Garden shed!

my neighbour has had a look at shed and said its solid, which is one good thing, the brown has really faded and some parts its gone completely so i am sure the green will cover, even if i have to do a few coats, im tryin to think positive lol i will put a photo up once put it up :D before painting and after lol

 

Why don't you take an electric sander to it, sand it down to create a nice bare wood finish, then wood stain it with something like Rosewood or Oak (go for a lighter colour so you don't get your 'horrible brown' back, then a good coat of weatherproof gloss varnish. It will look a treat.

Or, paint it white, allow the paint plenty of time to dry, sand it down (so that the wood grain just comes through the paint) and then varnish over the top?

 

that is what i am using just doing the door at moment to see how it takes, its on 3rd coat and think that is what it will need

got shed up quick, whooo

 

i was going to do that but when looked at the panels the brown had soaked through most of the panelling so thought it wouldnt work :( but i really wanted that varnished look, but hopefully the green wont look too gross lol at least will match in with garden fences:gnthb:

 

here is the heap of junk that i bought lol



made a start painting, it looks better, but still a tacky shed lol



inside

 

Keep painting ..... once its finished it will look good im sure

I just painted my own shed which was looking rather tatty. Painted it the same colour as the fence also (in the brown you dont like lol) but at least it blends in rather than sticking out.

Made a huge difference and almost new again !!

How much did you pay for the shed ?

 

90 quid :( (way too much) its 8ft something x 6ft, but i think it was worth only about 40

finished 3 sides, gave up for 2nite

 

here is the ugly thing, its still wet so looks worse, i dont like the window area, i will prob put a few plants around it, and want something to cover the windows a bit as i think looks odd with no wood panel above window, so maybe a plant tub with trailing flowers on the roof or something lol :(

 

Nice bit of kit there Dawn:gnthb: Why not cut a fancy barge board across the roof and a similar border around the window?:wink: Don't forget to stain the putty:thmb:

 

hows about i set fire to it :hehe:

barge board? dont know what that is, im a thick bum i want it to look nicer as i think its ugly yeh will stain putty 2moz when dried, ideas and advice to make it look nicer would be good, tell me more on this barge board and where i can get some etc :thmb:

 

Decorative Barge boards...http://www.house-martin.com/ext_finials.php:wink:
Just fancy edges cut into timber boards nailed to the facia.

 

oh good thinking batman, will i get them local places?? i have found something else to buy now, asume they are easy to fit? if anyone knows of somewhere i could probably find local i will go buy some 2moz