Margaret, Yes I do mean wood working shop and yes it gets real, real dusty in there and you are right, it is a shame, but that's the price I pay for not having wall space in the house. And yes, I've been warned, by my better half, that they will get dusty out there and shouldn?t do it.
Years ago I painted, with Oils until we ran out of wall space and then after I retired I started making Intarsias and had to move most of the paintings to our vacation home to make room for them. Between Intarsias, remainder of the paintings and my wife?s collection of ?Precious Moments pieces? we are completely out of wall space, without it looking too cluttered.
But!!!! To me the satisfaction I receive is seeing a project completed, good or bad and then I move on to the next one. Maybe I?ve made so many items that they are starting to loose their sentimental value. The way I look at them is they are just objects that can be dusted off with a soft brush and if they start looking too bad they can be replaced with something new.
(Hey, maybe that?s the incentive I need to continue the Mr. Fixit series, but then I?d have to find someplace to store them until replacement time. I can?t win)