My wife says I can take over the basement if I provide more storage for her paintings etc. than she has now. She says garage is okay if I can provide weather protection.
This changes everything. Oh, there’s so much to do. More research, more planning–more money–
where to begin, where to begin
That is a good bridge. Sadly, It belongs to Northlandz, not SpaceMouse.
Chip, you’ve been struggling with the space issue for a long time.
Does this mean you can change your handle to Space Whale?[:D]
Just think of what you can accomplish in N scale now![swg]
Lee
I always thought the garage and the basement were the man’s domain minus the washer and dryer. My wife stays out of my basement, unless she is doing laundry and stays out of my garage unless she “borrows” a ratchet wrench to use as a hammer.
Hey, yeah, now Chip can do the entire Sierra Nevada mountain range, complete with all of the trains, circa 1888!
Nah. Space elephant
Elephant - a mouse built to government specifications.
Think BIG!!! What could you do with an expanded Angry Beaver?
All joking aside, congratulations! Looking forward to the new, improved layout plan.
Chuck (modeling Central Japan in September, 1964)
Congratulations Chip
I hope you keep it logging themed [8D], you could model the Westside !!
Nope, won’t even TOUCH that straight line![:-^]
Lee
Congrats on the successful negotiations and right of way acquisition. More room is a good thing. Do I smell another layout contest coming? We’d have some fun with that one. 
Just kidding. Have fun!
– Jim
Think S scale.
Chip,
This will surely get you to rethink your world. We will enjoy your journey.
Sue
PS. Are you still doing the cowboy action shooting when you are not working on the railroad?
So I take from your first post that you are going to try to re-create Northlandz? [:P]
You do realize that this is an oportunity to provide heating and cooling in your new layout space don’t you? Just make some storage slots under the layout for your wife’s paintings.[swg]
I was thinking the same thing. If the under-layout space can hold the paintings, then you can use the garage for something unique, like maybe cars and stuff.
What a concept!
If you want to borrow those Northlandz bridges, your basement better be 35’ deep - that’s the elevations of Northlandz!! Good luck - now you have to redesign everything all over - or have you been planning this takeover for a while!![:-^]
Today the basement, tomorrow the world.
Wrong mouse! Thats Brain, from Pinky & the Brain! 
So who’s Pinky? (Careful how you answer this one! It’s a loaded question!)
It is obvious you need more data. My wife has a certain amount of storage for paintings already. I have to provide storage for those. 3-4 times a year my wife has shows at galleries/museums etc… Sometimes she brings back more paintings than she sells.
So she paints better ones for her next show. The old ones are not good enough to show again, so they have to be stored. I have paintings from the mid-70’s in storage. Roughly figure that my storage collection will grow by 10-paintings a year. Every spot under the layout will be alloted for future painting storage. The garage may delay the inevitable, but if I can get the benchwork in before I’m over run–possession is 9 /10 of the battle.
FYI:Her Website