Organizing a Garden Shed - Weekend Yard Work Series

I purchased the {Keter 4'x6' Manor shed} from Wayfair for some much needed additional storage space in my back yard.

It will serve as a garden shed for storing rakes, shovels, fertilizer, week killer, etc.

I leveled out an area along the fence where I wanted to put it and then reused some old bricks from another area in my yard to make a pad for it.




I spent all day Saturday putting it together. It wasn't too bad and I was fine by myself until I got to the roof. I had to call in a friend at that point!






I am all about decorating any space I have... even sheds! I purchased a little piece of AstroTurf off the roll at Lowe's (in the carpet section) and just rolled it out on the shed floor.

I thought it was very appropriate for a garden shed to have "grass" carpet too!


This is all my yard and garden related stuff that I need to fit into this tiny shed!


For me, it's easier to organize a space if I have everything that needs to go into the space in front of me.


To start I needed some sort of cabinet to store smaller things. I decided to repurpose this very primitive hutch that I no longer wanted to use in my house.



This cabinet was much too tall for the shed so I used my Saws-all and cut the top, hutch portion off!



I placed it in the end of the shed for storing smaller yard related items.


It will also do dual-duty as a potting bench! I repurposed a tension rod and a drop cloth curtain and added it to the potting bench.


On the left I used a green, metal tub to hold all my weed killer and I added a chalkboard label to identify the contents.

On the right, behind the curtain is fertilizer, the spreader, and grass seed.


I put my small hand tools, leaf bags, etc. in the drawer.

The bottles of sprays hang perfectly on the side and propped my snow shovel there as well.


Now I needed a place to store shovels, hoes, rakes, etc. Since I can't hang stuff like that on the plastic walls of the shed, instead I made a storage unit out of a small pallet.


Some scraps of wood were used to help stabilize it and keep it from tipping over.



Now it's time for a little decorating :o)

I added a piece of vintage wire fence along the back of the potting bench.


I made a GARDEN sign and stapled a piece of jute webbing to the back to clip seed packets to!






So, while this shed is super tiny, it's just big enough to hold everything I need for regular lawn maintenance! And it just goes to show that a little creative thinking and organization can make any space function better.