Putting the Shed to Bed

The last week of August, we had a shed kit delivered to our house and we began the journey of building a long-awaited shed for our backyard.  After a couple months of working evenings/ weekends that we had free with good weather, we are putting the shed to bed for winter.  (In other words, everything that is going to be done before winter is done for now.)

Our shed journey...

Shed parts filling our
two stall garage 

The foundation/deck Brent designed and built
(this was not part of the kit)

Four walls!

My guy

My guys

Entire kit assembled!

As you can see, the kit did not include roofing or a ramp

Roof, paint, and ramp added

Lattice under the shed, non-skid "stuff' added to the ramp,
and rocks replaced around

There she be, in all her glory to take on a MN winter

Our happy little shed

It was not our plan to build the shed ourselves, but in the end it went very well and we accomplished more than we thought this fall (thanks to a lot of beautiful weather:)).  Brent and I were reminded how well we work together on projects like this.  I'm the detail person and he's the visionary, so we complement each other well.  

We are also grateful for the other hands that helped us: Brent's and my parents.  They helped in various ways throughout the process: loaning tools, watching the kids while we worked, helping out on the shed, etc.  

Many hands make light work. ~ John Heywood

Next spring/summer, we'll add a couple windows and shelving inside, but this shed is filled and ready to provide us additional storage!