I want one (he says in whiney child voice). :)

I had to check the date on your post, charliedawg! Many things went through my mind, including but not limited to job transfer and insanity...Good luck with your project. I have nothing to offer but support!

LOL tragusa3!

Amy

charliedawg,
We need to build a garden shed. Are you guys doing the building or did you contract it out? Did you design it yourselves? It's lookin good!

DH is not particularly talented re building and we are looking at kits, but can't find any (so far) that meet our needs.

Nice! DH is already thinknig about his garage and barn even though he's not allowed to start until the house is finished.

LOL tragusa, you sound like my dh did.

I would have to agree Amy, only the truly insane would build a house back to back. There is no way on this earth I could go thru that again right now.

Zone8 - We are doing it all ourselves. So far it hasn't cost us a dime because the foundation was already there and we saved all of the wood that had nails in it from our build. All we have to buy is doors, windows and some siding, we're going with wood siding. We looked at the kits but just for info. Luckily, my dh is really handy. He would have *tried* to build our house all on his own if he had the time and my blessing.

We have an existing garden shed, 10 x 16 on our site. We're working with it for our lawn/garden equipment. One thing I asked for was to not have to squeeze by the lawn tractor and gasoline to get to my garden tools. So, DH will cut a new door for me. The one thing I would like would be to have some rakes, shovels, hoe, broom, other long-handled tools hanging on that wall just behind the human door--maybe below a single shelf there.

Then on the right of that door, on pegboard below an upper shelf, I'd hang my most-used loppers, hand pruners, and other handtools, so I could grab and go without going to the rear wall.

Below the shelves I might want DH to rig some tilted galvanized or plastic garbage cans with my usual soil conditioner, cedar mulch, and potting mix. Handheld scoops and/or short-handled shovels and buckets nearby so I could scoop out the goodies I need.

Jeez--I'm getting ideas now and I'm not supposed to be thinking about this yet. Ask me about anything specific you're interested in. I'm an old gardener!

That's great Charliedawg! You have given me a great idea (saving the wood) as we will building a garden shed after our house is complete as well. I'm sure if I show this to DH he will get stuck on your drawing...focusing on the '52" lawnmower', LOL!

OMG! We're doing a teardown of an old house on our building site. DH is already planning to salvage the kitchen cabinets for his woodworking shop (a separate building from our garden shed). Do I dare even mention salvaging some of the framing? I can picture him being scooped up by a bulldozer as he dashes in to grab lumber! LOL!

Pinktoes - my dh is going to be soooo mad at you. :) Thanks for making me realize that I need a space in there just for ME. All I was thinking about was what HE needed.

I'm definitely going to takeover the space behind the standard door. It's going to be mine, all mine!!! I'm far from a gardner but I like to fake like I am. I'm seriously bad at it.

We saved soooo much wood. Our builder said anything that has a nail in it we could keep because it could not be returned. She didn't have to pay to haul it off so it worked for both of us. We have 2 x 4's, OSB board, 2 x 8's that we are going to use for shelving. I'd say overall we have about 150 pieces. Mainly from the scaffolding they made along the way.

Lucky - that 52 inch mower is his baby. He loves that thing. We bought it used but it had a new engine and runs great. I took a photo of him using it because he looked like a kid in a candy shop...all smiley and stuff.

Good catch on the idea of making sure there is room for the gardener in you, ladies! ;~) When we built our detached garage, I actually had the smallest size overhead door put into the back wall (which happened to face area where I would be doing a lot of gardening) so I could open it up and have access to all my cra* (I mean handy gardening stuff!) LOL I like being able to put the wheelbarrow inside when it's full of dirt or compost that I didn't finish with yet and rain is coming, etc.

charliedawg,
You are saving a ton of money! I am envious. Our garden shed has to wait until next year.

charliedawg: then I should perhaps not mention that DH is actually WALLING off my section of the shed. Partly to protect me and my asthma from so much of the gas fumes from the lawnmower. But it also provides both sides with another wall for hanging things and shelves. Anything up off the floor is a benefit! I didn't say I was a good gardener, BTW. And be aware that every tool you learn to operate is one you may be expected to use. I have avoided the hole-digger for that reason. A lot of my "gardening" is weed-pulling, shrub grooming, mulch spreading, and leaf raking. We call it "gardening" around here. Other places call it "grunt work" or some such.

Does your guy have a John Deere? Because there are so many cute gift items with their logo. Our mower is a crappy antiquated Craftsman, but one day he'll trade up.

briosafarm: you're the one who should be outlawed! Is your OH door on a remote control, too?? Once again, an item for my next life.

I know I'm bad, I can always find ways to spend someone else's money. ;~) I just got soooo tired (in two other houses before this one) of climbing all over packrat DH's "stuff" to get to my stuff so I made sure I carved out some "territory" this time around, LOL. It's okay if I want to be messy just inside "my" door but at least I have a way in and out that is only cluttered with my own mess. haha

A recent New Yorker has a cartoon with two Cave Women talking at the entrance to their cave while Mr. Caveman is sweeping out his big, fancy garage next door. It's part of their regular feature where readers suggest captions.

Our blog is kind of old (finished in 2005) but have added a couple of pictures of the shed we just added this summer.

Here is a link that might be useful: Vermont house with shed

jabbahop: Absolutely adorable! So leftovers is how people get those matching garden sheds. Love it.

Our yard is too small for a shed, but I'm going to build a gardener's bench to put on our patio, something with shelves and a place to hang tools and put pots. This will also be out of leftovers. There are lots of plans for these on the Net.

Looks like it will be a nice shed, charliedawg. Glad you're going to have a place for your seriously bad gardening. I'm in the same category.

so folks don't have to go to the link here is the shed

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charliedawg- I posted a bunch of ideas over on the Garage site for you. I won't type them all here again, since I type w/ one finger while I scratch my head with the other....

Jabb - Your building looks great!! Your sliding doors are wonderful. I wish we would have thought of that before we started.

Flg- Thanks a bunch for all of your advice on the other thread. I posted back to you. :)