“It’s not a Shed, it’s a Workshop”, so says flaminglacer, my other half. True, when she bought it for me as a place to turn my lacemaking bobbins, we paid extra for a stronger floor, bigger doorway and higher roof than the standard shed specification. Somehow though, shed still rolls off the tongue more easily than workshop. Perhaps ‘workshop’ is a state of mind, and as I get to spend more time there it will take on that mantle.
In an ideal world the shed would only hold my workbench, lathe and tools for turning the lacemaking bobbins and tools that I make, along with storage for some of the wood and other materials I use. For the time being it also has to store much of general gardening paraphernalia since we lost our smaller shed to old age. My plan for later in the year is to replace that, and give myself space for a few home comforts in ‘my’ shed, then I will have space for a drawing table where I can work on more designs for the bobbins, tools and pin dishes as well as doing some of the fancy work required to make the multi-coloured and wired lacemaking bobbins that ‘her indoors’ likes so much.
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