Work space and other trinkets

I thought I would start with showing how I generally keep my work space.

Recently moving allowed me to get a new desk and reset up my work space, which was really needed since my old one was quite anti productive. While it was a good concept, the design of the desk was quite horrid since it had a top panel which was design to allow for more room, it ended up creating less due to it being to high to put a computer monitor, and then having back openings of the top panel completely closed of so anything needing power was limited in being placed. Basically I had little room to do much other than use my computer, which I needed regularly for my Studies.

So I purchased a large flat top desk from Ikea, which pretty much allows everything to be placed in the one spot, and the house we moved into also has adjustable shelving fixed to the walls, so I was able to raise the shelves higher up and put the desk underneath them to create more storage space.

The general layout of things

I pretty much have things laid out nicely at the moment, but I presume as I go along I may find better ways to keep things organised, and of course new things are always going to end up being added and will need to adjust accordingly. I have a few Back 2 Base-ix desk organizer products which are really great to help save space on your hobby area, so most of my tools and brushes are stored on those. I also have a rack that fits 42 Vallejo sized paint bottles, and may end up getting some that fit Games Workshop pots since mine currently reside the tool box to the left, making it awkward to get to.

Le other angle

I keep two jars for water, one for general colours and paint, the other exclusively for metallics, so I don't get any metallic pigment mixed into other paints.
Then I have the general hoop-bla of cutting mats and paper desk mats so I don't damage/mark the table. I currently use a wet pallet for my paints since in the summer the room get quite warm so the paints tend to dry quickly on a normal pallet. I generally use a floor tile as a pallet since it works nicely and is easy to clean.

But of course, my workspace extends into further areas like some of my desk drawers, which have been dedicated to my Andrea paint sets, blu tack and other material.

The Andrea paint sets fit snugly

And of course the top shelving with more...shelving

Shelfception...

I also have an airbrush and compressor, which hasn't seen a whole lot of use yet. I have done some basecoating and messed around with it slightly, but nothing serious as of yet, but definitely looking forward to delving into that soon. I have the compressor nestled under my desk with the outlet hose coiled around the desk leg so it wouldn't pinch.

Compressed Compressor

Well that's generally how things are kept.

I would like to go into my current projects and such but this post is already quite long and it is quite late, so I will save that for the next one.