LP® Outdoor Building Solutions® shed products are being integrated into episodes of the FYI network’s exciting new original TV series, He Shed She Shed. Each episode follows two homeowners, friends, or neighbors in the ultimate male vs. female backyard shed showdown, as they build and design a unique he shed[Read More…]
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Builder Takes on Modern Designs, Tiny Houses
A portable structure builder in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is turning over a new leaf and unveiling modern prefab sheds with a contemporary design, along with a newline of tiny houses. Sheds Unlimited LLC’s new, modern storage shed design incorporates straight lines and a contemporary architecture into a portable structure. Development of[Read More…]
Homeowners Looking to Update Sheds
Sheds are one of the top outdoor structures homeowners are looking to update, according to the 2016 Houzz Landscaping & Garden Trends Study. Ten percent of the homeowners surveyed by Houzz say they will be updating their sheds during landscaping projects this year. The top structure to change is the[Read More…]
Consultant Company Launches for Shed Professionals
Outdoor Business Advisors is a consultant company specializing in the shed industry, according to the company. Its main goal is to help shed professionals overcome any business challenges they may face. The business was started by Ryan Cabrey, Philip Carselowey, and Mike Campbell, who have a strong expertise in various[Read More…]
Leveling with the Customer
Just about every shed mover has been there: You get to the jobsite and, lo and behold, your 40-foot trailer won’t fit through the gate. Or maybe it’s that the shed’s peaked roof comes about level with low-hanging power lines. Or perhaps you make it to the shed site, but[Read More…]
Working with Family Members
The majority of businesses that I work with have some family members working alongside each other. That gives me a fairly good seat in the house when it comes to observing what works, what doesn’t work, and how to fix it. The family member could be a cousin or a[Read More…]
Software Tools!
When Lenny Stahl started off at Dakota Storage Buildings LLC in Milbank, South Dakota, he says inventory and manufacturing control was backwards. “When I came into this company, it was on QuickBooks and pen and paper. It was just…I couldn’t handle it,” he says. “I couldn’t function with that. Oops,[Read More…]
‘Struggles Make Us Stronger’
At the age of 21, Ryan Keller, owner of Oakland Structures in Waynesboro, Georgia, had a discussion with his father and brother about constructing portable buildings. “We ended up doing a lot of on-site construction, along with sheds, playhouses, and retailing playground equipment,” he says. “After working with them in[Read More…]
Lumber Market Report
Builders will find more softwood plywood imports from South America in the remainder of 2016. The United States is seeing a surge in the imports. Analysts expect import volumes to continue to grow—at least in the short term. These and other findings were recently published in The Outlook for North[Read More…]
Survey Says… Growth!
Consumers are buying more (and bigger) things again. For example, the National Retail Federation’s 2016 economic forecast projects retail industry sales will grow 3.1 percent, higher than the 10-year average of 2.7 percent. While consumers are buying more things, their homes are too cramped to store them. As a result,[Read More…]
