After Hunter's grain bin was completed we looked around to find stacks and stacks of leftover pallets. We had picked up a 16 foot trailer full of them off of Craigslist for free when we couldn't find barn wood for Hunter's walls. Now we were stuck with the extras and not enough energy to cut them all apart to store the wood for later so...a few internet searches later and "why don't we build a shed out of them?". We were in need of some storage after moving a ton of things out of the main house to sell it ( 2100 sq foot worth of household stuff does NOT fit well into 800 sq foot...and we already have furniture in the trailer for when we stay here). Chris had the wood to build the flooring and all the joists. He also had the metal studs to frame in the loft and the roof.
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If you look in the top middle of this picture you can see some of the framing exposed.
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( I didn't plan ahead and take pictures of it as we were building it.)
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| You can see the pallets that form the walls. We had to put 2x4 studs in between the pallets. The walls are 3 pallets high. |
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| You can see the loft area for storage and how Chris made his own roof joists. The ladder int eh picture is 8 foot tall. After we are done using this for storage the plan is to have a game room in here. |
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Side view
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| The door came from a garage sale for $15. The windows came from an auction for $10 a piece. The metal pile came from another auction $200. We did have to buy a few boards here and there to make sure we had enough...total spent $400. |
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