Imagine how useful it would be to have a big, deep coat closet in your garden. For inspiration, consider Julie’s made-from-a-kit shed in Mill Valley, California (shown in the photo above). As you can see, she has kitted it out with shelves, hooks, and plenty of wall space for pegs.
Like a coat closet, a wooden garden shed can hold (and hide from view) all sorts of stuff you own: tools, off-duty hoses, and mucky boots. Not to mention bikes, pool equipment, bamboo garden stakes, balls of twine, and that bag of muddy dahlias you just dug up. If you’re the organizing type (and we are), you can putter for hours, putting everything in order while you wait for spring.
Here are 10 of our favorite small wooden sheds to assemble and tuck into a corner of a garden:
Above: Made of untreated larch with knot holes, a slim Garden Cupboard has a sloped zinc roof, “five shelves, two double hooks, and three single hooks for storing garden tools and accessories and work clothing,” notes retailer Manufactum. It is €1,043.
Above: A Grand Garden Chalet made of western red cedar measures 6 feet wide by 3 feet deep (and is 72 inches high). It is $1,245.88 from Home Depot.
Above: A compact Aldsworth Shed made of spruce has a sheet metal roof and is £250 from Garden Trading.
Above: A 7-by-5-foot timber Pent Roof Garden Shed is sided with tongue-and-groove panels to prevent rot and water damage. It comes with a 10-year guarantee and is £509.99 from Sheds Direct.
Above: A Waterproof Wooden Garden Cabinet made of solid wood has two built-in shelves and a peaked roof and is $132.99 from Vidaxl.
Above: Designed to store bikes, pool equipment, or garden tools, a Lockable Storage Shed with double doors is 72 inches long, 64 inches high, and 32 inches deep. It is $519.99 from Bosmere via Amazon.
Above: An Apex Shed is “made in the UK from FSC-certified, pressure-treated timber that needs no annual re-treatment,” says retailer Crocus. It is £189.99.
Above: With two wide doors, an unfinished western red cedar SpaceSaver Shed by Thos. Baker measures 8 by 4 feet and is $2,149.99 from Wayfair.
Above: Similar to Julie’s and made of cypress wood, a two-door Vertical Storage Shed is 72 inches tall and measures 3 feet wide and 2 feet deep; $298.79 via Amazon.
Above: A DIY Cedar Shed Bayside Kit is customizable and comes with such options as a Dutch door, a fixed window, and a sliding door. The kit comes with pre-cut wood wall panels, hardware, a pre-shingled roof, and step-by-step instructions for assembly (no cutting necessary). It is $1,629 from Cedar Shed.
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