The shed was a frightful mess until relatively recently, when I finally got tired of tripping over garden tools and random scraps of wood in the doorway and spent some time de-cluttering. And I have to say, I did not get a true sense of the sheer awesomeness of this thing until I had an unobstructed view of it. It has some wear and tear (i.e., the thick wooden bench-top is splitting in places) but overall it is ridiculously sturdy. All the drawers work fine. I think old, sturdy, worn pieces like this are beautiful. But part of that beauty comes from functionality, and this bench is not being very well utilized in the garden shed. So I am wondering what I should do with it.
Moving it to the garage would probably be the most logical thing to do, and it would certainly get used there, but part of me is curious about doing something more daring with it, like putting it in the living room or something (in front of a window, where it could be a kind of craft and project station). I do know that I really want to repurpose it in SOME way, as it's built in a way that you cannot get for anything resembling "affordable" these days.
Oh, and the old grinding wheel on the left appears to have bad bearings, unfortunately. But I would certainly be curious as to whether any old-time woodworking/machine-shop folks recognize it.
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