Just about 36 years ago, a young man from Rexburg, Idaho, had a dream. Tom Saurey’s dream? Build and sell sheds—a lot of sheds. And that dream has come true at Tuff Shed, headquartered in Denver. In November, the company sold its 1 millionth shed. Tuff Shed says that when it[Read More…]
Matt Poe
Matt Poe is the Editor of Shed Business Journal, previously of Shed Builder Magazine.
Video: Final Look at The Big Shed Show … from Above!
If you were at The Big Shed Show in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, in September, you may have noticed a small drone buzzing above the hall a few times. Those fly-bys were conducted by Shed Suite out of Sarasota, Florida. But they weren’t just playing with drones. Check out the video from[Read More…]
Outdoor Storage Product Market to Grow Over Next 4 Years
The global residential outdoor storage products market is forecasted to grow at a rate of 3.96% during the period 2017-2021. That’s what a report from Technavio, a market research company, indicates. The company says residential outdoor storage products include storage sheds, plus decks and boxes that are used for storing[Read More…]
Weyerhaeuser Names Stockfish Senior Vice President, Timberlands
Weyerhaeuser, one of the world’s largest private owners of timberlands and manufacturer of wood products, has appointed Devin Stockfish as senior vice president, Timberlands, the company reports. The change will take effect Jan. 1, 2018. Stockfish will replace Rhonda Hunter, who has elected to retire after 30 years with the[Read More…]
Making a Concrete Shed Pad
One thing a homeowner may not consider when buying a shed is what it’s going to sit on. As a shed builder, you know that there are several options, including concrete pads. Maybe you haven’t worked with concrete pads before. Maybe you have, and you’re wondering how other builders go[Read More…]
Ugly Shed Contest Proves to be a Winner
Helmuth Builders in Virginia has been striving to boost its online presence. They were brainstorming ways to draw traffic to its website and social media platforms, and then they realized—there are a lot of ugly sheds out there. By combining social media and ugly sheds, the inaugural Helmuth Builders Ugly[Read More…]
Have You Seen the World’s Fastest Shed?
It’s no secret that shed builders in England create some “interesting” sheds. Kevin Nicks, a gardener from Oxfordshire, decided to take his shed on the road. As fast as he could make it go. Nicks had a Volkswagen he was going to scrap. Instead, being a shed fanatic, he envisioned[Read More…]
Roseburg Acquires Timberland in Southeastern U.S.
Roseburg has acquired approximately 158,000 acres of investment-grade timberland in the southeastern United States from Forest Investment Associates (FIA), a timberland investment management organization, the company reports. The timberland is located around Roanoke Rapids, largely within the coastal region of North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, and has a strong history[Read More…]
Four Young Men Are Improving Louisville, One Lawn at a Time
For some residents of Louisville, Kentucky, the city isn’t what it used to be because of growing violence. A group of four teens, Travis, Demontae, Thomas, and Alan, are doing something to help improve their neighborhood. The young men mow lawns for free to help those in need in the community,[Read More…]
Swedish Wood Increasingly Global
Global demand for Swedish wood is constantly rising. In the first half of 2017, Södra, a forest owner association and international forestry group based in Sweden, says it delivered sawn timber to 38 counties, representing more than a 100 percent increase in geographic markets since 2005. More and more[Read More…]
