A shed in your backyard is a handy thing. Builders and makers often use large workshop sheds as a space where they can store their tools and ply their craft. However there are many ways that a garden shed can be used that takes them beyond the average backyard workshop. Chances are that if you have a hobby or a small business, a multi use shed can be just what the doctor ordered to help you open up your creativity, or allow you the operational space you need to fulfill your work needs.
Whatever the case, here are some workshop shed ideas to help you take your shed from a massive tool box, to an essential element of your life.
1: Art Studio
The world has always needed artists. And in this day and age of technological upheaval and instant gratification, we may need artists now more than ever before. Among the many large garden shed uses is as a creative workspace, whether that be painting, sculpture, pottery, photography, music production, or anything else that involves time, practise, unique creativity, and a love of the craft - a large shed can become a sanctuary of artistic expression. Not only will it provide you a place to store your tools and equipment, but it creates a place that you can optimise to your creative process.
2: Home Office
Business owners and freelance workers can make a lot of use out of a good backyard workshop. A multi use shed can be renovated and outfitted to create the dream home office. This can be an effective solution for small business owners whose home doesn't have the necessary space to run their business out of, or for people who find that life inside the home is often too distracting or difficult to separate from work; and therefore desire a little more distance between their job and their home. Setting up a shed as an office outside the home can be a lengthy and, depending on how you want it outfitted, expensive procedure. But if you have the time and income and believe that an external office would suit your needs, then a good shed can provide the basic structure that could become your professional haven.
3: Home Gym
Are you a personal trainer with clients that come to your home to work out? Fitness influencer that could use a dedicated workout and content production space? Health and fitness nut with more equipment than space to put it? A decent multi use shed could be the answer. Sheds are a great solution to making sure you've got your workout routine managed and localised. Once the shed is built, you can put down gym mats, carpeting, you can decorate it how you want, install a sound system so that you control your tunes, arrange your gym machines to suit your circuit, put in furniture for towels, even put in a fridge or water cooler so you always have a nice drink after your workouts!
4: Vehicle Storage and Mechanic
If you're a gearhead or mechanical enthusiast, you probably like a dedicated space to work on your vehicles. And for cars, usually this would be the garage. But if your garage is already full and you have a motorcycle or a bike that needs work or its own specialised tools to work on, that's where a backyard workshop can come in handy. Smaller, more compact vehicles like bikes and motorbikes need to be stored somewhere so that they're kept safe and in good condition, and your shed can be a place where you store any extra parts or tools specifically for working on your machines.
5: Small Business Overflow
Among the many garden shed uses is as a storage and packing space for small businesses. If your home doesn't have the space to store stock and conduct picking/packing work, it may be worth investing in a backyard workshop that can not only store your stock, but also house boxes and envelopes, label makers, and any other tech that might be necessary to satisfy customer orders.
6: Seasonal Storage
Some people have home decor that they theme to the season. While this can be a fun and creative way of decorating your home, it is also extremely demanding on your storage space. If you're finding that your seasonal decor is taking up too much space in cupboards and closets that would otherwise be put to better and more immediate use, then your garden shed could be a viable storage area for out-of-season items.
7. Hobby/Maker Space
Though somewhat contentious, the term "maker" has been popping up in creative and crafty spaces over the last decade. Now associated with people that practice multiple crafting and technological DIY hobbies, rather than a specific art or craft discipline, makers often practise multiple forms of crafting, like knitting, sewing, arduino tech, 3-d printing, diorama making, model making, resin crafts, and more. Not only does this make a lot of mess, but all the equipment takes up a lot of space. Both issues that can be solved by the use of a backyard workshop shed. Large sheds can have multiple tables or creative stations, each one set up with its own equipment, shelves, and cleaning and maintenance solutions.
8. Outdoor Storage
If you're someone that likes to make use of their outdoor space for a blend of home activity and entertaining, it's likely that you've got some things that see use with varying levels of frequency. Maybe you have a bunch of gardening equipment, or maybe a bbq and outdoor furniture set that gets used enough to keep, but not used enough to stay outside in the weather. If this is you then your shed can be a wonderful solution to all your outdoor storage needs, keeping your outdoor items clean, protected from the weather, and in extreme scenarios, even theft.
If you like any of these ideas and have questions about what shed might suit your needs, you can call the experts at Space Sheds on 1800 960 901, or contact them here.
