Shop Layout and Design

by John White

Is your workshop awash in tools, lumber, and clutter you've collected over the years? Help keep it at bay and have a more organized shop with this collection of ...

by John Barrett

by Philip Houck

Philip Houck spent a year designing a shop that is easy to heat, with plenty of light and an open floor plan. Beefed-up framing, extra insulation, and an under-floor ...

with Asa Christiana

NBC sitcom star Nick Offerman cooks up beautiful slab tables out of a workshop that's sure to make you slobber

by Stellos L.A. Stavrinides

Space comes at a premium on the island of Cyprus, where woodworker Stelios Stavrinides lives. So he designed a movable shop that fits in a 5-ft. by 5-ft. storage ...

by Michael Pekovich

Michael Pekovich set out to turn a dark, damp, cold garage into a warm, four-season workspace. With its drafty doors and concrete floor, Pekovich’s uninsulated ...

by Bruce Ryden

How to prevent, detect, and put out fires

by Matt Kenney

Anatole Burkin bought a house with a detached garage so he could dedicate the space to woodworking. Greg Paolini built a new two-car garage to house his shop, knowing ...

by Jonathan Binzen

David Lamb builds a collection of vintage woodworking machines

by Thomas McKenna

Many woodworkers set up shop in the basement and have to deal with dim lighting, lack of space, dampness, and other horrors. To help them out, we asked our extensive ...

by John Nesset

You don't need an oversize shop and budget-busting set of woodworking machines to make furniture. For less than the cost of a cabinet saw, you can equip your shop ...

with Chris Gochnour

See how this frequent Fine Woodworking contributor took a small garage shop and transformed it into a dream space

with Anatole Burkin

Get Anatole Burkin's recipe for turning a two-car garage into a four-season shop

with Garrett Hack

Scope out his timber-frame shop on a one-horse farm in Vermont

with Richard Ciupka

Find out how one woodworker got around local planning regulations by burying his dream shop