| It was a pretty exciting time moving into a new | | | | price of the hardware store by %15. We decided |
| house with a fireplace. The only problem was, not | | | | the excess money we saved would go towards |
| only did we need a place to buy the wood; which | | | | building a new dog house for Dody, our latest |
| I knew would be an easy thing to do; we also | | | | addition to the family. |
| needed a place to store it. So it goes without | | | | We built the wood shed with 3 walls and an |
| saying, we did not use the new fireplace for the | | | | angled roof. I used a trick my dad taught me to |
| first year and a half. | | | | build the floor. Just lay down cinder blocks over |
| I mentioned to a family friend that I needed to | | | | some thick plastic sheathing and this will keep the |
| build storage for my wood this winter. A week | | | | moisture away. |
| later he stopped by the house one afternoon and | | | | I made sure the wood was stacked loosely |
| dropped off a set of Firewood Storage Shed | | | | enough to where there was good air flow and |
| Plans, and also gave me a number to a guy who | | | | that was pretty much the extent of it. |
| was selling Douglas fir at a reasonable price. | | | | I suggest when you have a fireplace and you |
| So after another month of procrastination, I finally | | | | need a place to keep your wood out of the |
| pulled the plans out from beneath my tool bench, | | | | weather, you get a good set of firewood shed |
| dusted them off, a got to work. Myself, the kids | | | | building plans. The step by step plans not only |
| and the dog all loaded up and took a ride into | | | | saved us money, it was easy and we had the |
| town to go gather up the materials. First we | | | | shed done in an afternoon. |
| stopped by the local hardware store and priced | | | | Do not forget to look around. We actually went |
| everything. | | | | to a couple different building supply locations and |
| After pricing all the items needed, we then took | | | | got quotes. |
| the same list to the lumber yard and beat the | | | | |