I salute you men and women who
Boy - if ever there was a club designed just for me, this is it! My shop is a complete disaster with every horizontal surface full to overflowing with stuff. It's so bad I have to slither sideways in the narrow pathways left open to get around. I'll bet all my clutter-buddies know all about this least-favorite deal too, having to move multiple piles of stuff to get to other stuff. God forbid I ever need something squirreled away at the back of a bottom shelf in the corner.
I started out with a 96x20" bench at the back of the shop. Then I added overhead cabinets and two vertical cabinets. Over time I've added a 108x36" three-level pallet rack, another 96x30" four level pallet rack, four more tall cabinets, multiple 5-6 shelf tall wire racks on wheels, all of which are overstuffed. I had a nice SS topped workbench that was 48x30 but it was full so I added a 24x30" wing shelf for work space that is now also full. And a 36x60" folding table. There are three rolling work carts that are - you guessed it! - also full. And then there's the floor. Beside the lift is an area about 5'x20' that's three feet deep in stuff. There are engines (four if I recall correctly), transmissions (something like a dozen or so) and more parts for each project car than you can shake a stick at.
I've been working hard to reduce, sell, give away, donate, or scrap stuff to try to get this under control. Part of the issue is having three cars blown apart at the same time, with lots of goodies for each one taking up space. I made the mistake of starting a project, then getting burned out and thinking I'll just roll that project out and take care of this quick fix (insert delirious laughter here) on the next one which of course turned out to be a major project too. Lather, rinse, and repeat and you have my current dilemma. And I'm nobody's idea of ADHD either. The focus now is pick something and get it completed, then move on to the next thing. A little victory, just last night I got a major overhaul done on the shop sound system with a new TV added. Happily, everything works and it sounds great. Next project, wrap up the truck and get started on the new top end and stereo for the wagon.
May the force be with you all! :thumbsup:
There are many other pics I could send, but this is a good slice of what my world looks like. And yes, it gets worse in some of the other photos.
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Boy - if ever there was a club designed just for me, this is it! My shop is a complete disaster with every horizontal surface full to overflowing with stuff. It's so bad I have to slither sideways in the narrow pathways left open to get around. I'll bet all my clutter-buddies know all about this least-favorite deal too, having to move multiple piles of stuff to get to other stuff. God forbid I ever need something squirreled away at the back of a bottom shelf in the corner.
I started out with a 96x20" bench at the back of the shop. Then I added overhead cabinets and two vertical cabinets. Over time I've added a 108x36" three-level pallet rack, another 96x30" four level pallet rack, four more tall cabinets, multiple 5-6 shelf tall wire racks on wheels, all of which are overstuffed. I had a nice SS topped workbench that was 48x30 but it was full so I added a 24x30" wing shelf for work space that is now also full. And a 36x60" folding table. There are three rolling work carts that are - you guessed it! - also full. And then there's the floor. Beside the lift is an area about 5'x20' that's three feet deep in stuff. There are engines (four if I recall correctly), transmissions (something like a dozen or so) and more parts for each project car than you can shake a stick at.
I've been working hard to reduce, sell, give away, donate, or scrap stuff to try to get this under control. Part of the issue is having three cars blown apart at the same time, with lots of goodies for each one taking up space. I made the mistake of starting a project, then getting burned out and thinking I'll just roll that project out and take care of this quick fix (insert delirious laughter here) on the next one which of course turned out to be a major project too. Lather, rinse, and repeat and you have my current dilemma. And I'm nobody's idea of ADHD either. The focus now is pick something and get it completed, then move on to the next thing. A little victory, just last night I got a major overhaul done on the shop sound system with a new TV added. Happily, everything works and it sounds great. Next project, wrap up the truck and get started on the new top end and stereo for the wagon.
May the force be with you all! :thumbsup:
There are many other pics I could send, but this is a good slice of what my world looks like. And yes, it gets worse in some of the other photos.