western australia

We've scored ourselves a workbench

@JudyEv (382104)

Rockingham, Australia

April 28, 2026 2:45am CST

When we moved here from our 15 acres, we had to downsize in a big way. Recently, someone in the village was offering a free workbench so we were quick to offer to take it off their hands. It was a bit tatty and the top was coming to bits so we bought a piece of laminated timber and have replaced the top. Vince has attached a four-pin plug so it will be quite useful for the few small jobs that we might want to use it for. Now that we’re down to one car, we are going to rearrange the garage a little and make a space where we were work.

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@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

28 Apr

We also had to downsize in a big way when we moved here. Our garage is very large and we only have one car now. We add shelves and two cabinets so I can keep a lot of things in the garage.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

We will make better use of our garage once we sort it out properly. We're going to move some shelves and rearrange things better.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

@LadyDuck Ours is a double garage with an automatic door. We're going to move some shelving to provide a bit of privacy and perhaps add extra shelving. We now have a second small fridge out there too.

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@LadyDuck (502491)

• Italy

29 Apr

@JudyEv - I am considering to add a second fridge in the garage. There is electricity in the garage and a place where to place it.

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@DaddyEvil (174482)

• United States

28 Apr

Moving from our last house to this house caused us to downsize drastically and we still had too much stuff. We took more to the thrift shop here in town and gave away a lot more stuff to various friends. What we still can't get in the house, we stored in the detached garage. Most of it we haven't touched since we moved into this house almost 10 years ago. We really need to go through everything in the garage and give most of it to the thrift shop so others can use the things we're just hanging onto for no reason. I'm glad you managed to get a workbench you could use.

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@DaddyEvil (174482)

• United States

28 Apr

@JudyEv I had all kinds of kitchen and cooking stuff but, like you, we had to let a lot of it go.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

It's quite tough really to have to downsize so much. We had such a lot of really useful tools and other items but we knew we couldn't fit it all in here.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

@DaddyEvil It's actually quite heart-wrenching in a way. For us, we didn't really know what we'd need and what we wanted so there was quite of lot of things that we should have kept hold of.

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@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

28 Apr

that looks good. I am sure that will be useful

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@rakski (156506)

• Philippines

29 Apr

@JudyEv that's great!

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

We needed a workbench and this will be ideal.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

28 Apr

You made it look brand new. Hubs has a workroom up north which is his workshop. He loves puttering around in it, and I am going to keep him happy building things for my garden if our son hasn’t “borrowed” everything.

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@DianneN (254926)

• United States

29 Apr

@JudyEv Thankfully, the little thief lives close by

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Apr

Maybe you could buy a new tool for him each birthday. Or better still, buy hubby a new one and give son the old one!

@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

Our sons are too far away to borrow things but I know it can be a problem in families! lol

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@AliCanary (4427)

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29 Apr

That looks nice and sturdy. He did a good job fixing it up! It's kind of funny that the first workbench project was the actual workbench, heh heh.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

That is kind of funny and reminds of when Vince joined a bush fire brigade back in the 1970s. The only fire truck they had was an old Army blitz and the first fire they put out was the horse-hair padded seat after a spark landed in it and set it alight! That was funny too.

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@AliCanary (4427)

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30 Apr

@JudyEv oh my gosh, lol!

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

28 Apr

Jealous, I am absolutely useless at practical hands on jobs

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

It seems people are either good at DIY or not. We've always enjoyed making/fixing (stuffing up!) things.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

30 Apr

@Ronrybs Nothing wrong with that either.

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@Ronrybs (21497)

• London, England

29 Apr

@JudyEv I am sure a state of mind helps. Mine is have another cuppa!

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@GardenGerty (169479)

• United States

29 Apr

With your upgrades it does look very nice and a good size as well.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

It will be big enough for our needs.

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@luisadannointed (11848)

• Philippines

12 May

Wow, that's lovely, I hope I have tools and space where I can also do some woodwork! I hope you can show us your new workspace. Working space is very important to me - my sister and I called it "my favorite spot" in the house.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

12 May

It's still a work in progress but I'll show some photos once we've done a bit more.

@Tampa_girl7 (54715)

• United States

29 Apr

I really like the top that you put on it.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

We're very pleased with it now. The old top was very shabby.

@wolfgirl569 (135770)

• Marion, Ohio

28 Apr

It looks great.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

Thanks. It's a big improvement on the shabby top that was on it.

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@JESSY3236 (22245)

• United States

28 Apr

Nice bench.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

Thanks. We're pleased to have it and the price was right.

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@Traceyjayne (11376)

• United Kingdom

28 Apr

Wow, that looks good. Hope you enjoy using it .

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

Vince is really good at fixing things so I'm sure it will get some use.

@Shiva49 (28385)

• Singapore

28 Apr

I get some bargains or even offered free. If it is useful, I take it.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

Yes, we are always on the lookout for useful items.

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@LindaOHio (222417)

• United States

29 Apr

The workbench looks like a nice acquisition.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

29 Apr

I'm sure we'll find it very handy.

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@snowy22315 (208951)

• United States

28 Apr

That at should come in handy.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

It will be ideal for the small bits and pieces we'll need it for.

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@toniganzon (77184)

• Philippines

28 Apr

That's really useful.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

It's a good size for our garage.

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@Juliaacv (56257)

• Canada

28 Apr

That is the perfect smaller size work bench for your work area that you have.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

That's true. It's good enough for what we want.

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@Fleura (35034)

• United Kingdom

28 Apr

Something like that is so useful, trying to do jobs like that on a chair or the kitchen counter really isn't satisfactory.

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@JudyEv (382104)

• Rockingham, Australia

28 Apr

It will serve the purpose. Most of the stuff we need to do nowadays only needs a small workbench but you definitely need one.

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