Garage Shelves
A Flexible Outdoor Storage Building - The Portable Shed
The modern home and garden is likely to have a range of storage problems, each requiring a different solution. Those problems are as likely to be outside the house as in it, with garages and garden sheds a common source of household clutter problems.
Adding new storage units to your home collection can be a matter of adding a new shelf in the garage, a corner kitchen shelving unit, a bathroom toiletries rack, or a large garden shed. Sometimes, though, if you have too little space to store the items you need to in the garage or shed, you neither want, nor need, to go to the trouble of putting up a full size garden shed. Putting up a traditional shed is a hassle, one that involves foundations and a fair bit of work to erect the shed.
Maybe your own needs justify a full size shed, with foundations. A permanent structure may be just what you should aim for. On the other hand, you should ask yourself if a portable shed, or even two, would give you a convenient solution without the hassle.
The choices of portable sheds may not be as vast as permanent sheds, but there are some on the market which are worth taking a look at. Companies best known for these are Rubbermaid, Jewett Cameron, Step 2, Suncast and Flowerhouse. As a general rule, many of these easily movable garden storage units are maintenance free and made from heavy duty, long lasting and easily cleaned plastics. You can expect to get plastic shelving inside that matches the outside for strength and durability. For example, Step 2’s LifeScapes Highboy Storage Shed has a durable, double wall polyethylene construction, which lasts for years and is maintenance free.
Most of these portable storage units are robust and of rigid construction. Jewett Cameron’s outdoor storage buildings are rather different (see picture of garage above), and worth considering if you need a larger storage area, or one that you can add to in modular fashion. Jewett Cameron have storage products for the outside which can double as storage sheds or garages.
As always, if you are looking for flexibility with your outside storage, and need to buy the most suitable product for you, then take a good look around. The manufacturers mentioned in this article are well worth considering.