Making space . . .

We've been living in a two-bedroom duplex for more than a year now and it's been a little tight! Now don't get me wrong. We really like the place and after living in Japan for ten years, we do know how to live in small spaces - we just didn't have as much stuff there!

So! Since we can't add another room or slide a basement under the duplex, we decided to build a storage shed. Since I hate standard, boring, box-like shapes, I decided to try something different. After searching the Internet for interesting designs, I settled on one from Summerwood Products in Ontario. The plans were quite detailed and all the steps were clearly laid out. A monkey could build it with these plans! We were off to a good start by August 28th and the floor was soon done.

By September 1st the roof was well on it's way to completion, until errors in the plans started to drive this monkey bananas. Yes, I did measure twice and cut once! Unfortunately, some of the errors pertaining to roof component dimensions were not so easy to correct. By now you are probably asking yourself, "Why is he working on the roof? Where are the walls?" Just following the plans! It is supposed to be easier to complete the roof on the floor, move it off to the side, and then, with the help of all your friends, lift the finished roof into place. That's the idea, anyway.

Well, in spite of shorter and shorter days, rain, bugs, and procrastinaton, the roof finally got figured out, completed, and set aside. It was so good to get that out of the way and move on to something fast and easy like the walls. Hopefully, it will be finished by the end of this week. After a trip to Melfort last weekend, we have a trailer jamb-packed and stacked full of shed things. What doesn't fit will hit the yard sale!