If you have found yourself short on storage space and looking for ways to improve this, you're not alone. It doesn't take long to fill up the attic, garage, or spare room with things that you may not want to throw away, but simply have limited space to keep these items in.
I found myself in a similar dilemma when it came to storing firewood. We were trying to use an old outbuilding to store it all, but it was simply too small to hold all the wood we needed for the winter. We also found that we wanted to use the shed for storing other things too, such as bikes, boxes, mowers, rakes etc. - so before long, the shed was cluttered with wood and a whole bunch of other things...it was time for more space.
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We decided that we either needed to build or buy a new shed. After searching for sheds and shed plans on the internet and in the library, we became overwhelmed with the large selection of choices available to us.
We finally decided that one of the most affordable solutions was to build a lean to shed. Since a lean to is open on one entire side, it is (in my opinion) cheaper and easier to build than a conventional shed. I also liked the lean to design since it works well as a wood shed. Wood sheds need plenty of ventilation so the wood stored in it can season and dry out, but still stay out of the rain and snow.
Lean to sheds can be built against the side of an existing building or can be free standing. There are many different purposes for a lean to shed too, and their designs may all look slightly different, depending on what you're using them for. There are garden lean to sheds, loafing sheds, run in sheds, lean to potting sheds, Livestock sheds, lean to wood shed, to name a few of the more common ones. For the purposes of this article, I'm not focusing on all the differences among these lean to shed styles. A quick online search or trip to the library or book store should provide you with an abundance of information.
I also discovered that lean to shed kits can be purchased online. And, of course, your local box store such as Sears, Home Depot, Lowes etc. also have a wide selection of lean to or other simple storage sheds. But to save money, you may want to consider building one yourself.
I found a few free lean to shed plans online, but VERY few of them. However, I was encouraged that there were many shed plans that could be purchased online at a reasonable price. For my purposes, I was simply building a lean to for storing wood and wasn't as concerned about how it would look and simply wanted to cut costs where I could. So I didn't purchase or order any lean to plans online. If you are interested in doing this, however, the plans generally range in price from .00 to .00. Many of them are very user friendly too, and can usually be downloaded as soon as you buy them. I found a nice picture of a lean to wood shed I liked, and developed my own building plan for it. I'm no contractor, though, so I really took my time when constructing it.
I found that, with the money I saved in doing the work myself, I could build 2 lean to sheds for what it would cost to buy a shed from the local stores...so I did! I built one lean to against an outbuilding, and another free standing one close to our house. We have a few goats, so one of them is used as shelter for our goats and the other for storing firewood.
We have been happy with the extra storage and I'm glad we put in the hard work of building them. I highly recommend building your own, if you're up to the task. I'm not overly skilled in construction, but this is a project the joe-average homeowner can take on with the right amount of planning and preparation. The sheds can be big or small, depending on your needs. And I'm sure you'll appreciate the extra space they'll give you. Good Luck!
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