This
I made this in 2007 for my daughter's birthday. Got the plans from a Garden Projects DIY book, modified them a little, and built it effectively from scratch over the course of a couple of weekends. Five years on and it's still standing.

It's not a shed, by the way!


(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:08, 20 replies)

It looks
like a shed to me.
(Rise and Fall of the Atomic Cabbage Haven't you heard of suspension of disbelief?, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:13, closed)

Well, yes
It looks like a shed. That's why I made sure to specify up front that it's not.
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:17, closed)

It is a shed

(Mr Twisty Cheeky The worst kept secret in B3ta..., Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:17, closed)

Oh no
it isn't.
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:20, closed)

Oh yes
It isn't! ;-)
( JamHamster My eyes, my beautiful eyes!, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:25, closed)

Oh no it...
Wait a minute - I see what you're trying to do here..
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 16:15, closed)

Nice shed.

( Jeccius Steam Borderlands 2 junkie, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 14:50, closed)

If it's a shed
it's a very gay one
( sandettie light vessel automatic New Twitter - @bollocksreally, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 15:28, closed)

If it was a shed...
...and I'm not saying it is, but if it was, it'd be a girls shed. On account of being built for my daughter, and all that.
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 16:15, closed)

technically it's a summer house
as it has a front window and a verandah.
(localboy purveyor of pisspoor puns, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 16:42, closed)

Nice. I wish I could make stuff

( Major Turd for tonight only, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 17:19, closed)

Making stuff
is a lot easier than you might expect. There's nothing particularly complicated about that playhouse. A lot of 90 degree cuts, a few at other angles, some screwing, some nailing, and a fair bit of paint.
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 18:04, closed)

Yes, but do you have a shed as well?

( Yo 'Ho of Charlie mass-market saucetrepreneur, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 17:31, closed)

Now that you ask...
Yes, a decent 5x3m brick shed, actually.

It looks like this (only a lot less tidy now) :



I didn't build it, although I did help put the roof on, and I built the workbench and one or two other bits 'n' pieces inside.
(Kyzia was here on, Thu 11 Oct 2012, 18:02, closed)

Looks like
a small stable. Any horse big enough to poke its head through that window would be too big for it though.

Perhaps it is a stable for a baby giraffe?

Then again, no bolt or second latch on the door though...
And no hay. You can clean a stable as much as you like, but there will always be hay.
(TheASK, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 0:23, closed)

Nice
Although I know it isn't a shed, what book did you use? I'm about to build an 8' x 8' shed and I've taken to going to the local garden buildings place with my tape measure and camera!
( M3rx likes the Asian ladies, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 9:44, closed)

The book is
Step by Step Garden DIY by A & G Bridgewater. Here's an ebay link to someone else's copy (for reference - not suggesting you have to buy it or anything) : www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Step-By-Step-Garden-DIY-A-G-Bridgewater-/310457714959?pt=Non_Fiction&hash=item4848b8c90f
(Kyzia was here on, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 14:24, closed)

Pwoah
*wanks*
(Legless is a prick., Fri 12 Oct 2012, 13:56, closed)

Uh..
thanks.
(Kyzia was here on, Fri 12 Oct 2012, 14:25, closed)

SHEDULUS!

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Sat 13 Oct 2012, 19:25, closed)