Property Placement: shedding the shed

(Out with the Old, In with the New: PART 4)

Living in a small house means storage space is limited, so having sheds is a NECESSITY! We have three: his, hers, and a bike shed. My shed was bordering the south side of the house, so moving it was inevitable. Back in January, we decided to take on that task.

We chose a spot for it to go: across the driveway close to where the other two sheds were. But before we could move it, several steps had to happen. That chosen spot for the shed was where Josh usually parks his truck. We chose a different spot for him to park his truck, but that's where the travel trailer is parked. We chose a different spot to park the travel trailer, but that's where a wood pile was. So...Josh cut the wood lengths into blocks, we moved the wood to the other side of the fence, parked the travel trailer where the wood was, parked the truck where the travel trailer was, and we made way for the shed by leveling the ground and Josh poured gravel over the spot. Josh backed up a flatbed trailer next to my shed for me to put all of its contents onto. I didn't want to put all the stuff on the ground, and I didn't want to have to carry everything across the frozen driveway, so this really helped out a lot! I unloaded the shed's contents, and the boys loaded them all onto the trailer for me. I felt like somebody on "Clean Sweep" after seeing everything placed on that trailer. I couldn't believe how much crap was crammed into my shed: grow boxes (kids' clothing), sports equipment, holiday decorations, memorabilia boxes (Josh's & mine), coolers, camping equipment, luggage, baskets, random supplies, blah blah blah, etc etc etc.After the shed was emptied, Josh wrapped a chain around it, and used Grandpa's backhoe to push and pull it the 50 feet to its new location. That was the easiest part of the whole process, and took the least amount of time--less than a half hour!Then the contents of the shed were re-organized and placed inside once again! The new location is perfect! I wish we would've put it there to begin with when we bought the shed and put it together 8 years ago! It took us two weekends to get this entire project done: one Saturday to cut and move all the wood, and one Saturday to move the shed and all of its contents. (in the photo below, the travel trailer is visible at the far left, and the new wood pile is between the trailer and the bike shed).
This was the last preparation on the property that we could do until we were approved for our loan (which didn't happen until May)! We were so excited to finally begin the destruction of the old house!

...to be continued