The question was about workspace not hobby shops. But my guess is you are not hurting for anything. 
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Yup heâs got an impressive little man-cave going on there!
Heâs from Utah I guess.
Remember the Royal Navy toast - âWives and sweethearts - may they never meet!ââŚ
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A clip board loaded up with paper, a highlighter, some pens, a mechanical pencil, and an eraser. From experience, a given model may get shelved for a very long time on short notice. All notes go in the model box.
A small metal right angle ruler, some thin sheet plastic, and some small diameter rod stock will solve many problems. Any flat brass part and most small plastic parts can be quickly duplicated and replaced.
A lighter for stretching sprue, stored upright in a glass yogurt container.
A stack of little plastic zip bags.
Organizers for screws and bolts. I have two with 23 drawers of various sizes. They stack. They do not take up much desk space.
Some way to organize spare parts. The deeper into the hobby you get, the more ugly this problem becomes. Spare parts will save your butt.
A pack of 6+ super glue tiny tubes. When your regular super glue bricks, you will not be a sad panda. Put a spare bottle of model cement in the same place.
A box of round tooth picks.
A thick sheet of styrofoam for holding stuff taped to the tooth picks.
A binder with clear sheets designed for holding baseball cards. Use this binder to store all your spare decals and brass parts. It makes browsing those items a breeze.
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Donât forget a big bag of Round Tuits! I can never find mine⌠
MIG modeling cocaine to push you ever the finish line.
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These are some really good suggestions. I especially plan to look into the plastic sleeves to store decals that can be viewed easily.
Light, light, and more light. If youâre starting from a clean slate, add more wall sockets and ceiling lights. However much you think you need, add more - a lot more. Use daylight balanced fluorescent lighting. Daylight LED lights might be OK, too, but Iâve never used those, so I donât know about how long they last or sustaining them in service. (With fluorescent lights you just change the bulbs every so often.) Wall sockets at worktop level are a bonus. Again, double the minimum code requirement number with half the required spacing would be good to have.
If youâre doing new wiring, use double 20-amp duplex circuits. Basically, each outlet in each wall box is wired separately on its own 20-amp circuit and has its own breaker. This allows you to plug two appliances into the same wall box and run them at the same time. Have your lights wired to a third breaker on their own dedicated circuit. You may think this is excessive, but one day when youâve added a number of power tools to your shop (3D printer, air compressor, Dremel, drill press, lath, milling machine, hand drill, circular saw, belt sander, etc., etc., etc.) youâll be glad you thought ahead.
(Consider âroughing inâ a 220 circuit, even if you donât hook it up now. Again, 10 years from now you might be really glad you have it. This is especially true if your new shop is in your garage or a room adjacent to your garage.)
If your room doesnât already have ventilation in the form of windows you can open, add some forced air ventilation. If that requires putting in some sort of fan(s), install at least one fan that is non-sparking and approved for use to move inflammable vapors in a dedicated duct. You might not want it right now, but sooner or later youâll want some sort of spray booth setup.
More basic infrastructure would be installing seamless, smooth flooring (or floor coverings). A solid, light color is best. Avoid any sort of speckled or textured patterns. If you build in your own work benches, add kickplates to close the gaps under them and make them with closed fronts (doors and drawers - not open shelves).
After that, wall shelving and storage. Again, though, eliminate any floor-level openings under these shelves and cabinets. And again, youâll never have enough, so install more than you think youâll ever need (and that might last you a year or twoâŚ).
Build in good âbones,â and the rest will follow.
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I have some magnetic strips for my tools, a really win for work place regime.
Tools not from iron I clip with the help of hooks
In addition of the hand hold Vac Cleaner, my biggest improvements
Rabbits
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Check this out, Dan, found these on Amazon, come in different sizes for shelving, which I needed badly to keep the dust off
Do you have a link or what they are called so I can look them up?
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My models are displayed in the garage, so I was desperate for something to keep the dust off, Iâm gonna order a few more for the other shelves as I unpack and sort my built kits