Garden Sheds
Timber Garden Sheds Blend Into The Scenery
Timber garden sheds blend into the scenery and are aesthetically pleasing. The timber look of the shed can resemble an old cottage or log building. The big timbers give it a classic look.
The timber shed can be designed to look like a miniature home. It could have windows with flower boxes and shutters as decoration. It can have a dormer in the roof to add architectural value. The door can be carriage or old barn styled and allow access to bigger items. Windows in this kind of shed generally have grills in them. This look blends in nicely with the wood design.
A timber shed has many uses. It is a great place to keep all your garden and lawn tools organized. They make hooks that will hold your rakes and shovels neatly along a wall. You could also store seeds and fertilizers in them. High shelves are a good place to keep chemicals out of reach of children. Read the rest of this entry »
Good And Complement Your Garden
What’s to stop you adding a power supply and heating to a shed and turning it into a workshop or even a home office? Do the same in a summerhouse and you can relax or entertain in it day or night, winter or summer. These structures are very affordable, demand minimum planning, and are quick and easy to put together.
Sheds, summerhouses and playhouses
Classed as temporary structures, sheds and wooden outbuildings rarely require planning permission, unless you live in a conservation area. They can be built almost anywhere, so long as they are positioned on a level, firm surface. Thinking through the following issues before you buy should help you make the right choice:
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Have Your Gardening Reference Books
Do you have your gardening reference books just collecting dust on a shelf in your garden shed? Want a way to easily find them?
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How to make cheap gardening bookends
Things you’ll need:
Graph paper and pencil
Wood scraps of 2×10 pine or fir lumber.
Two 6” x 6” x 3/8” steel plates, cut from scrap or have cut at Home Store where they can be purchased.
Six 3” long, #10, flat head, galvanized screws for connecting book ends
Six 1” long, # 8, flat head, galvanized screws for fastening steel plate
Power drill with wood an metal drill bits and screwdriver bits
Hammer and wood chisel to cut out recess in bottom of wood bookends to receive steel pieces (for weight)
Saw for cutting pieces to size
Sandpaper block for rounding edges
Strong glue for gluing wood, steel, and ceramic pots
Paint and brushes
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Your Garden Shed Walls But Have Windows In The Way
Need some shelving on your garden shed walls but have windows in the way? Here’s a simple shelf unit for hanging on your wall that is attractive, inexpensive, and easy to do on a nice weekend. These were first built for an architectural office in Corpus Christi, Texas years ago.
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How to make simple wood wall shelves
Things You’ll Need:
graph paper & pencil
wood
fasteners-nails, screws, wall anchors
hammer, saw & screwdriver
corner reinforcements
wood filler & sandpaper
paint and brushes
box level- 24″-36″ or Laser leveling device
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How to make wood mounting block spacer Read the rest of this entry »
Use In Your Garden Shed Inside Or Outside
Have you ever purchased a solar lighting set, taken it home and discovered you have an extra set of screw mount bases for the lights? You can use the stakes but what about the screw bases? Learn how to recycle the screw bases into a set of emergency candle holders for use in your garden shed inside or outside.
Fort worth weather permits gardening into the wee hours in spring and summer and sometimes you wish you had lighting for that nice garden shed you and your significant other built. Use these candle holders to solve that situation and then store them for the next time you need them.
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