The LiL Shed That Could

Nadja Stevens
by Nadja Stevens
2 Materials
2 Days
Medium

When you buy your first house, you buy some stupid things that you think you need,

and then...you realize pffft what was I thinking!!

so for 30 years this lil shed thingy has been taking up real estate in my back yard.


It's been moved all around the yard and ended up shoved in the corner behind the A/C,

where it has sat for the past 15 years! icon

It's too small to house anything big...like a rakes, shovels or

even a wheelbarrow so it collected used car tires!

ya like that's so practical!!

set the shed on patio stones

So I cleaned out the tires and dragged the shed to the back of the house.

Laid some patio stones down, leveled them up and

set the shed up on the stones.

see what I mean...too small for anything practical!

I mean, it's cute and everything but it's butt ugly too!!

*I snicker as an idea formulates in my devious brain*


I have left over house siding!!!

yup! that's gonna work!!!

outside and inside corner pieces installed

and I remembered to take pics of the process

yay me!!!

pic shows all of the outside and inside corner pieces

of siding installed

siding started!

me looking at this photo...

all proud of myself!!


and then I see it!!!

oh the horror!!

the lil shed isn't sitting level with the siding of the house!!

CRAP!!!!!!

last side to be sided

never mind the levelness...

just finish the shed!

ta-da!!

there...all done!

well...except the doors and the lid

(not too sure how I'm gonna finish those yet)


So I'm standing back, arms folded,

admiring my siding skills and feeling proud!


ta-da....this lil shed is now my new potting bench!

OH...that skid that you can see in some of the pics...

hiding behind the patio table...

it now houses all of my hand gardening tools

like trowels, rakes, dandelion weeder

and my pruning shears!!


Yup! next year's project is leveling it up and

'beautifying'

the doors and lid!

Suggested materials:
  • Vinyl house siding   (left over from house being sided)
  • Imagination
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  • Mary Hise Mary Hise on May 02, 2020

    I love your suggested materials list.

    I'm a big fan of spray paint, why don't you paint the lid and doors either another tone of the siding color or whatever your house accent color is.

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  • Deb Deb on May 15, 2020

    yes

  • Christina Christina on May 17, 2020

    Nadja..... i think you did any awesome job. I also enjoyed very much how you wrote what you did and especially what thoughts were running through your head.


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