posted 2 years ago
I'm interested in how all of you set up your winter workshops -- lighting, heating, etc. -- and stay active and productive during this season.
Our winters are ridiculously long (5-6 months) with a lot of darkness. Our long, long summer days turn into long, long dark nights. And the energy to do things, I find, drains away. It's too easy to hunker down and hibernate, surrendering to mindless screen time, accomplishing little, and settling into a dark funk.
Not this year, I decided. Life is too short to waste this time. I'm working on turning a corner of my garage into a hot shop, with bright lights in daylight frequencies, music, multiple heating options (I only need +5C so I can work with light gloves), an old laptop that reaches my router, and maybe a kettle/microwave for tea. I might be able to arrange a crude stove in a closely adjacent (but not attached! - insurance) and tend a fire just outside to warm the hot shop and boost my morale.
I also want to create a portable workshop that I can drag to any corner of the property where there is work to do, with some of the same critical elements, mostly shelter and heat and light.
What does your winter setup look like?