My current work shop is a garage in the parking lot of my apartment. Not a lot of space and it gets COLD, but it works. 2 moves ago I had a nice duplex with a full basement. It was like a fat L shape. I took old doors and cabinet doors from my dad and made a really cool bench system with it. I had it wraped around 2 walls, doors on top for benchtops and I cut up the oak cabinet doors for shelving down below. I then made a double wide rolling table that matched up to the tables on the wall so I could turn it into a giant U bench or roll it away for a separate project. I had shelving along the other wall in the 'l' part of the basement. I separated this area with a plastic wall to prevent dust from getting into my other stuff. I had pegboard all the way down the benches. I put outlets underneath the benchtops. I was going to put in an air system but moved before that happened. I installed lots of overhead lighting over the benches. I also had a surround sound system set up for some tunes! I tied all the electrical wiring into a single switch that was on the ceiling as I walked into the bench area. When I was done I could flip it off and not worry about leaving an iron on (thus not burning the place down). In the '_' part of the L I had storage of other stuff and then under the stairs I put a work bench for computer repair. Being an IT guy everyone expects me to fix their computer! I had a router and switch setup which I then tied into the phone system and wired up all the rooms with Ethernet ports. It was as close to a dream workshop as I could get. I miss it dearly but Lord willing I may have something like that in the future.

I have a crude layout uploaded.