New woodshed

We're launching into a major house remodel, and my builder friend had a couple of carpenters he wanted to keep busy for a week or so...so I sketched this out and they built it for me. Still need to do some staining and painting, but there it stands. 12'x16' overall, 144 sq ft of floor, 6'x8' open on the NE corner for splitting, whatever. If I stack 7' feet high in there and stuff it full, it'll hold 8 cords. I don't plan on seasoning from green in this shed, although we were careful to build it clear fom the ground (like a deck), and leave generous spacing between siding boards, so there's lots of airflow through it. Our Central Oregon dry, high desert climate is ideal for seasoning wood out in the sun during the summer months. I already have nearly 9 cords of well seasoned wood that I need to "process" (I've a good deal of splitting to do), so I'm not going to have any trouble filling this little guy up for next season, and, with any luck at all, part of the season to follow. I'll post another pic when I get it all spiffed up with stain & paint. Rick

Carl said:

Looks very nice Rick. Now go get some brats and beer to celebrate.

We just finished our brats but still have some beer left. Alice got home and wanted to roast them so I lit the outside firepit and the rest is history.

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You're still a cruel dude, Carl. If I were within 1000 miles, I'd probably head your way. I told my builder that when we get settled into our guest house in a couple of weeks, then Friday afternoons will be beer & B-B-Q for the crew (I'll stoop to any length to keep 'em happy). Almost 90* here this afternoon...what ever happened to spring? Rick

Pook said:

boards look good but why do the batten?

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If you're asking about why we cut the siding boards the way we did...it's to break up the wall (more visually appealing), make it look compatible with another building on the property (which, of course, you can't see in this pic), and take maximum advantage of the lengths of cedar fencing boards available. The cedar siding will be stained a "cedar" color. The trim boards that now are white primer will be painted a dark chocolate brown. It'll look sharp, I think. Rick

EDIT: Ah!, you think we put vertical strips to cover the spaces between siding boards? No, there are no battens...nice generous spaces for the air to flow through, like a fence. In the pic, you can see the afternoon sun streaming through between boards in the west wall. The only reason it has walls of any sort is because sometimes the winter weather has a tendency to rain or snow sideways here, especially from the west. Rick

BeGreen said:

Very nice fossil. Tell your contractor when he want to get out of the 100 degree heat I have a couple nice projects for them if they want a vacation up north.

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Nice try, BG...he built us a building on our property last year (workshop/garages/second floor guest house) before we moved from Virginia, and we were so pleased with it that we hired him to rip into our "main" house this year and make it what we want it to be...so he'll be busy for a while down here this summer. Maybe next year...I'll ask him if he'll travel that far. Rick