The A to Z of Shed Building

How to Build a Shed
I'd like to talk about Sheds. I'm going go out on a limb here and suggest that sheds are a bit of a man. I'm not ordinarily controversial and that's not my intention here but recently we decided that we needed a regular, run of the mill garden shed.
Right up until we started talking about buying a shed, I assumed the process would be straightforward enough and that it would be a quick discussion about what we need, where we'd put it and when we'd get it. Little did I know?


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The discussions that followed and sometimes heated discussions would have been more appropriate to solving much more important issues than the choice of a shed and in defense of my wife, most of the arguing came from me!
After much consideration I decided that you just can't be flippant or light hearted when it comes to choosing a shed.

After umpteen visits to garden centers and 'sheds U like' type emporiums, I decided that there was nothing on offer that was suitable, or that any of the sheds we looked at would fit the bill.
So I decided to build it myself, with much protesting from my wife. In my defense, I only wanted what was best for our garden, and if I was going to be the one looking after the shed and it's contents, then I wanted a choice in how it looked.
As you can guess I had no prior experience and no idea at all of how to put a shed together, let alone build one from scratch, but as ever I was enthusiastic and willing.
A thorough search for shed plans unearthed a brilliant resource that I ended up choosing and after following their instructions to the letter, we are the proud owners of a brand new shed, built with my own hands and with my own added features included.

If I'm honest, I'd say that I am extremely proud of my new shed and I just love it. Credit where it's due though, if I wasn't following a fantastic set of plans I don't think I would be shouting about the result.
In looking for a garden shed, I quickly realized how much more they cost than I had visualized, and to be fair, it wasn't a matter of cost, we (I) just didn't see a shed that ticked all of our (my) boxes.
Having learned how to build a shed from the start, I now have no fear at all in building another one.

Ultimately the choice is yours, but if you find a shed for sale that you like, then buy it, (here, here says my wife!) but if you're not sure, then consider building it yourself. With some good instructions, you absolutely can build your own shed and believe me, you'll be glad you did.
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Happy shed building.
Adios!

Lilly