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It’s time for Works for Me Wednesday - Backwards Style, where I get to ask what works for you. I’m glad this is the week, because I have a doozy of a question for you.
First, a little background. My family lives in a little three bedroom duplex with no storage. No garage, no shed, no outside storage whatsoever. Our inside storage is also limited, and our closets are packed to overflowing.
A couple of years ago we bought a small Rubbermaid shed for storing things outside. Unfortunately, the plastic warped in the sun, and it started to fall apart. We thought we’d get one more year out of it, but no such luck. We recently had (actually are still having) a storm blow through here that brought hurricane force winds with it. Now I’m sure hurricane force winds in Oregon are nothing like hurricane force winds in hurricane prone areas, but it was windy for us.
By now you can guess what happened. The wind blew the side and doors off the shed, and now it looks like our shed threw up in our yard. My husband tried to fix it, but it just wasn’t happening.
What would you do in this situation? I’m looking for a temporary frugal fix to get us through the rest of the winter. We can figure out something more permanent when the weather dries out. But for now, I need to get the stuff out of the yard and someplace dry.
It’s quite the sight, and if I think of it, I’ll post a picture tomorrow. It’s too late to go out there and take a picture now. Thanks in advance to any help you can give me!
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Angela says:
This may sound totally white trash but you don’t have any comments yet and sound like you need a cheap fix. I’d invest in some good stakes and a really good tarp. Then I’d stake that sucker down to the ground. I won’t be easy to get the stakes in or out and the tarp should stay down and keep stuff dry if you get it down tight enough. Its the only thing I can think of for the middle of the winter. Though if you’re ina dryer area I’d start looking on craigslist to see if anyone is selling/getting rid of a shed. Good luck!
January 9th, 2008 at 10:03 am
Carrie says:
I would say get all the stuff out of it and if there is anything that can come inside for the time being bring it in. If it’s all “outside” stuff then I agree with Angela, Get a tarp and some stakes OR if the ground is rather solid then get bungee cords to wrap around it
January 9th, 2008 at 8:49 pm
Lynnae says:
Thanks both of you. I ended up getting a couple of big rubbermaid boxes. We’re going to throw most of the stuff in there and cover with a tarp.
Hopefully the rain lets up someday, so we can actually go out there and do it.
January 10th, 2008 at 9:46 am