Garden Shed - Fit Out

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It's time for the end of the year update on my mum's cabin. While progress was slow and intermittent throughout the year a few things did get accomplished.

Stairs

I finally got around to finishing the wrap around tread on the bottom step at the front of the cabin. Not only can the stairs now hold more pretty flowers but there is no longer that little problem of a unfinished step jutting outwards claiming innocent ankles. 

Dutch Door

And as you may have noticed in the above photo the dutch door received a first class finish thanks to Susie! I'm still awestruck that she was able to get good ol regular pine to look so rich and warm. 

Exterior Porch

Not a lot to talk about on the exterior except that the outdoor potting benches are getting some good use as the pots are heading in for the winter.

Knick Nacks

This year we focused more on storage than any other thing. Now the question is what types of things will be housed out in the cabin and in what quantities. Below the giant green beast of a cabinet (the one we actually had in place before all the walls were up) is put to use. We are still playing with which doors to install and which to leave off. Either way all the shelves and drawers are already filled to capacity and it looks pretty darn neat.

Yard Tools
While there are a few pieces missing from this shot you can get a glimpse of some of the storage for yard tools. I installed a simple safety bar  across the lower part of the handles to prevent any injuries if a youngster was trying to take down a shovel.

Kid's Corner

Per request a special 4' area for the kids was put in place. I still need to create some area to hang the yard tools but they now have their own workspace and cabinets at their height!

Misc

In the photo below I added 4' wide shelving units for a total of about 48 sf of storage. In addition the the shelving I incorporated some miscellaneous antique box cabinets into the mix.

Hung a non-parallel ladder over the kidney bean shaped party table. 

 

More shelves and already filled!

From what I can tell tools are organized by "high-end, nice to use", "older ones that get the job done", and "decorative ones, that look pretty."

Mini clay pots find homes on the window sill over the sink.

Other items on my to do list are:

Some minor solar lighting for ambient lighting.

Outdoor storage at back of shed.
Finish installing interior crown molding and window casing. Then paint.


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