I finished building our shed!
When we moved in there was a big foreboding green fence separating the garden into a gloomy courtyard near the house and an expanse of gravel by the road. I had a number of bicycles and all the tools from the allotment so we had to pile them all up in the courtyard under a sheet of tarpaulin.
Once the snow passed in January we had had enough of the looming fencing so took it all down. I'd looked into small sheds and storage boxes but now we had a pile of timber decided to use it to build a shed to measure.
Quite a bit was rotten so cut off all the bad ends etc. and used the posts to make a frame with the heavyweight timbers as a base to weigh it down. I clad the outside by overlapping the fencing. Unfortunately about half way in we realised the wood would run out, fortunately Nicky had the idea to use some wardrobe doors we salvaged so we only had to buy chipboard and felt for the roof and a small amount of feathered boards to finish the job.
We've put the trellis on the wall by the door and I also made a trough to use as a planter from the fencing off cuts so none went to waste.
This all fits in with the bedench (bed + bench, gettit?) that I previously made when we were in London by cutting down Nicky's old bed and flanking it with square planters made from a single futon frame that someone had chucked out.
We've still got some painting to finish, carrying on with the cream and red theme, but pretty chuffed now all the major work has been completed.
A little eccentric, I know!
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