Unemployment has kept me busy. So far I’ve cleaned out the garage, installed cabinets in said garage, organized the shed, and painted Alex’s bedroom. Of course, Holly helped when she could so it’s not like I was working alone but it was still a lot of work.
One of my biggest pet peeves with our garage is the number of bikes that it stores. I think that Emma has two, Alex had two, and Hannah has one. Plus there is a tricycle, a big wheel, a Little Tikes car, and two scooters that enjoy taking up space. It frustrates me to no end to see bikes, scooters, etc. spread all over the floor waiting to trip me.
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As the weather has warmed, Holly and I have opted to immerse ourselves in yet another construction project. Since our garage has been taken over by yard care equipment, we really need a shed. This is a perfect opportunity to use the skills that I learned while building the basement.
I’ve always been impressed with the look of shed kits but I’ve never really heard anything good about them. It seems like they always have some flaw, usually associated with the floor joists being too small to accomodate the weight that they are asked to support. Becasue of this fact, Holly and I opted to draw up plans on our own and make the shed how we wanted. Another factor in this decision is that we wanted to put it under the deck. Because of the odd shape and height restrictions, a kit probably wouldn’t work very well for us.
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We have some plans for our backyard. We are going to rent a sod cutter and make a garden area. You can see the area that we have outlined in black spray paint.
Then we are also going to put in a patio at the end of the deck stairs. I am growing flowers from seed that I plan to put in along the back fence. We are also going to build a shed that will go under the deck. I am so excited for all of the plans for our yard. I will post more pictures as our work progresses.
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Now that the basement is almost completely finished, I decided that the weekend would be spent trying to clean the garage enough to allow one of our vehicles to be parked inside. I have always taken great pride in the fact that, unlike some of our neighbors, we could actually park both vehicles in the garage and still have room to walk around them. When we decided to start working on the basement though, all that changed. I still took pride in being able to park in the garage, I just couldn’t. It’s amazing how much room sheetrock, lumber, bathroom stuff, etc. takes up.
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