Not much of a showcase picture.   These days the shop is always in some kind of disarray depending on where I am with a certain project.  With summer upon us I'll likely finish my current headboard project, give the shop a good cleaning and take some more 'showcase' photos.  

A panorama of the room.  My completed workbench in the center of it all.  Most of my larger powertools are taking over the next room.  

The existing shelving which was all removed.  

Once the shelf was rebuilt, it was time to put in a subfloor and flooring.  I decided to go with a floating vinyl floor.  No organic material in either the subfloor or the vinyl so if it ever does flood in here all I'll need to do is pull out my shopvac and fans.  

Did the floor in sections.  

Decided to try something new and put up a 4x8 sheet of slatboard.  Still not convinced I made the right decision with this.  Added wainscoting and some leftover paint from a downstairs bathroom I did years ago.   

Next I had to finish drywalling portions of the walls that were not, then put up some panelling on top of that.  This saved me from doing mud and tape which I hate.   Here you see some clamp racks I made.  The larger one I found at this link where the maker provides plans. 

I used some of the off-cuts from the first rack to make a smaller rack to hold my smaller clamps.  I left extra slots in each for 'expansion purposes'.  :-)

Picked up a lumber storage rack from Lee Valley to get my stock off the floor.  Some exotic wood samples on top for a bandsaw box I have planned.  

I thought long and hard about pulling off all that plumbing from the wall, finishing it, and then reattaching.   Took me about 5 seconds to come to the conclusion that the wall was perfectly fine the way it was.  :-) 

Beginnings of the dust collection going in.   I had to figure out where my shopvac would live.   I decided on putting it in the corner near the sump pump hole.   The yellow electrical box is a relay whereby it turns on my shopvac after I start whatever tool is plugged into it.   Vac continues to run for 6 seconds after the tool is shut down.   Worth EVERY penny IMO.  

Dust collection going in. In all I figured 4 gates would be sufficient in my shop.  One on the miter saw, one to be switched between the drill press and bandsaw over by the window, one drop down from the ceiling for planing, table saw, etc and the last one by the workbench in case I want to bring the bandsaw over there and sit down to do some smaller more intricate cuts. Picked this up new in the box for 1/2 price.  

Added additional lighting.  Dust collection system complete.  

I wanted to make use of the area near the water treatment system and decided to just build a skeleton of a box around it.   It's easy to remove for their annual servicing.  

Still have that little table.   I want to make a shorter stand for my table saw so that I can use the workbench as an outfeed table.  I used the dust collection hose from above when I plane or joint in the middle of the room.  Works quite well.  

I built this flip-top stand to hold my planer and jointer.  Bought the plans from this guy. 

I didn't choose to put in a drawer in the bottom of mine, but rather cut the piece of plywood in half, hinged it up and added some handles.   Now it give the structural support and I can keep stuff in there as well.  Guess I was enjoying some Crown Royal the night I took these.  :-)

Added another little shelving unit to hold my smaller tools.