Garden Shed Designs-The Many Options For Your Garden Shed

Garden shed designs offer many options to personalize and add a bit of character to what might otherwise be a humdrum addition to your garden or home.
There are many garden shed designs to choose from and some of the most popular include the saltbox shed, the gambrel type shed and the lean to shed.

Obviously the uses to which you intend putting  your shed will determine the size of your shed but the actual shed design can involve choices as to what type of roof you intend using, how many windows and doors, whether your shed is out of sight or at the front of your property and so on.

Lean To Shed

The humble lean to shed can be a simple and straightforward shed to build and it can be built quickly at little expense, sometimes from recycled lumber or even pallets. You may only need something to keep your firewood in out of the elements and seasoning or you can built a larger lean to type structure which allows your animals or livestock to shelter from the elements.

Saltbox shed

The saltbox type shed is character laden and derives from the architecture of New England from the mid 1600s.The characteristic feature of the saltbox shed follows the architecture of the American colonial influence which is the roof having unequal length sides-this leaves the saltbox type shed having one side lower than the other and is a throwback to the time of Queen Anne and her policy of taxing houses with in excess of one storey. A way around this was the saltbox design which rendered it exempt from the tax.It is hard to describe the saltbox shed design so I will include a photo of a saltbox shed below so you will see what I mean.

Saltbox Shed

Gambrel Type Shed

The gambrel shed has a symmetrical roof which has two slopes on each side making the roof very tall and ideal for maximizing storage space. It stems from the Dutch colonial settlers introducing the Gambrel style barn into the United States and you will see a photo of the Gambrel style roof below. The upper part of the roof is shallow with the lower part being steeper and is very similar to the Mansard style roof.

Here is a photo of a gambrel type shed so you will see what I mean.

Gambrel shed design

As you can see there are many garden shed designs from which to choose, particularly if you choose to build it yourself. If you do decide to build your own shed then you should have a look.

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