How difficult is it to build a shed from scratch? It's not difficult at all if you have three simple ingredients: a need or desire to build a shed, some basic carpentry skills, and a good set of shed plans.
All three of these are easy to acquire and you probably have the first two already.
Ingredient One - A need or desire Take a look out in your driveway.
Is your car out parked there because the garage is full of garden tools, bicycles and Christmas decorations? That's a good sign that building a storage shed is needed.
Are there garden tools and equipment laying around the back yard? That's a sign you need to build a shed.
Do you dream of a work bench that's not cluttered with folded laundry and small kitchen appliances? Guess what you need.
Ingredient Two - Basic carpentry skills We're not talking about fancy woodworking when it comes to building a garden shed.
Here's what you'll need to be able to do: use a tape measure to measure a piece of wood, use a saw to cut the wood, use a hammer to nail two pieces of wood together.
You'll also need to use a framing square, a screw driver, a level and a plumb bob.
This is a list of the most basic carpentry tools ever invented and people not as smart as you have been using them for centuries.
You can build a shed! Ingredient Three - A good set of shed plans There are several sources for storage shed plans.
If you're a skilled draftsman, you can draw them yourself.
You can draw a rough sketch of the garden shed you want and take them to your local home and garden center.
They will sometimes draw up plans for you with the expectation that you'll buy your materials from them.
You can also find garden shed plans on the internet.
Just be sure the shed plans you use are easy to follow and have step-by-step instructions.