The skeleton of the shed was in place when I did the sketch at upper left, but I did the sketch of the roof detail at upper right to show Mark was I was thinking we'd do. Originally he'd thought just to nail the metal roof to the rafters, but--COLD, and hard to heat even with a little woodstove, so no.
The graphed detail at top is a not-to-scale rendering of where the shed is in relation to our house--the shed's a
lot smaller than the house! I can just walk through the gate and in the back door...see the dotted red line?
The deck, sills, and floor joists are "YellaWood," treated white pine that should last a while...at lower right is a sketch of the roof as it's turning out, plus a detail of the screws with washers that hold the metal in place, and the odd joined nails that fit the nail gun. (My, does THAT ever make things move faster! We had no such mechanical help 20+ years ago when I built the cabin!)
And at lower left, noodling a bit about the odd window placement--looks perfect INSIDE, a bit surprised on the outside. Maybe a window box, shelf, or bit of sculpture will ground it...
Today we found the perfect window for the back wall, which will mount on hinges like an awning...and cheap! Good condition, sturdy, for $15 in the flea market...
I attempted a spreadsheet, but it is NOT my area of expertise!
I do like to document and plan and explore possibilities in my journal before we commit to them--guess I'm really a visual person, through and through. I don't know what I'm doing till I've drawn it on paper...
