The Big Shed Show will take place in just over two weeks, September 28, at the James E. Bruce Convention Center in Hopkinsville, Kentucky, and those associated with the shed industry can still register to attend The Big Shed Show. This year, Capital Forest and Union Grove Lumber have combined[Read More…]
Matt Poe
Matt Poe is the Editor of Shed Business Journal, previously of Shed Builder Magazine.
Big Sky Country Shed Build
There are certain things that have to be done in certain ways to build a shed. However, every builder has his own special techniques for some parts of a build. In the following video, Montana Shed Center, in Great Falls, Montana, shows how they do it. The structure in the[Read More…]
Celebrating 20 Years of LP® SmartSide® Siding
LP Outdoor Building Solutions, a manufacturer of shed-building materials, is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its LP® SmartSide® engineered wood products brand. LP SmartSide siding is an engineered wood siding product and one of the fastest-growing brands in the United States, the company says. From sheds to single-family houses to[Read More…]
Tuff Shed Hosts 5 Grand Openings in July
Tuff Shed Inc., a supplier of storage buildings and garages, opened five new sales locations in July, the company reports. On Friday, July 14, the company held one grand opening celebration in Wichita, Kansas. July 15, opening celebrations took place in Aztec, New Mexico; Idaho Falls, Idaho; Pensacola, Florida; and[Read More…]
Q & A: LELAND’S CABINS – Cabin Market Progression
When Leland’s Industries got started in Grandview, Texas, it focused on sheds. Not long after, though, the company realized that customers were buying their sheds and finishing them as cabins, or even requesting the company make custom-built cabins. It made sense for the company to enter the cabin market. Shed[Read More…]
Custom Building Company Launches Visual Product Configurator
Texwin Inc., a Texas-based custom building company has affiliated with the IdeaRoom and will launch an online visual product configurator in August. Texwin decided to invest in the online configurator to address challenges related to continued growth during the past decade and significant growth in the past five years. Since[Read More…]
Florida Portable Building Company Opens New Location
Keen’s Portable Buildings LLC in Florida opened a new location in April, the company reports. The new spot, the company’s fifth, is in Brooksville/Massaryktown, Florida. “When it comes to Keen’s Portable Buildings our first goal is always to provide the best customer service and get our products to customers in[Read More…]
New Website Continues Virginia Shed Builder’s Legacy
When JZ Utility Barns (now Yoder’s Quality Buildings) was founded by Jonathan Zook in 2001, little did the family know what all would soon transpire. For the first few years, the Utility Shed Company based in Rural Retreat, Virginia, made slow growth as father and sons worked hard to get their new[Read More…]
NY Army National Guard Train on Building Projects
Nearly 300 soldiers from the Binghamton, New York-based 204th Engineer Battalion used their summer annual training to prepare for overseas deployments and domestic operations while building lasting projects across three ranges and four construction sites in Fort Drum, New York, in July. “Not only are we training to deploy but[Read More…]
Cabin and Cottage Shop Tour in Vermont
Dominic Mangano started Jamaica Cottage Shop back in 1995 in Jamaica, Vermont. Hence, the name (just in case you were curious why a shop in Vermont used the name “Jamaica”). Today, the shop is located in South Londonderry, but the company still creates quality cabins, cottages, and sheds in prefab[Read More…]
