery. However, when sawdust is introduced, it is good to have some type of protection on the wood, so I simply add a coat of water base to prevent the urethane finish. I cleaned and finished the apartment and it is simply beautiful, it seems like the ideal dream space. I'm so happy that it's like the floor does everything. Just what a base finish on the floor, but I ran out, so now I'm finishing all the baseboards before fixing them to the wall and then using armored steel finishes, and that's it. they are finished and that's what I used on the window trim and it also looks really good in the first few days, so I would say we're at this point now where it's the renovation, the construction, all of that.

I actually did it for this case, but you know, it was kind of funny when I first thought about this space on paper, my plan was to fill the loft here and put a desk here facing the wall, put storage and then a little area to sit here and the bench like this and then I started using the space um and I realized that no, that's not what I'm going to do at all, God, that's right, so now I completely reversed this idea after spend some time here so I don't want to sit there sleeping on the wall and with this with my desk in this corner right here here the storage came to things like that in the back anything else just filling it is out there so I have a lot of things in this cart right now useful things, so one of the first things I want to do is build like a compact storage cart.

I was debating if I could see why it's so important, but I wore it all the time and this is what I can take outside when I use it. I think I'm I'm going to have some hopes and hang it on this wall here so that it's out of victory, of course, this has been a long process and I think often when you look at these kinds of things, you see these

transformation

s, there are renewal channels and stuff. So it seems like this happens overnight, you always know you do it right away, but this is actually taking me about a year, of course, I could have been more efficient, I could have focused on it for complete and have done it. much faster, but I think I'm a pretty good representation of how people could do this little by little, when you can do it when you have time, so it's like a dream come true to achieve it.

At this point, this beautiful little hideaway when I've been going out latelyhere at night and I mean, it's a very short walk from my house, but the thing is, it's not my house. I'm not sitting in my room editing this separation. which is so nice to have on this wall back here. I eventually want to make some really nice hand tool storage and everything, but I'm not there yet, so I'm going to throw in some pieces I already have to do it. Meanwhile, it is more useful. I need to put up some curtains. It's very bright and now you can see the computer or anything.

I also want to take a moment and thank my sponsors for supporting my work and my channel and this past year or really the last three years has really been a time of transition for me as my son moved across the country , he's adapting and then he worked in this space and to be honest, it's been a little difficult to finally get to the point where I can. do the kind of work that I want to do and I really want to do itSo I want to thank you all for supporting me through this whole process and for sticking with me and yes, if you want to support the channel and the work that I'm doing here and that I want to do more in the future, please consult.

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