Harry Potting Shed progress...
Anxiety. Will it come together correctly? Math's never been my strong suit, and there is a lot of math here. I spent more time staring at it than I did assembling. |
I was able to get the whole thing framed, and then half of it walled up. This weekend I'll finish the walling and start the roof. Its looking much larger than I had thought it would. It's 8'x12'. God only knows how tall it will be.
I've built this 1,000 times in my head, so I didn't have an actual drawn-out plan to refer to – which amazes and infuriates my wife. Of course that also leads to the aforementioned extra trips to Home Depot when I run out of lumber. Or nails.
The windows come from the attic of the house. The door is from an original door that was in the house that has been in the garage for the last 14 years. |
This is not a she-shed, nor is it a party shed, or an office, or man cave. It's a definite garden shed.
In context to the rest of the garden. It's incorporated in the checkerboard garden, next to the potager. |
The Harry Potter Garden will go back in the front bed you see at the bottom here. Maybe I should call it the "Harry Potting Shed." |
Here's the plan. As with any plan, changes are occurring as I proceed. |
Not the shed, but the front garden is looking uber-lush right now. Next it'll be shaggy, then unkempt, then out of control – they are its seasons. |
If you get really short on lumber and it's the middle of the night and Home Depot is closed... we can spare some... on the condition that you put a cute puppy statue at the front of it.
ReplyDeleteNo resin statues!
DeleteI didn't hear about any sore muscles. If I tried to build that around here, the zoning police would arrive in no time.
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I didn't want to bore you about the sore muscles, aching back, cryingly painful knees, or the hammered bloody finger. Though I guess that would add more drama to the recounting.
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