When you think of a garden shed, you possibly visualize a wooden box-shaped structure situated at the edge of someone’s backyard, filled with all sorts of household equipment and gardening tools. For some, their shed offers a place to do some DIY that is not appropriate for indoors; for others, their shed provides a quiet area for them just to rest and think. Although, these are the most conventional uses and designs, there are a lot of other variations of the ordinary shed that can be purchased and sheds can be made from an assortment of materials and come in an entire assortment of distinct shapes and sizes.  What’s more, sheds come in various price ranges and you don’t have to break the bank to find something appropriate to your requirements. Some can be small open-sided with tin-roofs and others can be big wood-framed sheds with shingled roofs.

The most familiar materials that are used are of course timber but did you know that you can purchase metal, plastic and even vinyl-sided sheds at cheap prices too? Again, it all depends on your budget and what you are going to use it for. The characteristic shed is often a single-story configuration with one door and either one or two windows. If you don’t happen to have space for a shed in your garden or you have no garden at all, you can rent space in an allotment and have your shed situated there.

Most people use their shed for storage which is of course very useful. You can also use your garden shed as a small workshop/office or even use it as a children’s play hideaway. You can put up shelves, maybe a bench and a desk for comfort.  You can be thoroughly creative when it comes to decorating and adding trimmings to your shed and it’s possible to do all this at a reasonably low cost. Small traditional garden sheds in general open from either the front or the sides and have at least one small window and such sheds can be bought very cheaply.

In warmer temperatures you can buy sheds with a protected overhang and an outside sitting zone. If you live in a colder climate then you can attach electrical points for use with heaters. If it’s just an area to escape then why not have your Television and laptop or add carpets and even curtains!  The simplest kind and the least pricey of all sheds can be purchased in a “kit form” meaning you have to self-assemble. These cheap sheds can be bought from most do it yourself stores, garden centres and from an entire host of reputable shed companies on the web. These kinds of DIY kits are normally wooden sheds but this is not always the case. The size and style of the shed you select will depend on the purpose that you are going to be using it for. You will want to think about whether it is to be used to store home garden tools and equipment such as lawn mowers, lawn tractors and bulky gardening items or merely to keep products that are not suitable for indoors, such as petrol, pesticides or herbicides.

If you have a small garden and want a cheap small shed, then there are a few types of small sheds obtainable at very reasonable prices; These consist of corner sheds, which fit into a corner 3’ tall x 3’ wide x 2’ deep, vertical sheds (5’ tall x 3’ wide x 4’ deep), horizontal sheds (3’ tall x 5’ wide x 4’ deep) and tool sheds. If you intend to use your shed for tool storage, then you may need to think about adding some shelves and hooks to maximize your storage space. Some other shed styles that you might like to think about include Gambrel-style roofed sheds, similar to the Dutch-style barn! And these exhibit a high slanting roofline which increases the storage space in the ‘loft’. An additional style of small cheap shed is the saltbox-style shed. No matter what kind you decide and for whatever purpose, I’m sure you will have a lot of happy years of enjoyment with your new garden shed.