Product Description

Easy-to-follow shed designs with loads of color examples.

The new edition of this classic do-it-yourself guide for backyard builders now contains more material and photographs than ever.

Sheds helps the do-it-yourself builder think through all the issues involved in designing and building a shed: intended use, size, cost, placement, degree of construction difficulty, and much more. Following a chapter on construction basics, the authors preview each step of building a beautiful and useful shed -- from foundation to cupola, and everything in between.

Sheds contains:

• Material lists
• Cost estimates
• Step-by-step illustrations
• New tips and hints
• Detailed instructions
• Schedules
• 16 pages of color.

Packed with detailed illustrations, plans and commonsense advice, this new edition of the classic book on building a shed is like having a professional carpenter beside you, making the project easy to control and successful.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #143970 in Books
• Published on: 2007-01-11
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: .51" h x 8.12" w x 10.93" l, 1.29 pounds
• Binding: Paperback
• 208 pages

From Library Journal
The use of the term sheds in this book's title is a misnomer, given that a dictionary defines sheds as small, rough shacks for storage. Except for a lean-to type wet/dry garbage shed and a firewood shed, the construction plans, directions, and many illustrations in this guide are for attractive and even fancy units ranging from 80 to over 350 square feet. The purposes range from storage, work, and gardening to poolside, boat storage, and pavilion entertaining. After introductory information on designing and building techniques, fairly detailed directions are given for building a basic 8 10 shed. From there on directions are less complete, on the assumption that the builder is experienced or will contract the more difficult work. Suggested only for collections with subject demand.
- W.T. Johnston, formerly with Coastal Plain Regional Lib., Tifton, Ga.
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Review
Covers all project parts from the foundation to the crowning cupola with everything in between. (Joy Kraft Cincinnati Enquirer 20070405)

Step-by-step advice ... along with dozens of hand-drawn illustrations, safety tips, advice on tools and materials and a labor schedule. (The Modesto Bee 20070824)

Step-by-step advice on planning and building shed, from a simple home for tools to an elaborate Japanese boat shed. (Staten Island Advance 200706)

This book may provide a sudden rush of inspiration. (Carolyn Leitch Globe and Mail 2009)

Materials lists, estimated costs, and step-by-step, illustrated instructions to build a truly attractive outbuilding for gardening, storage and more. (From House to Home )

It would be great to see what the Stiles' own backyard looks like. (About.com: Pool and Patio )

About the Author

David and Jeanie Stiles are the authors of 15 do-it-yourself books and write frequently for magazines and newspapers. They divide their time between New York City and East Hampton, New York. For a total escape, they retreat to a one-room cabin they built overlooking a pond in the Hudson Valley.