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How to Build a Shed

You would think that the decision, the purchase and the delivery of a shed would be a pretty smooth affair wouldn't you? Yes, incredibly I'm talking about a shed. I'm going to be a little courageous and suggest that garden sheds are a bit of a male thing. I'm not normally controversial and that's not my intention here but sometime ago we decided that we needed a plain old, run of the mill garden shed.
On reflection I can only suggest that my naivety was down to the fact that I just didn't get how tetchy the whole shed discussion could and would get! How far off the mark was I?

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The discussions that followed and sometimes heated discussions would have been more in line with solving much bigger 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 dozens visits to garden centers and shed emporiums, I decided that there was nothing on offer that was suitable, or that any of the sheds we looked at would do justice to our garden.
So I decided to build it myself, with much raising of eyes heaven-ward 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 hand in how it looked.
As you might have guessed I had no prior experience and no idea at all of how to build a shed, but as ever I was enthusiastic and willing.
After an exhaustive search for shed plans, I unearthed a brilliant resource that I ended up choosing and after following the plans 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 being totally 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 instructions I don't think I would be shouting about the result.
In searching for a shed, I quickly realized just how expensive they are 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 it's your choice, but if you find a shed for sale that you like, then buy it, (here, here says my wife!) but if you're unsure, 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.
Cheers!

Sam