It has been said, that to a man...a shed is like a handbag is to a woman...a place full of 'totally essential' flotsam and jetsam....
an organised chaos that only the owner understands, and can lay their hands on precisely the 'item' required in seconds, whereas anyone else would need roping to a sturdy object and be gone for days (and that goes for handbags and sheds!!)
and its definitely a place where interlopers arent welcome to riffle through...certainly not without prior invitation!.
Is this true for anyone here?...not limiting it to the guys, but do you have sheds full of stuff that might come in handy one day, or use it as a bolt hole to escape from domestic life or for a hobby...do you have an other half that spends too much time in the shed, and ar a shed widow/er?
I must admit our sheds are purely functional and just for storing stuff like bikes/scooters and the like in....but my Gramps was forever in his every weekend tinkering with this and that, and hos shed was a constant source of wonder for me as a child, and had a certain...oily, mettalic, rubbery smell which was a mixture of all the stuff he kept in little pots and boxes in his shed.
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Mr Stuff dreams of having a shed. A bolthole from me and the kids. And yes he would fill it to the brim with things that "will come in useful one day" 
We currently have a barn that has become a bit like that, but will be moving soon to a house with a shed only big enough for the bikes, and so he has to offload his 'treasures'. I think it's hurting already. Especially as most of it has gone to the tip - not quite so 'useful' after all.
We currently have a barn that has become a bit like that, but will be moving soon to a house with a shed only big enough for the bikes, and so he has to offload his 'treasures'. I think it's hurting already. Especially as most of it has gone to the tip - not quite so 'useful' after all. Quote by Kaznkev
my refuge is often my green house, i can potter there for hours,especially on a sunny day like today.I love the smell in there,and the fact there are always a number of little jobs that give such satisfaction on completion.
Kaz, my gramps had an allotment too with a greenhouse on...it always smelled of tomato plants...now if i smell a tommy plant im transported back there in an instant!
and i can imagine how he feels fluff...I'd hate that...i share his pain
:therethere: for mr fluff xxx
My heart goes out to mr Fluff a barnectomy can be traumatic.
I used to have a Georgian cellar in my old house which was a treasure trove of 4 or 5 generations of things that " might come in useful". I did the decent thing and passed it on intact to the new owners.
When my father died (he was a strange man whos sense of humour was even stranger than mine and of modest means) he made specific provision for each of his sons. My share of this bounty was his shed and its contents. I took one look and chose a particularly gothic looking pop riveter as a memento and locked the door. When we had the house clearance folk in it took them two days to clear the shed and my brother tells me there curses of complaint could clearly be heard in Coleshill hight street some 4 miles away. They managed to fill a skip from the shed alone.
I took this as a warning and now only keep useful things that will fit into a 4ft by 4ft chest of drawers.
Great thread BD you made me think back joyfully.
I used to have a Georgian cellar in my old house which was a treasure trove of 4 or 5 generations of things that " might come in useful". I did the decent thing and passed it on intact to the new owners.
When my father died (he was a strange man whos sense of humour was even stranger than mine and of modest means) he made specific provision for each of his sons. My share of this bounty was his shed and its contents. I took one look and chose a particularly gothic looking pop riveter as a memento and locked the door. When we had the house clearance folk in it took them two days to clear the shed and my brother tells me there curses of complaint could clearly be heard in Coleshill hight street some 4 miles away. They managed to fill a skip from the shed alone.
I took this as a warning and now only keep useful things that will fit into a 4ft by 4ft chest of drawers.
Great thread BD you made me think back joyfully.
Sex God
I inherited a shed when my Granddad died a few years ago. Its was dismantled and carried to my house in bits and put in the back garden. Currently its in bits in the back garden 
I have just cleared out the brick shed thats a permanent feature of the garden. Its pretty much just got crap in it that wont fit in the house like the bikes, pet carriers, spare chairs etc.
I have just cleared out the brick shed thats a permanent feature of the garden. Its pretty much just got crap in it that wont fit in the house like the bikes, pet carriers, spare chairs etc.
Sex God
I have no shed :sad: although i do have my car, and together with a flask of coffee radio 4 and the whole of the Cotswolds to explore then thats my escape 
Sexlightened
As a lot of the locals on the site know one side of my business makes bondage furniture, the other makles timber building of any kind, over the years we have made many sheds of all shapes and sizes,and im never surprised any more at the reasons folk what a shed for, most are your common garden shed's but we have had request's for specialist sheds made for every thing from train sets to a large home brewery complete with bar which was fetured on local TV, every man should have one shed at lest, for what ever reason he feels fit,we have made them to suit all manner of live stock from tropical fish and creepy crawlys, to birds and show mice,yes people show mice,but the one with the bar was by far the best we made, the guy used to brew his own beer then have his freinds around to sit and drink it at his own bar, class all he had to do was sort out a take way and never have to leave his shed.
Sex God
mr b has a barn its actually very tidy but full of things that have most likely never been used but he just had to have in fact only the other day he used summat n declared see i told you it would come in handy one day he had had it longer then he had had me
and if i should dare to declair oh that can go down the barn you should see the withering look i get for dareing to consider something of mine could take up some precious space in his barn
he has been talking for the last year about extending the barn i think its so he can move in down there to be honest
and if i should dare to declair oh that can go down the barn you should see the withering look i get for dareing to consider something of mine could take up some precious space in his barn
he has been talking for the last year about extending the barn i think its so he can move in down there to be honest
My grandfather always had a potting shed, My father has always had a potting shed and I will always have somewhere to potter. For me it's a space which is entirely my own, my own land where I make the rules and things are where I want them to be. It's like a grown up equivalent to a messy teenager's bedroom. The more time spent in there, the more attached to it you get.
I've already got an idea for a house I want to build with a drive in garage/shed with a workshop downstairs and an entertainment room upstairs, all open plan (as open as regulations allow anyway).
I've already got an idea for a house I want to build with a drive in garage/shed with a workshop downstairs and an entertainment room upstairs, all open plan (as open as regulations allow anyway).
Sex God
My father has a garage. And a shed.
Oh and a related life philosophy: "I'm short of nothing I've got".
Apparently that excuses the clutter.
Oh and a related life philosophy: "I'm short of nothing I've got".
Apparently that excuses the clutter.
Sex God
I have a shed, which I call my my workshop, I have a plethora of tools within, accumulated over many years, including many of my Fathers and Grandfathers tool's. I love my shed :love:
Orgasminator
My Shed is my Castle! :love:
Enter at your peril...........:sparring:
Enter at your peril...........:sparring:
I also have a shed, which I call a workshop.
It is essential not only for my sanity (what little I have left) but to do all those "little" jobs which my wife asks me to do, but simply refuses to let me do on the kitchen table!
On the flip side, my wife has an undiscovered tribe of pygmy's living in her hand bag. The BBC want to do a film about them but no one is brave enough to explore such depths!
It is essential not only for my sanity (what little I have left) but to do all those "little" jobs which my wife asks me to do, but simply refuses to let me do on the kitchen table!
On the flip side, my wife has an undiscovered tribe of pygmy's living in her hand bag. The BBC want to do a film about them but no one is brave enough to explore such depths!
Mod
People call my house "The Shed" .
It was called that by a certain member of here who when they saw my house said "ffs it's a wee shed".
That was about 5 years ago and the name has stuck ever since ,hence "woo's Shed Doo's"
It was called that by a certain member of here who when they saw my house said "ffs it's a wee shed".
That was about 5 years ago and the name has stuck ever since ,hence "woo's Shed Doo's"
Sex God
I can't have a shed on my allotment. :violin:
Sex God
pmsl...........
a shed is a kids store of junk.................
theres million mc donalds toys in ours ...plastic junk ......
n then everything that needs tidyin away goes in there................
drew the line when 19 yr old stuck my washin up bowl behind shed last weekend......................
they were bbqin....whats problem wiv putting wash up bowl back in sink instead of hiding it...........................
a shed is a kids store of junk.................
theres million mc donalds toys in ours ...plastic junk ......
n then everything that needs tidyin away goes in there................
drew the line when 19 yr old stuck my washin up bowl behind shed last weekend......................
they were bbqin....whats problem wiv putting wash up bowl back in sink instead of hiding it...........................
Sex God
Quote by foxylady2209
I can't have a shed on my allotment. :violin:
thats a crap allotment then.......................
Sex God
When i saw the thread earlier (but didn't have time to reply) I felt rather smug with my 3 sheds :smug:
However, i now have barn envy :sad:
However, i now have barn envy :sad:
Quote by flower411
Time to fess up I suppose
I have two sheds and a garage at my house ...all full of useful stuff, including stuff I`m waiting to find the "other bits" for so that I can sell them on Ebay.
I have a shed and a garage at mrs f`s ....but she insists on keeping her kids bikes and a freezer and the dryer in them so some of the space is taken up with useless stuff !!
At the shop I have two sheds, two 20ft containers and a massive greenhouse ...but again I only get to use part of these for useful stuff.
Now ...at the new livery yard, we have two barns and all sorts of storage space which is all currently empty !!! Mrs f has some weird idea that we`re going to fill them up with other peoples horses and feed and tack and other useless stuff !!! All that useful space going to waste ...it`s a bloody crime !!!
I have to say that taking on the new yard has used a hell of a lot of "might come in useful one day" items so I have freed up quite a bit of space
You are a rich man indeed
Sex God
Quote by Ms_Whips
...now it's the boy's and he's following in his fathers footsteps. there are more bits of bikes and tools than halfords!
whips
don't jump too quickly to complain Ms Whippykins
I started out fiddling with bikes when i was about 10 or 11, mainly due to my parents being pissed off at the constant repair costs from the bike shop following my 'off raod' explorations
by the time i was 16 i could quite happily service my moms car for her and within the next two years i could pretty much remove an engine or hub/driveshaft assembly, fix or service anything that needed doing and then bolt the whole lot back together again, so they sort of recouped the bike expenses a few years later from savings in garage bills. :mrgreen:
So, anytime you need a good service, give me a shout and i'll be right there with my tool ready :rascal:
Warming the Bed
Who needs a shed to potter in when you have a tack room!
Oh the happy hours I spend rummaging through cupboards and chests looking for long lost gadgety things, inspecting the contents of bottles and potions and generally discovering stuff I had forgotten I had, because like a lot of folks I never throw anything away - it might come in useful one day
Mrs Leics
Oh the happy hours I spend rummaging through cupboards and chests looking for long lost gadgety things, inspecting the contents of bottles and potions and generally discovering stuff I had forgotten I had, because like a lot of folks I never throw anything away - it might come in useful one day
Mrs Leics
Sex God
Quote by Mrs-leics
Who needs a shed to potter in when you have a tack room!
Oh the happy hours I spend rummaging through cupboards and chests looking for long lost gadgety things, inspecting the contents of bottles and potions and generally discovering stuff I had forgotten I had, because like a lot of folks I never throw anything away - it might come in useful one day
Mrs Leics
Ah yes, happy memory's of my youth, I too spent many an happy hour rummaging in a tack room.... I wonder where she is now?
Sexpert
Yes i have a shed, a typical man's shed. It's full of everything i need and have a use for (one day) It has a huge selection of varying useful and not so useful items. The pleasure of looking for, and finding, something that you knew you had stock-piled away for years is just so immense.
Having watched the film Iron Man, one day i'm going into my shed to cobble together my own super hero suit made from old paint tins and nuts and bolts and other such crap that i knew i had a use for
Mrs secksy is not allowed into MY shed
Mr secks
Having watched the film Iron Man, one day i'm going into my shed to cobble together my own super hero suit made from old paint tins and nuts and bolts and other such crap that i knew i had a use for
Mrs secksy is not allowed into MY shed
Mr secks
Sex God
I liked this shed based invention adventure. Shame it was only the one series 
but the whol;e object of the show was completed.
but the whol;e object of the show was completed.
