My Basement Glow-up and Workbench Builds

Bought our first home in Feb 2024. Did a great deal of work on it, but I really wanted to get my basement work area set up, so this was my Oct/Nov project. This subreddit was great for inspiration. But really, my grandfathers basement when I was a kid has always set a high bar for what I wanted one day.

I wanted a good space for general tinkering and projects. I love projecting. Had been in an apartment for so long and basically had a shelf in a small closet for my tools. Once we had a house to work on I began quickly amassing used tools, and got to work. I first built a small garage work bench, and had a lot of fun working in there over the spring/summer, but this post is for the basement.

So, here is my basement glow-up. I built the smaller bench (30”x56”x34”H) casters and then the larger one 8’x24”x40”H. The smaller is on casters and can serve as an out feed surface for the table saw.

For the larger one I ran all the 2x4s through the table saw to square the edges, and made 6 adjustable feet with hockey pucks and carriage bolts, supported under oak bases. Added 4’ LED under lights (2) and steel pegboard. Also stained/poly plywood top. I spent a great deal of time planning and drawing out the designs of both, but especially the larger of the two.

All of my benches serve as a place of zen for me.