subject: How Shed Blueprints Solved Our Space Problems [print this page] I won't be able to discuss shed blueprints without first explaining how we found them. As a disclaimer, finding more room is actually the subject of this article. Our home is very spacious, but that space isn't managed well. For example, we have two living rooms. I know that was popular back then, but that space would have been better allocated to rooms.
At first we were thinking of converting the living room basically into another room. Even this wasn't a perfect plan though. For starters, a decent entertainment space would just disappear, which would be unfortunate, but also, we'd be substituting that with something that was far less attractive. So it was an option, but not a very good one.
Extending one side of our home was another idea we had, but that was a bit expensive. Also, we'd need to extend the roof out a bit, which would mean that it would have newer shingles. That might look a bit strange. There was a penalty to all that extra space though: We'd have to heat it, cool it, clean it, and keep it well maintained. On a positive note, it would give us options with regards to new features we might want like a more spacious bathroom, or closet area. One of the toughest things to stomach though was the disruption to our lives. To do that, would require we remove some walls, which would mean that our bedroom wouldn't be very private for a period of time. We decided that we'd do that last resort.
About this time we weren't sold on any of those approaches. That was about the time we stopped by our friend's place. Now we didn't actually talk about our situation because they were showing us some stuff they were working on. Apparently they were running out of room, and need a place for their lawn equipment etc. At this point I was loosing myself in thought and came up with an idea. What we needed was a cottage! We could effectively add room to our home, without actually adding on to our home. I started asking this gentleman more questions, and the more I asked, the more excited I got. The key, according to them, is to get shed blueprints, and he showed me where to find them (even free ones). One thing to note is that even though it's for shed blueprints, there is also plans for cottages there too.
