As mentioned a few posts back, we found some plans for the type of shed I wanted on a website called iCreatables. The plans included this pic on the frontispiece. It was very close to what I wanted but with three big changes.
Namely a) I didn’t want the plexiglass or glass windows to run halfway down the short wall as shown in the pic; b) where the door is shown I wanted a standard sash window and then another on the wall opposite; c) I wanted the door on right end of the back wall.
So I started looking for a contractor who would take my plans and the materials list, modify as necessary and build me a shed. That’s where things got messy.
I came close in the late spring of 2021–a friend of our nearest neighbor who never followed through. Then in the fall of 2021 Neighbor S put me in touch with Neighbor L, who’d just had a crew build a small shed. The pictures of their work looked sound, so they gave me a quote and were willing to handle ordering the materials and having me pay. They showed up and got to work the first week of October.
First the materials were delivered via flatbed and deposited behind the sports court; then the team arrived and got to work. They made alterations to the plans to accommodate the changes I wanted and worked with me to figure out basic sizes for the windows and doors I needed to order. Originally I had wanted a gorgeous outward opening door with a big window in it, but when I started picturing the shed in my head with two windows on each side wall, the addition of a third window seemed a bit much. I instead went with a solid door and made sure the windows, which would be on the east and west walls, were big enough to help catch the prevailing breeze we usually have in the summer.
After two days things were taking shape.
