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Modern style shed
I built this shed with the help of my father. Concrete slab base, reclaimed wood boards, 4x4 posts, and corrugated steel roof. The hanging door hardware was taken from an old barn. I wanted a shed...
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Storage Shed
Originally conceived as a storage shed for lawn equipment, this backyard building has become a place to store an endless pile of construction debris and tools from the many projects that...
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Shinto Shed
1 commentThis storage shed is a 9' x 12' wood drying shed inspired (loosely) by Ise shrine in Japan. It was built with reclaimed materials - free jobsite salvage, trash, scrap, and reclaimed 6" x 16"...
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Classic West Coast architecture meets backyard shed
1 commentThis shed was built for a friend in his backyard to use a stained glass and carving studio in Tsawwassen, B.C. The design was meant to mimic the style of architecture used in many of the classic...
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SALVAGED AND GREEN
One of many custom sheds we have designed and built. Every shed is one of a kind and constructed to last. This Particular shed was built this April, it has salvaged framing, left over pre painted...
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Modern cedar shed
Our home is a flat-roofed midcentury modern design, so when it came time to build a shed, the roof needed to be flat (or nearly flat) to fit with our house style. I chose to use 6 by 6 timbers...
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Lighthouse Garden Shed
2 commentsThis lighthouse is a combination wellhouse and garden shed. It was build on Quadra Island, British Columbia and replicates a local lighthouse at Cape Mudge. The lights come on with motion...
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The Tea House Shed
This Tea House shed has been my hobby for the last few years. It is constructed of SIPs with an interior footprint of 12’x12’ and an 8’x12’ loft. I worked with a company...
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Cedar Shake Garden Shed
1 commentI built this shed in our backyard to accommodate a new ZTR riding lawn mower than did not comfortably fit in the garage. The shed is built on piers so that it could be picked up and moved with a...
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Garden Shed with Solid Mahogany Doors & Mansard Roof by William Eaton
Included are 4 pictures of the Garden Shed in my Camp Springs, Maryland backyard. The doors are solid Mahogany tongue and grove Harinbone. I built the mansard roof so we would have extra storage space for the wire rings I use on my tomato plants.
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Woodshed House
1 commentThe woodshed started life in 1970 as an enclosure for garbage cans, trash burner and a wheel barrow. In 2008 I decided to make a shed to keep firewood dry and house other unsightly yard...
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Backyard Garden Shed
2 commentsFunctional with character. Nestled in the backyard foliage of a coastal North Carolina home, lies this recently constructed garden tool shed. Drawing off both design and...
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Williamsburg Gardenshed™
This building was constructed for the Bucks County (PA) Designer Showhouse to benefit the Doylestown Hospital. Features hand-forged hardware, solid mahogany windows with copper drip caps.
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Sconset Shed™
1 commentThis versatile "shed" design can be used for many needs. The design incorporates more formal elements of architecture to elevate the notion of "shed." Distinctive nautical windows, including port...
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Garden Shed - known as 'Little Girl'
1 commentThe garden shed is utilized for gardening tools, plant food and fertilizers, and our bee keeping supplies. It becomes a storage shed for patio furniture during the colder months. The...
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Storage Shed
1 commentThis is a 10 yr old shed built on a 12' square pad designed to maximize usable volume. Polycarbonate sheet used for porch roof.
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Modified Better Barns 12x16 Plan
I purchased Tauntons "How to build a shed" several years ago and I really liked the 10x16 cedar sided plan so I looked up Better Barns online and ended up purchasing the 12x16 plywood sided plan. I...
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Fern House
The Fern House is a summer napping spot floating on a sea of ferns in Halifax, Vermont. I am the architect, builder and owner. It started out as a simple tent platform but inspiration hit...
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Hipped Shed
8'x12' Custom hipped roof shed designed to complement a historic American Foursquare residence in Florida designed and built by Historic Shed. The shed has bead board eaves and a door design that...
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Bungalow Shed
Custom 10'x14' home office shed designed to complement a 1923 bungalow in Florida by Historic Shed. The interior was finished with bead board ceiling, board and batten walls and wood floor. The shed...
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Storage Shed
1 commentThis is my owner built 8' by 13'4" Storage Shed with a loft lumber storage area. The roof is a Gothic Dairy Barn style. Roof sheathing is 1/2" plywood which was wet down so it could be bent to shape...
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Potting shed, Oxford, Michigan
This was a potting shed/outdoor implements storage We built for a customer in Oxford, Michigan. The window was salvaged from another building, most of the rest of the materials came from building...
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Cedar Shed for Mower
4 commentsAfter buying a large commercial mower and not having any room to park my car in my garage, I decided it was time to build myself a shed. Not just any shed though, I wanted one that would look...
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Storage shed
This was my first shed project. It is 10'x12' and stands just over 11 feet tall at the ridge of the roof. The shed is built on a 4" thick concrete slab, the dimensions for the structure...
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Little Vermont Barn
A client, Tom Morrow, build this new shed-sized pole barn for his Vermont homestead. The loft, proportions, details and red paint make it fit in with traditional barns and outbuildings in the area...
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Deck-Side Shed
Worked into a sloped site and tucked up against a hot tub deck, this structure doubles as a potting/tool shed and a place to house hot tub electrical and water works. The awning provides a nice dry...
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A Shed for a Modern Glass House
After Fivecat Studio completed a full restoration of a 1969 modern glass house, our client requested that we design an enclosure for the pool equipment and a new storage shed. It turned out to be...
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From Playhouse to Shed
Every time we visited Costco, our twins would marvel at the large play structures on display. By the time they were 6, they had made a pretty compelling argument that a play structure of their own was a "necessity".
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The Queen's Magical Shed.
Once upon a time there was a shed. It sat amongst the trees on the edge of a beautiful green kingdom. It wasn't a normal shed and by shed standards was strange and awkward. The queen did not want the...
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Garden Shed Rebuilt from Old Shed
I built this 200 sq. ft. shed from a smaller 120 sq. ft., 20 year old shed, reusing most of the materials. Total cost was just under $1000. No permits were required (200 sf limit). Due to the...
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Cedar Dovecote/Potting Shed
This potting shed was designed last year to compliment a client's historic homestead and Century Farm in the Shenandoah Valley. The shed is of heavy timber construction and built atop the...
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How to Paint Fiber-Cement Siding
Painter Jim Lacey shares some tips for caulking and painting fiber-cement siding. read more
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