Sketching at the Shed

Pepe is SUCH a good model, even when he's lying on my lap!

Very quick sketches in the snow, on the Winter Solstice...

Some of the "tree people" near the shed...

Playing with Pages

Blogger in Draft has a new option to add pages in tabs at the top of the page...I've been playing with that!  (One totally disappeared the other day after telling me the page didn't exist, then showed up in the afternoon in my draft file!)

I've been putting the planning sketches all together in one document, HERE...and since I can edit the pages, I'll be adding more later.  Feel free to pop in!

More noodling and planning...bookshelves-to-be

Thinking about how to fit the bookshelves in the shed, and what configuration we want...I did the original sketch at top right in my journal, then made a couple of flaps I could flip down with different designs.  J says the water crock, just to the left of the bookshelves here, can go up on the table at left.  That makes more room for bookshelves and art supplies...

Still haven't decided...but here's plan two, wider with closed storage at the bottom.  (J. doesn't like this one as well...)

Plan 3 offers the most storage room, I think...

And speaking of shelves, J. got the little under-eave extension up yesterday!  Great use of otherwise wasted space.

There will be some Shaker pegs on the bottom support, for coats, jackets, art supplies, whatever.  Because of the angle of the roof, I could only put very small things up there...now even the tea caddy fits without risk of landing on the floor.

Cool!

Journal Shed

I like to keep track of the progress in my journal--as you can see,
the arrows point you from step to step, above...

These are the rejected designs...I noodled around quite a bit before settling on the one I chose. Here, the one at lower left just didn't do it for me. The one at lower right is cool, but I think would need to be too large in order to have sufficient overhang. It was inspired by an old garage or shed in our town. The larger one on top almost made the cut, till I remembered how much I liked an old design I saw years ago, for a vacation cottage. It had exterior storage like our finished design.

This is the garage/shed I like a lot...too big, though.