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Thats exactly what I use under my motorcycle when I work on it. Works great unless I step on it!
I’m looking into selling tools as well. Any good ideas on what to buy?
If I were you I would invest the time in finishing the room so that you can use it for pictures. I would stick with a basic color that could be used with any tablecloth. Maybe an off white. Definitely not something dark or your white tablecloths will be overexposed. Have on hand a few plants and some art and switch them around for different listings.
For lights you could get a pretty good cheap set up at a photography store or you could get some of those metal shop lights with the clamps. They are about $9 a piece at lowes. They are great and can be moved around easily. They also sell dimmer switches which I highly recommend as well. Turn off the overhead light and play around with moving the shop lights around and adjusting the dimmers. Amazing things happen- especially with cloth with ripples like in a curtain. The shadows show the depth and give an elegant look.
I would also put a curtain over the window so that you are not mixing sunlight with tungsten light. They are two different types of light which don’t play well with each other. You can get strange colors by mixing the two. If you buy bulbs labeled “Daylight” then it won’t be a problem. Sometimes they say 5600K or 6500K.
As for the floor? Rugs?
Hope this is helpful.
Maybe you could ask a neighbor or friend if you could take pictures at their house until yours is finished? They might take it as a compliment!
I can totally help you with lighting. Can you be more specific on what the problem is?
I don’t add any sort of walls to the sides. Hasn’t been a problem yet. Some of the drawers have sides built in. I haven’t needed to stuff any of them full yet. I still have plenty of extras as of now. I take out the metal hanger things and give them to our salvage guy. He drives down the street every week collecting everyones metal junk.
A few other things-
-My theory is to keep each drawer as empty as possible by spreading out my items among all the different file drawers. That keeps me from needing to dig to get items. When they all get full, Ill just get some more.
-The great thing about file cabinets is that when you need an item you don’t have to pull a heavy bin off the shelf and set it on the floor. The drawer slides all the way out and you can look down on the entire contents hands free. They hold a ton of weight as well. You can fill them with tools.
-To maximize space in my storage room I arranged the cabinets so that some are lined up along a wall and the next set are lined up facing those. The distance between the fronts of the two rows is the exact distance of the length of the drawer. If I open a drawer all the way, the face will come within an inch of the face of the opposing row. Same thing happens the other way. No wasted space- neat and orderly (sometimes).
-I also store my death piles in a few of the cabinets. It’s really nice to not have to look at the stuff every time you walk by.
Sorry if I seem like the prophet of filing cabinets. I just hate to see something so perfect for what we do get destroyed. And they are free!!!
