Upcycled Woodshed

This shed is built to help Danny and Tess store their firewood, close to the entrance of their house. With a good design proposal, I could convince them that we would build with left-over materials.

• the assignment

  year: 2022
  assignment: Design and building of a wood shed from left-over materials
  demands: fits the garden
  design values: aesthetically pleasing

• the materials

  Left-over materials!
  shelves: hardwood from a friend
  frame: beams from transport
  roofing: leftover metal sheet roofing
  impregnation oil: natural seed oil

• the result

  see slideshow below :)

3D sketch before building

We reused: a set of hardwood planks from a friend of Danny, from a village nearby: beams that have been used to import car wrecks from America (yep, it's a business), left over metal sheet roofing from another project and more planks from the workshop’s left-over corner. The reused materials (about 90%) with their own stories, stamps and scars, give the shed a unique character. 

“The reused materials - with their own stories, stamps and scars - give the shed a unique character”

Wood material ready for re-use

The blanc wood is impregnated with natural line seed oil and the shed is orientated at a direction from where there’s no wind: meaning that no overhanging roof was needed. 

OK, honestly, looking back, I’ve been quite a nerd on this one concerning reuse: even for the roof connection where spacers were needed, I used plastic disposable rings that come with the spray cans used for other projects, like this one.

Check some pictures from the result below, and do mind the details!