We've been in some serious need of extra storage for all the yard tools and random "stuff" around here. Our garage is already bursting at the seams with our ever growing car collection and it's quite hard to keep it neat and tidy when you're trying to store everything + the kitchen sink in there. I guess it's technically a kitchen cabinet from the original farmhouse, but don't even get OB started on that. So I had been on the hunt for a reasonably priced used shed for quite some time. We'd gone out and looked a couple, but the feat of getting these sheds out of their current location was going to be far too much work and far too much risk. Finally this one popped up, although it was a good 45 minute drive and needed some work - it seemed to make sense at only $1k. We hired our wonderful handy neighbor Paul to transport it and I got to dreaming up my design plans. Our entire home is a combo of black and white, so after a little back and forth I decided black would likely be easiest to keep clean and a bit lower maintenance.
The shed when it arrived....
My vision for the shed design...
It was finally time to get started and little did I know this would be the weekend that OB handed me the nail gun and walked away. Yes, he actually handed me a power tool and left me to my own devices. I'm still pretty shocked about this myself. Anyway, I started by adding shelves and organizers inside the shed - areas to hold the big yard tools and smaller ones to organize my small garden tools, gloves, stakes etc. I felt absolutely confident and so ready to embark on my first "construction project". So a few days later I started by adding some simple board and batten siding to the shed, as it was just lacking that extra oomph that it desperately needed. This project ended up being much easier than I expected and added SO much to this little old shed. Materials were only about $100 for wood and caulking, so rather inexpensive for such a big improvement.
With siding and caulking complete, the shed was ready for paint. But first, we had to address that brown roof. OB was certain it would stand out like a sore thumb, so we ordered a gallon of this Behr Roof Paint and he went to town spraying a couple quick coats on before we tackled the body of the shed. I am not going to lie, I definitely had my doubts about painting a roof! But this really looks great, nobody would ever know it wasn't black to begin with. And no way you could ever tell it was painted. It truly looks awesome and for $40, it was a no brainer on a shed that we didn't really want to re-roof just for aesthetic purposes.
We continued with spraying the body of the shed, luckily with left over paint we had from redoing the garage last summer. We recently purchased this inexpensive paint sprayer from Amaazon when we stained our fence, we are very impressed with what a great job it's done so far and for less than $300 it was a steal. The shed instantly started taking on a whole new look, we loved the new look so much that we opted not to add any white trim as we had initially envisioned. But of course I had to throw in a solar barn light and some brass hardware for the full effect. We took a break for a few weeks then added the final touches - a little front stoop and some solar lighted boxwoods this past weekend - and now it's finally complete. We are SO happy with the transformation and our garage is already staying cleaner. Win win! (We'll have to address that brown grass next year, as we hope to get our DIY sprinkler system installed in the fall.)
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