I think you could use a storage shed--with these add ons. 1. I would want it insulated. 2. I live in Houston so I would want it air conditioned. 3. Make sure you can walk in without bending over, that it has the head room. 4. You would have to have electricity run to the unit. For you sewing machine and lighting (and air conditioning) 5. I might also want a window or 2 in there too! 6. My little storage shed has a sliding metal door, you don't want those--ours has buckled and it is never shut! You could get one of those little barn looking sheds, and perhaps have a regular door, or a barn door sliding kind like the guy Vern had in his own barn/work area, in his own home. By getting a shed, you could have it made like you wanted it. If it was insulated you may be able to keep fabric and such if you can keep the humidity out.
Last edited by Pepita; 08-04-2013 at 04:46 PM.
Reason: Vern the carpenter in This Old House also had a show of his own about making different furniture.