Setting up a basement worksop

Bob- Drywall the ceilings but NOT THE WALLS! Put in insulation of your choice, run your wiring for your outlets, then cover the studs with 3/4" particleboard, then paint it white if you want to. The reason for this is that every time you want to hang something on the wall, you can hang it without searching for studs, except for the very heavy cabinets you might need. (This idea came from Norm) 2. Noise reduction will be facilitated by lots of insulation in the ceiling before you cover it with drywall. 3. I don't believe in overly complicated dust collection systems. I have all of my big woodworking tools (saw, planer, jointer, sander) in a circle around a very powerful dust/sawdust collecter, utilizing very short runs of hose and tool-actuated controls (Long Ranger, e.g.) The longer your hose runs are, the less efficient they are. 4. I simply covered my cement floor with press & stick tiles, with foam pads in front of the main work table (get plans for the work table from New Yankee Workshop, its great) You could consider sheet flooring with foam backing, also. 5. My shop shares the heating/ac system with the house, so I just adjust the vents. 6. Sounds good. Be sure to have the electrician put the wall outlets on two separate circuits and the ceiling lights on another two. You also need a regular light recepticle close to the shop entrance, into which you screw a bulb in a motion detector, set to five minutes, which will give you plenty of time to find that wrench or screwdriver without turning on all of the lights in the shop. The size of your shop is going to seem huge until you start putting things into it, then you'll wish you had twice as much space as you do. You're going to love it ! Joe