Display MoreI decided to take this further and treated it like a wood framing simulator...in survival mode! Just like in a real structure, I made: wall studs, headers, top plates, bottom plates, foundation, sheathing, and siding. All in real-world sizes. It was very tedious since it required hundreds of wood planks with different materials and careful resizing every time I switched materials. Took dozens of hours (spread out over a year) because I crafted every one and kept the process as realistic as possible. No mods or plugins.
The design is based on a real building, Frank Howarth's giant shed-like woodshop (watch him build it here
Finished building:
Compare it to the real-world building:
The dimensions and siding aren't the exactly the same (no custom textures), but everything else I kept close. The interior isn't finished, but I did add the plywood walls https://sheetmaterialswholesale.co.uk/sheet-materials/mdf/ and white cloth ceiling.
Many of us outgrow that first tiny space eventually, as projects (and accumulated junk) outpace the available space. Some of us go on to build workspaces to die for; personally, I feel wholly inadequate whenever I see Frank Howarth’s immense wood shop, with its high ceilings, huge windows for natural light, and what amounts to a loading dock. Whenever I see it I think The work I could do in there!
