Temporary finishing room

Sometime after the house is built, I'll have my own little woodshed out back. Until then, I'm having to improvise.

My recent acquisition of a pile o' tools that need some mild attention let me to use the kitchen table for a while (with newspaper underneath!). During the evening; after a long day of Dissertation-writing, of course! But when my cleaning efforts were resting/drying (process: a wipe of denatured alcohol to remove the grime, then a wipe or two of a boiled linseed oil [BLO] and turpentine mix for the wooden parts, and possibly a light rubbing of wax on the metal parts, to prevent further rust), it stunk up the house. Generally I like the smell of BLO; but not permeating the house.

Solution: the laundry room. The top of the washer and drier are a nice, flat, reasonably stable surface. And until the next load of laundry, I can leave things lying there, between applications. And -- most importantly -- the door to the rest of the house shuts, and there's a window directly to the outside. :)

(Pictured: on the left, trysquare and tenon saw; on the right, brace, bricklayer's trowel (in foreground, with can of ''filler'' putty and jar of home-brew BLO and turps ''tool handle'' mix), and (in background) the funny bench-thingy with an extra hammer handle on top.)


--GG