Last weekend, I finally cut down the tree-bush thing that was blocking my shed. Ain’t it a beaut? Okay, so it needs a bit of work. Namely there are a few things that need to be done hopefully by the end of this summer.
1. The Roof. It needs to be replaced. You can’t really tell from this picture, but the actual boards that are the roof have water damage/are rotted. It is only a matter of time till the roof falls in. It may already leak, not really sure, and that leads me to #2. I am still debating on whether or not I should do shingles, or if I should get some metal roof pieces. Shingles would be a lot cheaper, but metal would look cleaner I think.
2. The floor of the shed. The floor is mud. Yeah, mud. Generally they build a floor when they make a wood shed like this, but in this instance they did not. Ironically however it does have a concrete foundation. If you were gonna go all out and pour a foundation, why not also pour a floor at the same time? In front of my house, there is a large sand pile. I intend to take that sand and spread it out on the floor of the shed, then cover it with some concrete paver stones.
3. Along with the roof, all of the fascia board are rotted or just plain missing. They will need to be there, so that I can add…
4. Gutters. You can see just a little piece of gutter still hanging on there. The whole length of the shed has the rear gutter, but its hanging wonky, and needs to be replaced. What I want to do is rig the gutters up to a rain catchment system, but I need to figure out a way to filter that water first, before I can use it in the garden.
5. The ultimate goal, is for me to be able to put all of my yard implements (mower, blower, tiller) inside. To have a place to put gas cans, and hand tools like shovels, rakes, hatchets, and the like. I would also like to build and place a planting type of table inside.
Today, I took my first steps with the barn. I replaced the hinges on the door. The old hinges were rusted so much that when you opened the door, you were actually twisting a piece of wood. The new hinges allow the door to open and close freely. Yay!
I did unfortunately find some bad news, it would appear around the old hinges, the wood of the door is rotting, and should probably be replaced. It makes me wonder, if I should replace all the siding on the shed. There is already one other panel on the shed that needs to be replaced. It seems the previous owner liked to use the shed as a giant dog house. There is a large dog sized square opening on the back…It needs to be fixed before I’m gonna feel comfortable putting anything in there.
I also want to paint the shed. I’m thinking a nice barn red. Since my house is red brick, I think a barn red will look good with the house. I could paint all the trim pieces white. And so I’m debating, do I paint the shed, and replace the door and one other panel. Or do I replace all the siding, and then paint.
Straight up, next level bullshit. 
