Open Shed

I took down an old play house in the back yard beginning at the end of May and into June.  It was old and worn down.  My kids no longer played on it and it was really becoming a major splinter waiting to happen.  Jay built this thing and he built it well using some great screws.  I determined that I would use as much of the wood as I could and reuse the screws that were still good to build a shed of sorts on the side of the house.  It has been a bit of a process with a lot of dirt removal, building forms and pouring concrete footings, installing support posts and then framing up this thing.  I didn't sit down and draw out plans I just had in my head what I was going to do.  Things have come together quite well and I am nearly done.  I bought the sheeting for the roof today and had hoped to get them on but have to sure up some of the roof supports first.  Some of what I had in my head has created a few challenges but I have successfully worked through everything and it is coming together nicely.  I have tried to keep expenses to a minimum and have been able to use play house wood for the most part.  There are some boards that I had to use new plus the roofing sheets are all new.  I had to buy some hardware for the project as well.  It is coming together.  Hopefully tomorrow I will be able to get the sheeting up on the roof.  I will still need to lay paper and shingle it.  This project is far from perfect.  I opted to use a tall support beam in a key area that was part of the playhouse.  This was a 4 by 6 beam and it was severely twisted and warped.  I figured I could make it work and I did but it has thrown my square out of whack.  It is okay and it will be fine when I get the roof on.  It created more work and would have been better to buy a new beam but this one is working and will be fine so long as I don't sit and study it too long and let some OCD kick in.  Now I will need to replace the gate that comes into to that side of the yard.  It is in bad shape and just needs an upgrade and I will want it to be a bit more secure since I will be storing some equipment in this open air shed.  Is there such a thing as an open air shed?  There is at my house.  I've learned a lot in this project and have some working knowledge now on how to build a patio cover when I remove the pine tree in the back yard.  The shade that thing provides is fantastic but the pine needles, pine cones and sap are just a mess not to mention the potential for it to get taken out in a wind storm which would be devastating for what ever house it would end up hitting.  Well, fun times, fun projects, fun learning experiences.