Dang, all my posts this year have been so heady, you might surmise that all I did was sit around and think abstractly. Foo!! I not only like to philosophize with a hammer (to quote my good friend Fred), I like working with concrete concrete, and lumbering around lumber yards.
Here’s a project I worked on in that sweaty covid summer that seems so long ago, in preparation for converting an existing shed into a tiny house. I needed a new shed for all the junk in the existing one! (Dammit, too much stuff!!) We had a neglected little section of the side yard in which we had considered planting a fruit tree, but it probably didn’t get enough sun, so I had the bright idea of putting a new shed there. The rest of this shaggy dog’s tail can be gathered from the following slideshow (sideshow?):
![Neglected section of side yard](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348730578-9F9ZRT0PQ7KY81MQH5H1/1-ShedBefore-notes+%281%29.jpg)
![Boxwoods blocking access (we gave them away)](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348730498-V1S4JSBNRW7BHHVYSH6V/1-ShedBefore-notes+%282%29.jpg)
![Framing plans, 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348731072-PJUENBTGK90QEVZR6FKL/1-Shed-Plan-FrontView-2020-07-08.jpg)
![Framing plans, notes and cautions](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348731686-LJK6EEHXPXNEQNFJOWS2/1-Shed-Plan-TopView-2020-07-08.jpg)
![Had to dig out about 30 wheel barrows of dirt](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348732714-W0R5DSBU3XQDPYOVU5NQ/2a-Shed-Prep1-2020-07-09.jpg)
![Foundation work, including pouring 2 concrete pilings](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348736021-ZJWPFBV701NJAXTJWU6G/2b-Shed-Prep1-2020-07-10.jpg)
![Framing begins, with pressure treated 2x6's](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348737271-C3RQSX2NS1I9L4P8ET0F/3a-Shed-Found1-2020-07-21.jpg)
![Another view of the foundation](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348737642-JHDFSY7AFTUT9Y3BDP26/3a-Shed-Found4-2020-07-21.jpg)
![Foundation complete...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348738026-WL1CZZBRZJYAD6PWOS7T/3a-Shed-Found5-2020-07-23.jpg)
![Floor laid; framing the walls, 1](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348738764-QNAVKEHKH5IN11MLNV7Z/3a-Shed-Walls2-2020-07-29.jpg)
![Framing the walls, 2](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348738792-IMRBNLEBY88DL8EP0DJ0/3a-Shed-Walls3-2020-07-29.jpg)
![Walls framed; view from back yard](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348739775-CQI6JW1PMP3JXMQLKFCN/3a-Shed-Walls6-2020-08-01.jpg)
![Hurricane on the way; had to jerry-rig a roof](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609350484030-LS9M9O87MGHTXN48QVII/3c-Shed-Roof1-2020-08-05.jpg)
![Many steps later, roof and siding mostly complete](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348740591-XR5NPA54V4VBIOFT86AL/3d-Shed-Siding1-2020-08-07.jpg)
![A peek inside...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348740585-00OVZQ2HKJTJKJP6FESY/3e-Shed-WrapUp3-2020-08-09.jpg)
![View from up on a ladder](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348741449-P5C0I11PB1ZHJ48OSHQ2/3e-Shed-WrapUp8-2020-08-10.jpg)
![Meanwhile, Cal and Makda are beginning work on the tiny house...](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52cc1b44e4b05b8bc2d3c1ea/1609348741498-4LCPQKK60RNIZ2JE7LYO/4a-LittleHouse-Begin2-2020-08-10.jpg)