Archives for August 2007

I’m sure even one time visitors to this site can easily figure out that I love plants and perhaps even that I have a garden. Long time readers know just how extensive my garden and my passion for gardening really is since I post about it often enough.

The only major thing that my garden is missing is a storage shed of some kind. We actually have a fairly small backyard and when I planned my garden I did so knowing I’d miss out on storage space. I thought I could live with that decision but 6 years later I really do want a storage area since my gardening tool collection has grown as my garden has matured.

Considering that I don’t have a lot of space for a storage shed I’m quite pleased to say that I found a company that makes Custom Storage Sheds. The company is Gazebo Creations and they are located in Pennsylvania.

Now I haven’t gone looking around at many other sites that sell sheds, but I can say that there is a much wider selection of storage shed types at Gazebo Creations than there are at Home Depot and the beauty of ordering a shed from Gazebo Creations is the fact that you can fully customize your storage shed and have it built to order. I can also say that even once you’ve customized a shed it appears that the price is lower than a comparable shed at Home Depot.

All you need to do is click on the link to create your own shed and follow the step by step directions. The first page lets you decide which size of shed you want. The sizes range from 6 x 6 feet to 12 x 16 feet. Since we don’t have much extra space I clicked on the 6′ x6′ option.

On the next page you’ll be give a choice of siding materials. The choices range from Dura-temp siding, Vinyl siding, Cedar lap siding, cedar tongue and groove and pine tongue and groove. I choose the cedar tongue and groove as I love the look of cedar and I know it holds up fairly well to the elements.

Once you’ve decided what materials will be used to construct the frame and outside of your shed you’ll be taken to a page where you can select additional options such as what type of flooring will be inside the shed, whether your shed will have no windows or more than one window, what type of roof shingles to use and what color of shingles to use, and finally, you’ll be able to select the style of door you’d like to have on your shed and if you’d like an additional door.

There are a number of other additional options to choose from as well such as the addition of window flower boxes, vents, gutters, taller walls, skylights and so on. By requesting any of these extra options you’ll truly be creating a unique shed.

Once you are happy with the shed that you’ve created you can decide whether your shed should be shipped assembled, or pre-assembled. The very bottom of the page shows your selection and updates as you customize your shed with the various options. When you are ready you can request a shipping quote for the shed that you’ve just created.

See isn’t that easy?

There are also a number of shed packages you can choose from. I presume these are popular styles that have been selected time and time again in the past by clients so they’ve made it easy for us to just pick a shed that’s already been fully customized.

I’m going to have to show my husband this site and the shed that I just created with all the options that I added before even thinking about placing an order, but you never know, I may soon have my own gazebocreations.com custom shed.

If you’d like a storage shed why don’t you visit the site and click on the create a custom shed link to see what you can come up with for your yard. If you purchase a shed from Gazebo Creations I’m certain you’ll be pleased with how nice they look.