A bigger shed - sort of.

I’ve been re-arranging my workshop over the last few days trying to find a little more room. I’ve done this many times before with only a clean shed and a few scratches and bruises to show for it. This time was different, I tried something new and I actually ended up with more room, and of course some new scratches and bruises. I first measured the footprint of everything in my shed then measured the floor area. Then with pencil and a large piece of cardboard drew a scaled version of the floor area, including doors, girders, etc, then drew a scaled footprint of toolboxes, machinery, benches and so on another piece of cardboard and cut them out. Then for the rest of the night, while watching TV, I played jigsaws, moving all the little bits of cardboard around inside my cardboard workshop, taking measurements and noting down the different configurations that appeared to give me more room. Over the last few days I moved everything around following the first configuration I drew, I’ve definitely made more room, not a lot, but enough to have made it worthwhile. Now I can fit the bin and step ladder inside plus a couple of other bits and pieces. May seem like a waste of time to some, but with a smallish shed, space is all important.