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50+ Free Shed Plans and
Free Do It Yourself Shed Building
Guides
Find the building project plans and how-to
guides that you need to build a garden shed, potting shed, fire wood shed, lawn
tractor garage, trash can shelter, backyard studio, craft barn, small workshop
or home recycling center. Choose from dozens of great designs from top home and
garden magazines, building supply retailers, architects and Internet shed plan
publishers. And, just click to our
All-Purpose Shed Plan list to find dozens and
dozens of free plans for storage sheds, mini-barns, tool sheds, lean-tos and
outdoor storage bins and closets.
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Build The Ultimate Garden Shed
This attractive little building is a storage shed and gardener's
potting shed in one. Download the free plans and read how you can
have a copy in your backyard. The seventeen page building guide is
from the July/August 2003 issue of The Family Handyman magazine.
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Build a Stylish Multipurpose Garden Shed
This handsome Colonial-style garden shed is proof that form and
function can coexist in a backyard building. It isn't just
practical, spacious and sturdy. It's also beautifully designed to be
an asset, not an eyesore, to any property. Building diagrams are
included in a a do-it-yourself article from Popular Mechanics
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Garden
Tool Shed Blueprints with Potting Window from Georgia-Pacific
Free, instant download, do-it-yourself backyard building plans
from Georgia-Pacific include detailed drawings, material lists,
safety advice and how-to hints. Their attractive garden shed is
approximately 40 square feet of floor space inside the shed and
ample headroom for storage of bicycles, a lawnmower, garden tools or
play equipment. The room is large enough for a six foot potting
bench or workbench; a rear window provides natural light for growing
seedlings. |
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Potting Shed Plans
Progressive Farmer Magazine created this pretty potting shed as part
of their "Idea House and Farmstead" series. It's a great building
for gardeners. The interior space is bright and breezy with three
windows and a Dutch door. Skylights let even more sun in to get
seedlings off to a quick start. The shady outdoor space is a great
work room on hot or rainy days. |
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The Family Handyman's Garden Shed Addition
This spacious cedar garden shed has tons of storage space for lawn
and garden tools plus shelves for supplies, a potting bench and
windows. It's close at hand too, since it attaches to your garage or
home wall.
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Garden
Tool Shed Plans
Here are five
attractive, small tool shed designs from top magazines and
building supply retailers. Pick the one you like and build it
with the help of free, downloadable plans and step-by-step
instructions. |
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DIY Compact Garden Shed Plans
Canadian Home Workshop Magazine offers downloadable prints of
woodworker Shane Eagen's 1998 article with plans, illustrated
do-it-yourself instructions and a complete materials list. |
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Build a Garden Tool Shed
Use this
illustrated, step by step building guide and material list, by Monte
Burch, from the pages of Extreme How-To Magazine. This 2'x4' lean-to
garden tool shed is easy to build and takes the clutter out of your
garage. |
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Gardeners' Shed Plans
Get plans and building ideas
for a bunch of garden sheds, pallet sheds and utility shelters
posted at Living Green & Frugally. |
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Sheds;
Garages;
Barns;
Workshops
Get started on your
new shed, play house, cabana, yard barn, garage, car barn, hobby
shop, carriage house, workshop or backyard studio right now.
With one order for just $29.00 you can download professional
construction blueprints for over one hundred different designs.
You'll be able to download any and all of the plans right away
and print as many copies as you need to get permits, to get
contractors' bids and for construction. The set comes with a
full money-back guarantee.
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How to Build a Woodshed from Mother Earth
Magazine
These illustrated, step-by-step
instructions, by John Vivian, will let you customize and then build
your own version of a classic 4'x8' New England Saltbox firewood
shed. With timber-frame construction and and cedar shingle roof,
this shed is designed for years and years of use. |
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How to Build a Firewood Shed
Keep
your stack of firewood from getting damp by building this simple
enclosure. The design, by Roy Berendsohn, is offered in an article,
printable building plans and illustrated, step-by-step instructions
at Popular Mechanics Magazine. |
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Fire Wood Shed Plans from Black and Decker
Get plans, material lists and do it yourself building instructions
to help you build a small multi-purpose shed. This storage or wood
shed is free-standing with a wooden skid foundation that makes it
easy to move. |
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The Weekndr Woodshed
Build a simple lean-to style woodshed with the help of sketches and
instructions at Weekndr.com |
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Fire Wood and Storage Shed Plans
This shed, from Popular Mechanics magazine is a handsome
Colonial-style storage building that's one of the most versatile,
well-designed backyard structures you'll ever find. It's really two
sheds in one: a 10 x 12-ft. tool shed for general storage and an 8 x
10-ft. open-bay extension that's ideal for keeping firewood stacked
and dry. |
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Woodshed and Wood Rack Building Plans at MyOutdoorPlans.com
Here's a great
selection of backyard sheds in free, online, do it yourself building
plans, with material and tool lists, and step-by-step
instructions. You'll find small tool sheds, big storage sheds,
fire wood sheds and racks, space-saving lean-tos, gambrel, gable
and saltbox roof designs and a pretty barn-style shed. |
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Plans, Kits, Prefabs, Do It Yourself Projects and Building Help
at BackroadHome.net
Build sheds, barns,
small and simple homes, cabins, cottages, stables, garages and
more with the help of professional blueprints, building kits,
manufactured buildings, do-it-yourself project plans,
construction products, tools and good advice. Click to read more
about hundreds of great designs.
Photo: Rockler.com |
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16'x12' All-Purpose Backyard Building
Family Handyman Magazine calls this 2011 design a Garden Shed. It
can be that, but it's also big enough and bright enough to be a
backyard studio, workshop, home office or hobby shop. The
downloadable plans and material list are for experienced builders. |
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Cottage Style Studio Shed
You can use this pretty all-purpose
building as your backyard office, studio, cabana, craft shop, pool house
or guest cottage. The free plans include an inviting front porch and skylights
to brighten the interior. |
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Octagonal Shed Blueprints
Use this, big unusual all-purpose building as your shed, backyard
office, studio, cabana or guest cottage. The construction drawings
call for 2x4 walls, 2x6 roof rafters and a monolithic slab
foundation. Exterior finishes are up to you, so you can match your
home. |
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16'x20' Work Shop
Family Handyman Magazine calls this 2010 design an Ultimate Shed. It
is that, but it's also big enough to be your woodwork shop, studio
or hobby shop. The high and wide front door allows easy access for
big projects The downloadable plans and material list are best for
use by experienced builders. |
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Old West Storefront Shed Building Plans
This design looks like an old-time western storefront,
mercantile or saloon. You can use it as your shed, studio, kid's
playhouse, cabana, pool house or guest cottage. Hang up a sign and
it will make a great home office or shop. |
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Candlewood Workshop and Garage Plans
You can park a car, tractor or small truck in this little barn and
still have more storage or workshop space. Post-frame or "pole-barn"
construction makes for a sturdy but inexpensive little building. Use
the convenient loft for even more storage.
Free plans are offered by architect Don Berg and this web site. |
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Backyard Mini-Barn Plans
Build the
perfect little barn for your property. Find construction
blueprints for small pole barns, barn-style sheds, little
pole-frame garages, all-purpose yard barns with lofts,
small storage barns and little pole-frame country
garages. |
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A Simple, Do-It-Yourself Recycling Center
Use online drawings from Sunset Magazine to help build an 8' x 30"
shelter for your trash bins and more. This lean-to design attaches
to your home, garage or shed.
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An Outdoor Storage Locker
Assemble
Family Handyman Magazine's easy-to-build storage locker in your
backyard. This design is low and compact, yet spacious enough hold
your garbage cans, recycling bins and garden tools too.
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Trash Can Bin Plans from Black and Decker
Get plans, material lists and do it yourself building instructions
to help you build a small, multi-purpose shed. This storage, trash
can or wood bin is free-standing with a wooden skid foundation that
makes it easy to move. |
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Build a Little Pole Barn for Your Lawn Tractor
Pole-style construction provides an economical method of building a
drive-thru shed, even if the shed is built on a sloping lot. This
project from Extreme How-To Magazine is a great way to learn pole
building techniques. And, you'll have a pretty, gambrel roof yard
barn for your tractor, snowmobile or ATV when you're done. |
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The Family Handyman's Schoolhouse Style Shed
Are you looking for an unusual shed design? Here are complete DIY
plans and instructions for building a 10-ft. x 12-ft. shed that
looks like an old-time country schoolhouse. It has double-doors for
wide access for your lawn or yard tractor, a covered entry and
fiber-cement siding for low maintenance and durability. |
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Free All-Purpose Storage Shed Plans from Today's Plans
These traditional gable-roof sheds can be built with finishes to
match your home or garage. Lofts add inexpensive, high-and-dry
storage space for seasonal yard furniture, holiday decorations,
family records and more. Wide doors offer easy access and drive-in
lawn tractor shelter. At 10'x12' and 10'x14', these free plans
should be big enough to store your lawn tractor, garden tools and
much more. |
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16'x20' Tractor Shop
Family Handyman Magazine calls this 2010 design an Ultimate Shed. It
is that, but it's also big enough and bright enough to be a backyard
garage and work shop for your small tractor and one or two more
small vehicles. The downloadable plans and material list are for
experienced builders. |
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Cottage Style Tractor Garage
Who says a lawn tractor shed has to look like a shed? This beautiful
miniature cottage-style garage will fit your lawn tractor, tools,
work bench and more. Download the seventeen page article and plans
from The Family Handyman Magazine and learn how you can build it
yourself. |
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More Free Shed Plans
Can't find just what you're looking for? Don't worry. We have lists
of free plans for storage sheds, tool sheds, mini-barns,
space-saving lean-to sheds, little outdoor closets and more. Just
click to find dozens of great designs. |
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Free Do It Yourself Shed
Building Plans by Backyard3
Build your own shed or mini-barn with concise plans, material
lists and illustrated step-by-step instructions created by a shed
building pro. Choose from gable roof or gambrel roof designs for
practical 10'x8' buildings.
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Free Shed Building Guides
Learn how to build all types of sheds with the help of these
illustrated, step-by-step lessons. Turn any shed plan into a
do-it-yourself project, save construction costs by finding out
which parts of the project you can handle yourself, or learn
enough to understand and follow your builders' progress. |
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Free Building
Plans
Help yourself to hundreds of plans for sheds,
barns, garages, workshops, cabins, cottages, green homes and
backyard structures, offered for free by some of the Internet's top
designers and publishers. Then, check out our lists of thousands of
free, do it yourself home improvement and backyard project
plans too. |
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