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I have a small oversized single garage sized workshop that I built in my backyard. The bottom 3 feet of the outside walls are faced with field stone that I hand picked, toted home and cemented into place.
The rest of the walls will eventually be covered with wood murals. I have 1 side completely done and the second almost done. The other 2 sides will be completed as I find the time. I have them all drawn out, just need to get at them.
The back wall which have the large opening doors is a fall themed tree mural with a large owl in the tree, a racoon hanging off a branch and Canada geese flying south for the winter.
The side wall which faces the street beside the shop is a train station and train. Years ago there used to be a train station along the tracks which run behind my house. It is long gone but the station in the mural was done from an old picture of it.
-- Koopmaun, Canada, www.screekpaddleco.com
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WayneC
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posted 483 days ago
I was looking through workshop posts. Do you have any photos if the inside of your shop?
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Diane
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posted 431 days ago
Wow, can any of this be seen from the road? I’m thinking if you can than people must be stopping to get a better look.
Diane
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koopmaun
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posted 430 days ago
Hi Wayne and Diane.
Wayne, I don’t have any photos of the inside of my shop right now, sorry. It desperately needs a major cleaning as I’ve been building a lot of paddles for customers lately which means lots of sanding and shavings. I am also in the process of re-designing the layout of the interior. I want to build a new workbench/outfeed table setup to replace the one I currently have, and move a couple of other items to more logical places. I’ll get some photos of it when it looks fit to photograph. :>)
Diane, yes it is visible from the road and I do get people stopping by from time to time to chat about the walls. I was out working one evening and had a young lad on his bike screech to a halt and exclaim that the walls were the neatest thing he’d seen all day. Cute.
Cheers,
Doug
-- Koopmaun, Canada, www.screekpaddleco.com
Tony
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posted 430 days ago
Love the look of the outside of the workshop. It is a plesant change from the plain outsides you get to most workshops – Like mine. Waiting in anticipation for the inside view
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MsDebbieP
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posted 429 days ago
awwwww “neatest thing he’d seen all day” .. that is too cute for words.
and all I have to say is “ditto”
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Scott Bryan
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posted 192 days ago
Hi Doug,
I have to agree with Tony’s comment. The outside is one of the most colorful and artful shops I have seen. Pictures of the inside would be wonderful to see.
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woodworm
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posted 64 days ago
Very artistic workshop walls.
Great job.
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