Always been part of the plan to restore this 'OLD' gem. Cute, rustic, historic but positively useless! Leaked like a sieve and almost beyond help but with sheer tenacity and grit, along with zip funds to build a new shed, we took on the challenge. You'll love it!
Where does one start with such a massive project... the first thing we did was to remove the old corrugated iron roof as it was useless. The roof and walls were extensively damaged by the Monstera Deliciosa. https://piccolorose.wixsite.com/nest/post/barn-roof
Just check out the look on Sonny's face as his PaPa is about to be 'clonked' with a falling post. You will also enjoy to see the copious amounts of old compost which filled the old iron on the original shed.
Sonny enjoyed to help his PaPa and was also watching closely as it really wasn't one of Carl's best days - he was feeling rather unstable. Which is not great when you're dealing with a wobbly roof structure on a crumbling shed. And I wasn't much help as I had a bad cold (not COVID either).
Sonny Jai dealing with the old iron from the roof
The wall goes in to the Alfresco area to divide it from Carl's workspace
Sooo good to be able to view a characterful wall from the house rather than an exposed messy shed
Can see lots of relaxation happening in this area one day
Replacing beams and strengthening posts and adding horizontal supports as well
Love the new Alfresco wall with this carefully selected characterful piece of iron as a feature
I am sure you'll enjoy this tour of the barn — enjoy!
Love this old barn door which was crafted by Carl's cousin Ian when he was in high school, probably 50 years ago. Thanks Ian! It's truly loved and appreciated in its new home.
Anyone for some Devonshire tea?
The back wall of the barn was certainly a disastrous mess with its rotten boards and posts
Our neighbour offered us this very old window, so with the usual vision and tenacity, I set about on the restoration process imagining it would be a nice addition to our restored barn
The whole puttying process was new to me but I was prepared to give it a go
I wanted the vertical sheet of corrugated iron to be placed right there, rather as a screen so we couldn't look into the potential chaos that may evolve in a garden shed. It works a treat!
The corrugated iron lining is complete, along with a window Carl created out of recycled bits as well. Invaluable to allow some air and light into his little workspace
Yay! A lock goes on the barn door. Finally a place to keep all his tools dry and safe
Now to fix up the rear of the barn.... for those of you who need to be reminded of its original shocking state, just click on the following link: https://piccolorose.wixsite.com/nest/post/barn-roof
So many of the old board were not re-usable, so we chose to put corrugated iron on the bottom section and boards at the top. Looks great!
We are repairing and stabilising the front of the barn here, and needed to replace some of the old half-rounds for strength and to weather proof it
Here is an example of just one of the pieces of hardwood we needed to work with to recycle
The back wall completed and the window in and yet to be painted
Just a little reminder of what the place was like when we first got the keys. Click on the following link. https://piccolorose.wixsite.com/nest/post/day-one-and-the-gloves-are-on
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