Ta-daaaa

I have a big announcement! We have lumber! We have the beginnings of the floor system. Ladies and Gentlemen, we will have a shed!

 

I am pretty excited, yes.  I know you all have been on the shed journey with me and are celebrating as well.   I hope not to wear hubs completely out with my enthusiasm for this shed but I am so happy to get to this point as we have talked about it for a couple years.

When hubs and I first met, he was a manager of a men’s clothing store.  After being married for a few years, he accepted an offer from a family friend to go to work in a lumber and hardware store. I was pregnant with our third baby at this point.  We were a little nervous as he had absolutely no building experience but the owner knew, with his retail and detail background, he would be great in the inventory area.  He was, but as far as lumber and building, he had a lot to learn.

Our old shed was his first project.  Built from scrap lumber he could salvage at the lumber yard and of his own design, the shed has done its job for many years.  But, folks, come on, it is falling apart.  The floor is all but disappearing before our very eyes.  The shingles? Ha.  It still put a roof over the deck furniture last winter but it is long past its prime. 

He’s had quite a bit of design and building experience since that first shed 30 years ago and I am happy to say the new shed will be a thing of beauty.  We searched out the perfect spot, we have a great design and he has ordered many parts of the construction lumber to be delivered.  I finally got excited about the shed last evening as he and I worked together to set the first floor beams and pull up the pink string that had been outlining what might be.

Our new shed.  The beginning of what is yet to come! We have some other plans for our property over the next year so it is a VERY exciting, and very busy,  time!