He looked back lovingly into my eyes and said, "okay." What a great husband. I'm sure I'm glossing over a bunch of his internal dialog and eye rolling, but that's how I remember the story going.
So, bright and early on Saturday morning, we went to the Depot (Home Depot) and bought a few sticks of wood. A few means a lot. Like $650.00 dollars worth of wood. I saved the receipt to show my grandchildren. One time your grandmother went to the Depot (Home Depot) and spend a small fortune on wood...ah, memories.
Most of this wood purchasing was my fault. My husband wanted to put plywood up on top of the studs and then Hardie siding on top of that. My idea was much prettier. I wanted cedar slats. Yes, one of the most expensive types of woods.
I think you'll all agree with me that my idea was much better than my husbands. AGREE WITH ME.
That leads us to the porch. What potting shed would be complete without a little porch to sit on and put stuff on and basically cause one's husband to loose his mind over. Why did he lose his mind? Because not only did I want a porch, the porch had to be covered. DUH! What if it rained. Wouldn't the door get wet? And what about when it wasn't raining. Wouldn't it be too hot to enjoy the porch. Needless to say, I won and now I have a 3ft porch which will eventually have a covered roof.
Big shout out to the new neighbor for coming over and helping frame the porch and drink beer with the husband. It was an enjoyable Saturday. Jeff and I worked together on Sunday to lay the deck and finish the cedar slats. Our hard work payed off as the shed is really coming along.
Our next steps are to finish the cedar slats and complete the roof extension.
There are big future plans. I won't write them all here as I want it to unfold over more blog posts (and as we have time), but they involve siding, a southern tradition, and a door.
Stay tuned!
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