This Old House

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Storybook shed

TOH Reader: Paul Verselli, Meriden, CT

My girlfriend, Mary Jean, has several beautiful gardens, and she wanted a dedicated place for all her equipment. So I had a thought: Let’s make a shed that can be a garden feature at the same time. The plan was pretty simple. I wanted to build something that might be seen in a combination English garden/Dr. Seuss book. Ha! No prints

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