Yard!

We got the yard cleared yesterday! It still needs to be tilled, aerated and covered with compost before anything nice could be grown there, but it's so great to see without so much brush!

The next thing is to decide on a shed. We will get rid of the big 10x16' shed that is in the middle of the lot. Several people responded to a post on Craigslist to take it down and haul away, so I think we will be rid of it for free, which is great. We think we will get a 8x12' tackroom shed like this Lexington model from Backyard Buildings:




But not blue. Now the question is where to put a new shed.

I have been thinking along the fence in the middle of the yard, opposite our neighbor's carport (and in front of her shed). This puts it out of much of our view from the family room/dining room/kitchen because it's sort of obscured by the corner of the house. And we already look out onto her shed, so this would just be in front of that rather than cutting off any additional view of the woods.

We're still considering where we would have a treehouse or fort. We could instead have the shed the corner of the lot, but then I think we would actually see it more from our windows.

Here are both options:

And here's what I see from the dining room table. The shed would be mostly behind it if it's not in the corner of the lot. The current shed makes it a little hard to envision.

And here's another shot from the other side of the yard. One last option is that we could put the shed on the complete other side of the yard, to the left of where this photo is taken.

It would be along the fence between our lot and our old house, and it would not be visible from our dining room. The area is much more graded/less flat but would also be out of the way of the view of the woods and the better level play area.