I often refinish ancient furniture as a hobby in my spare time.
I visit local flea markets, garage sales, estate sales & antique stores & find sturdy, hardwood furniture for truly low prices.
These pieces have respectfully been painted over various times, are missing hardware or injured in some way. I care about stripping the paint & uncovering the original woodgrain. I love making these pieces charming & useful again. I’ve recently started reselling the furniture & making a tidy profit. I decided I needed a dedicated space where I could labor on the furniture all year round, no matter the weather. The dust, fumes & noise I create don’t allow myself and others to labor inside the house. I ended up building a small shed in the backyard. It was easy to run electric to the shed even though I had some difficulty determining how to handle temperature control. I was unwilling to invest a ton of money into heating & cooling a shed. I didn’t have a good deal of room to accommodate bulky device & whatever I chose needed to run on electricity. After quite a bit of research, I came across ductless heat pumps. A ductless unit is comprised of a fairly compact outdoor compressor & a truly streamlined & lightweight indoor air handler. The more than one components are connected by a conduit that requires a more than two-inch hole in an exterior wall. The idea was fairly costly to purchase, even though I managed to install it myself. It provides both heating & cooling & effectively dehumidifies & filters out contaminants. It runs silently & is exceptionally energy efficient.