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I built this shed to closely
resemble the appearance of an actual lighthouse. I found two web
sites advertising lighthouse sheds for sale, but neither is very
realistic. Their builders chose such laughably non-authentic
materials such as vinyl siding, vinyl windows, and asphalt
shingles. Most lighthouses are round, but those sheds are
octagonal. Why? It is much easier to build an octagonal
structure than a curved one, so their builders took the easy
way. Furthermore, the overall shape of those buildings screams
"a playhouse for kids," not "a lighthouse." I spent many hours
analyzing the design and proportion of actual lighthouses, then
built this one so that it looks like a genuine lighthouse.
I have more pictures of this shed
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I call
this my Alpine shed because its steeply pitched roof is
the ideal roof for snowy alpine areas. It includes a second
story that provides a great place to study, read a good book, or
serve as a kid's play room or guest quarters. This shed, and my
lighthouse shed, will be featured in a book entitled
Shedworking: the alternative workplace revolution that
will be published in July 2008.
I have more pictures of this shed
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Ever
notice how architects and builders often give ostentatious names to their homes,
such as "The Chateau"? Well, I don't believe in ostentation, so I named
this shed "The Two-by-Four," which is the epitome of a prosaic name for a
building. The inspiration for this name came from the wall structure
which, as you can probably see, consists of stacked 2x4's (pronounced,
"two-by-fours"). I thought this would be an easy way to give a shed (most
of which are bland and ugly) the attractive look of a log cabin.
Attractive, yes. Easy, no. The worst part was sanding the exterior.
Armed with a brand new 20-pound Porter-Cable belt sander, I began sanding early
one morning. As the sun was setting, I realized that sanding horizontal
surfaces with a heavy belt sander would make a great Olympic sport, or perhaps a
way to reduce the recidivism rate — if incarcerated criminals were forced to do
this instead of watching cable television, only truly insane people would commit
crimes. Belt sanders are, of course, primarily intended for sanding
horizontal surfaces (where their weight is a plus). If you're
wondering why it took so long to sand the shed, it's because I didn't merely
skim the surface. Because most lumber these days is more twisted than the
followers of Charles Manson, I had a lot of sanding to do to even out the
irregularities.
In my opinion, the copper gable vents (fore and aft) leave something to be
desired from an aesthetic standpoint because they're disproportionately large, but I wanted plenty of ventilation in this
shed, so appearance took a back seat to practicality. Appearance was
paramount in my choice of a roof. The picture doesn't do the roof justice;
the roof is birch sealed with multiple coats of various sealers. It's
pretty, and like a lot of other pretty things, it's bound to be
high-maintenance. However, shingled roofs are so run of the mill that I
couldn't conceive of placing a quotidian roof on this innovative shed.
The door is yet another door that I made from scratch. I opted for a
plain door this time, without a window or carvings (here
are some of my fancier doors), because I want to put my energy into my next
door, which will make your jaw drop . . . guaranteed.
After building this shed, I concluded that making beautiful things with care
and precision is exponentially more difficult and time-consuming than slapping
together just-ol'-anything, as too many carpenters do.
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Here
is the side view of the shed. Notice the generous 2-feet overhangs in the
front and rear. These substantially increase storage space in the two
overhead lofts, both of which are just over 6 feet deep (although they appear
much shorter in the photos, because of geometric foreshortening). Speaking
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Here is
the back loft . . . |
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and the front loft. |
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Here's an inside look at the back wall. The shelf spans the width of the
shed. |
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Here is the inside of the door when the front section was nearing completion. |
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This is the first shed I made. |
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And here is a "made from scratch" gable vent that I later added. |
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This is the second shed I made. It's an 8' x 12' A-frame, sporting one of
my hand-carved doors. I made and set the trusses by hand. After I
set the last one, I wondered how precisely I'd placed them, so I measured the
distance from the first to last truss at the peak, and then at the bottom.
The distance was off by less than 1/32nd of an inch . . . not bad, eh?
Don't you wish your house was built to this level of precision?
My next shed will be interesting for two reasons. First, if you think that
these sheds are fancy, just wait until you gander at the next one, which
will be the Taj Mahal of sheds. Second, I'm going to test a new way of
building in which I'll build the roof first. Once that is totally
complete, I'll jack it up, and swing the walls in underneath. This will
eliminate the problems associated with building roofs, which are more dangerous
and take more time to build than a comparable structure built on the ground.
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