Another New Beginning

Hello. Yes, yes, another long time between posts. I reluctantly apologise for keeping you waiting but there are two good reasons:
1) I've been spending every waking hour that I've not been at work building and furnishing my workshop
2) You don't exist and therefore are not entitled to voice an opinion (if, in fact, you do exist please post a comment, send me an email, give me a call, write about me on your blog, publish my URL... anything you like really).

So what's been going on in the world?

I'll go first...
OK, the usual rubbish about work - it's busy, challenging, tough, but actually quite fun. Enough of that. What about important stuff? Well, as you may have seen and guessed, I've been building my workshop. Woodworking outside in the winter doesn't sound too hard but it has been a rough winter and I have been suffering having been exposed to such miserable weather. Also, as the warmer weather arrives, I don't really want to be sawing and banging within earshot of all and sundry so a remote location (end of my garden) is perfect. Previous post shows the base Mr P senior and I built in January. Here it is again:
So then we built the workshop a few weeks later. It was on sale from a garden building website - actually remarkably good quality and easy to assemble:

So Mrs P and I agreed that "generic shed orange" wasn't the colour this building was going to stay. After a discussion about masculinity and a couple of Cuprinol tester pots, we agreed on a light green called willow. The result? Judge for yourself:

What do you think? I rather like it.

So in all, the project didn't cost too much. Aside from the building itself:
- I already had the slabs for the base so that part only cost me a few bags of sand and cement
- No additional screws or nails were needed to build the thing although I did invest in a roll of stronger felt for the roof
- I chose to insulate the interior. I was debating what would be the best solution and, despite being tempted by Celotex decided upon polystyrene and hardboard from Wickes. In all, that job cost about £50.
- The furniture? Bench is made out of an old door courtesy of my friends HY and W. Thanks again - it is perfect! The legs are made out of old fence posts etc that I had.
- I built a shelf unit for the right wall. I had a load of old pine shelves (also courtesy of HY&W) that had been sitting in the shed awaiting a purpose. Indeed they found one. I needed a few lengths of timber for the upright and long, lower shelves but managed to pick these up from a local timber yard for buttons.

So, in all, while it took quite a few hours, it cost me very little. Result!

Now, however, I must allow my little paradise to fulfill its potential. The potential to transform my spare time from well-intentioned pottering to a productive and lucrative past-time. Indeed this is a new beginning...