03-24-2009, 12:14 PM
I think I would consider the room a 10 x 10 for the layout. I would reduce that by 2 -3 feet along the area in front of the walkin closet and the patio doors. Put your work bench in the corner opposite the entry door next the the walkin closet wall. The window I would cover with a back drop, and then design the layout to be around the walls with it narrowing to a draw bridge or swing bridge in front of the bathroom door. To avoid duckunders put the entrance into the layout either in front of the patio doors or in front of the walkin closet. I think I would put the entrance in front of the patio doors so that you can easily enter the layout from outside, but you may want to put in a wall there to provide some insulation for the layout during winter. Being from Southern California where REALLY cold weather gets down to the high 50's sometimes and perhaps into the 40's at night, I'm not familiar with really cold weather.