[Shop-talk] Build a shop inside the house ?

[Mark Andy]

Howdy,

On Sat, 5 Sep 2009, Ben Zwissler wrote:
> The latest issue of Classic Motorsports has an article on the "dream" 
> shop and one of them says the first floor is all garage and shop and 
> second floor living space.  This is a custom built house and looks 
> pretty pricey, but at least the idea has been done.

Not only has it been done, there are lots of "garage with apartment" plans 
out there if you wanted to start from scratch.

For instance:

http://justgarageplans.com/7/1/house-plans/garage-apartment-plans.php

Lots of those have a _lot_ of square feet of living and shop space.

Mark