Mother's Add-On Garden Toolshed
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September/October 1985
By the Mother Earth News staff
The twin 24" X 56" doors were made of two layers of 3/4"-rough-sawn siding nailed together, with the overlay boards arranged in a herringbone pattern to provide bracing and visual interest and with 1 X 2 trim applied to the doors' edges. We nailed a 1 X 4 trim board flush to the edge of the doorway on each side, installed a 2 X 2 door jam, and hung each door on a pair of T-hinges secured to the trim. A 4" hasp lock and a handle carved from a block of native cedar completed the basic shed.
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FINISHING TOUCHES
To make maximum use of the structure's available space, we made racks on all three walls of the shed for hanging tools and other implements. On the back wall, where the heaviest tools would be stored, two parallel horizontal 2 X 4s—spaced 10" apart—were molly-bolted to the concrete block and drilled to receive 6"-long 5/8" dowel sections, which we positioned and glued in place to serve as holders for our shovels and forks.
Likewise, we nailed a 1 X 4 across each sidewall and affixed 5/8" dowel tool-holders . . . then, on the inside of each door, we installed 1/4" dowels to hold lighter implements such as brushes and hose attachments.
To make the barrel bin, we cut a polyethylene 55-gallon drum (obtained from a local cider mill) in half lengthwise with a saber saw, and then, using scrap lumber, built a box large enough to hold one of the halves. Then we simply built another scrap-wood box—the sand bin—to fit the amount of space that would remain after we'd set the barrel bin in the shed.
We filled the smaller container with sand mixed with enough vegetable oil to give it the consistency of soft, moist brown sugar . . . gave the shed a coat of paint (and stained the dowel racks) . . . put the sand and barrel bins in place . . . and hung our tools in their new home. At last: organization where chaos once reigned!
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