| When we moved into our house, there was ample | | | | I have some construction in my background, so I |
| storage for everything we were bringing with us | | | | opted to save about 50% of the cost by building my |
| from our 2 bedroom condo. We had a storage area | | | | own. The area where I live required that I get a |
| at the condo in a central location with all the other | | | | permit, for which I needed a set of plans. I located |
| apartment owners. It consisted of a three by three | | | | some plans online that would fit our situation |
| screened cubical with a two foot door. | | | | perfectly. They even had a materials supply list |
| Needless to say, the two-car garage in our new | | | | included. |
| home was a huge improvement. It wasn't until we | | | | The structure is much more substantial than a metal |
| moved in and bought all the lawn furniture and lawn | | | | building, and we have now reclaimed our garage for |
| care equipment that would be housed in the garage | | | | parking the car again. |
| that we realized we needed another storage area, a | | | | At first, I thought the prefab backyard shed storage |
| backyard shed storage building. Especially if we | | | | units would be easier to construct than building my |
| wanted to park our car in the garage. | | | | own. But what i found was that with the supply list |
| We looked at the prefab storage sheds at the local | | | | giving all the lumber sizes, I was able to get the box |
| box stores. The ones we liked were the wood ones. | | | | store to make the custom cuts for me. This saved |
| I did not want an metal unit because they have a | | | | lots of time and effort. The plans were really well |
| tendency to rust, and they dent very easily. The life | | | | drawn and easy to follow. So it turned out to be the |
| span on a metal storage building is not as long as a | | | | right choice. |
| wooden one. | | | | |