I am the Queen of the Storage Bin and Dave is so understanding of my need to decorate etc. but that always results in a little too much stuff to fit comfortably in our beach house. So this year he recognized that all the fun Christmas decor was going to mean that storage was needed – he does embrace the theory of “happy wife – happy life” – so he suggested that we get a second garden shed. I silently calculated just how many bins a new one could accomodate. We checked out Craigs List (like Kijiji) and found a 5 foot square one. We bought it, loaded all the parts into the MacIntyre’s Prius and dragged them home. Since it was Christmas week, we put off assembling it until December 29th. Early that morning Doug and Dave began the process of power washing the pieces and putting them together. Dave came into the trailer at some point to tell me he thought that there were missing parts and then reported in a little later to assure me that he was right. So one wall was missing and it was up to me to FIX the problem. My first attempt was to call Rubbermaid and see if I could get the parts. It was discontinued so that didn’t work. To make a long story short, I called the seller and within a day he arrived here. I think he thought Dave didn’t know how to assemble it but when he came he discovered that one whole wall was indeed missing. He went home to see if he could find the missing pieces but wasn’t lucky so he came back and took it away and refunded our money. I was very disappointed but decided to check out Craig’s list again. Wow! We found another one which retails at Lowe’s for $700 and got it on New Year’s Day for $400. So now we have a great new shed and all of my bins, our luggage and other gear are in it. It is a little frightening that there is still spare room – hopefully I will not feel the urge to fill it.
Dave working on assembly
Earl trapped on the inside!
Danny, Doug and Dave putting it into place.
Do you see all that spare space!!
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