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When you are renovating, often you need to get your furniture and other household items out of the way. Many people pay for storage units, but you can also actually purchase a shed kit and have it installed on your property. This way you know your stuff will be well taken care of.
But what other ways can you use a shed kit once the renovations are done?
Aside from being a storage solution, a shed kit can have a lot of uses if you’re creative. Here are some of the most unique uses for a shed kit when you no longer need it for storage.
Make Your Very Own Workshop
There are hobbies that just cannot be done inside the house. Woodworking is a good example.
A shed kit would be the perfect place for my husband to do his woodworking. Right now he makes a mess in the garage 🙁
It’s way too messy to do indoors. Plus it also uses a lot of power tools that can be dangerous especially if there are little kids around.
If you or your husband are interested in this kind of pastime, then it will be best to take it out of the house. Once your steel shed kits are vacated, you can transform them into your very own workshop. Not only will you have a safe environment for your hobby, but you will also be afforded a nook where you can be on your own in peace and quiet.
But aren’t shed kits usually just a big box of wood or steel, how will I feel comfortable in it?
Don’t you fret, there are now companies like Designer Sheds that allow customization of steel shed kits at no additional cost! You can ask them to add windows and even tweak the kit a bit to fit whatever limited space you have.
Convert It Into Storage Space for Chemicals
When kids start running around the house, it’s sometimes not enough to place harmful chemicals high up on a shelf. Little ones can be so creative sometimes.
They can just drag a chair and stand on it to satisfy whatever curiosities they have with the stuff out of their reach. Because of this, you could store all harmful cleaning in the shed and lock it. This way, you can really say that your home is child-friendly.
Make The Shed Kit Your Own Home Office
Because of the Internet, home-based jobs are super popular. If you want to join the online workforce, you might want to have your own nook where real work can be done.
You want to stay home, but you don’t want to be distracted by the rest of the house. A shed kit is going to be the perfect way to address this dilemma. You just need a little interior decoration and a few furnishings and you are good to go!
Storage sheds, whether they are made of wood or steel or a combination of both, are great for a variety of things. Only your imagination is the limit.
Krystle Cook – the creator of Home Jobs by MOM – put her psychology degree on a shelf and dived into a pile of diapers and dishes instead. She is a wife and mother to two rambunctious boys, sweating it out in her Texas hometown. She loves cooking, DIY home projects, and family fun activities.
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These are good ideas. I really like the home office option!
Having a home office in a decked out storage shed would be amazing. Close yet more private.
It would surely become my She~shed😁
I hear you, sweetie. A She Shed would be amazing to have!
I think I’d have to deck mine out into my own personal library/reading room.
Turning a storage shed into a personal reading room sounds like a great idea
(Done With Storage? 3 Other Ways To Use Your Storage Shed) These are some wonderful ideas to do with a shed that you no longer need to store things in. I have been doing a lot of yard work lately because it really helps me cope with the Corona Virus going on right now.
Sounds like you need to keep your shed for storage then
I’ve seen them used as man caves or yoga spaces, too, lol. Really, they can be a private space for anything.
What space would you create?
I love the various uses of something that started out as an outdoor shed. I would make mine into a potting shed. My repotting my plants makes a mess everywhere.
That’s an excellent idea for a storage shed