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How to Build a Shed

You would assume that the decision, the purchase and the delivery of a shed would be a pretty simple enough affair wouldn't you? Yes, incredibly I'm talking about a shed. I'm going to be a little courageous and suggest that sheds are a bit of a bloke thing. I don't usually try to be controversial and that's not my intention here but sometime ago we decided that we needed a regular, run of the mill garden shed.
Looking back, I can only attribute my naivety was down to the fact that I just didn't understand how heated the whole shed discussion could and would get! How naive was I?

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The ensuing discussion 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 arguments came from me!
After consideration I decided that you just can't be flippant or light hearted when it comes to choosing a shed.

After dozens excursions to garden centers and 'sheds U like' type emporiums, I came to the conclusion that nothing of what was on offer was appropriate, or that any of the sheds we saw would fit the bill.
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 chief shed maintainer, then I wanted a choice in how it looked.
As you can guess I had no previous experience and no real idea of how to put a shed together, let alone build one from scratch, 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 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 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 plans I don't think I would be shouting about the result.
In searching for a garden 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 whatsoever 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!

Elizabeth