After my husband built our storage shed and found out how easy it was to do, he also purchased some outdoor garden shed plans to be able to build me a potting shed.
I was so excited because I love to garden, but like everything else, it's a "growing" hobby, no pun intended, and all the gardening equipment piles up.
We have a fairly large backyard so both sheds actually fit quite nicely.
A good thing because now that I have all my gardening stuff, like hoes, shovels, pots and rakes, let alone the weed-eater, lawnmower and rototiller that my husband has accumulated we need them both.
He made sure that when he purchased the set of outdoor garden shed plans that they came with some variations to accommodate what we really wanted.
One thing we've found out - always make it slightly larger than you want, you can never have enough storage.
Another consideration was the amount of snow that it could hold, because where we live it can really pile up and he was afraid that the roof could collapse if it wasn't pitched right.
This happened to us already in a trailer home we owned in Upstate New York.
Don't want to deal with that again! Also make sure that you build your garden shed with a heavy solid door.
Although we like to think that we live in a pretty secure neighborhood there's always the chance of someone breaking into your shed.
My husband says that a garden shed is an easy target for thieves and he put a lock on it as well.
One last thing to keep in mind - termites.
Please do yourself a favor and invest in pressure treated lumber so you don't have to see your great garden shed become a pile of sawdust.
Termites can do lots of damage in a very short period of time.
(We learned the hard way.
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