30_New Shed

One of the eyesores in our home is the shed in the backyard. I don’t know what the shed made from; it looked like a tin can for me. This shed probably had been there for decades, cause it was full with rust since the day we came. One of the sliding doors was detached from its rail, so we had to put a brick to hold it from being collapsed. The doors couldn’t be closed as well. Actually, I put a padlock to make it looked lock.

So when the weather got warmer, we were ready to tear the shed apart and build a new one. My husband liked to do woodworking and he had plenty of tools along these years, so he designed a shed that suitable for his needs. He chose to make it from cedar wood to make it last long and to look beautiful. He also used the same roof color with the house to match. But not everything was new. For the door we used our old kitchen door; we replaced the kitchen door with a new one. And for the window, we bought it from ReStore for $2, and my husband made the shutters from scrap wood. 

The work took some months, though. First we just installed the foundation in late April and left it. We collected the materials as we wanted it, before we continued. Because once we started, we couldn’t stop and left an open shed. The rain might damage it. In the end we spend over $1,000 but this included new tools such as extension ladder. 

Demolition of the old shed.

Demolishing the eyesore in the backyard.

Once we started to work on it in early May, it took us around 3 weeks to finish it. We demolished the old shed and built a new one behind it. Now the new shed looked like a cabin in the woods. On the area where the old shed was, we put a pull-up bar and planted grass around it. This pull-up bar was also homemade. Our backyard looked better and better and we increasingly enjoyed it.

The new shed.

The new shed from a side.

Garden tools in one of the sides.

A pull-up bar stands on the old shed area.