Of course this requires that you have an extra $2795 to spend on a shed and do not have a credit card and the storage shed dealer you are purchasing from does not have any financing options.

Even if you only need the shed for 1 year it is the better option!

How? You will own the shed and can easily sell it for 50% or more of the purchase price. The company who sold it to you would probably buy it back if you can’t sell it to a neighbor or via an online message board such as craigslist. I am picking up a 4 year old shed Monday for which I paid more than 50% of their original purchase price. Think of how

Using the above example your out of pocket for the year you used the shed would be about $116.00 per month as opposed to $179.00 per month for the off site storage unit. It would be easily accessible. No driving to the storage place to get something you need.
What about 2 years?

Using the same specifications above renting an off site storage unit for 2 years is far more expensive than owning a shed.

Storage Unit $2148 per year x 2 = $4296.00

One time purchase of larger shed = $2795.00

The cost of the shed doesn’t change. If you want to factor in painting or maintenance in say year 7 (probably won’t be needed until year 10+) then add another $500 to the cost but but at 7 years, assuming there is no price increase, the storage unit rental has cost you more than $15,000.00 or the cost of more than 6 larger storage sheds.

Take into consideration that most storage shed retailers offer some type of financing. You may even opt to use a credit card or your own bank or credit union. The bottom line is if you own a home and rent an off site storage unit for more than a year you are throwing thousands of dollars out the window.

Note: I decided to post this after speaking to a customer who has been renting a 10×20 storage unit for years. It took about a minute for me to show her that buying a shed would save her a lot of money.

The majority of the customers I speak with each day are interested in matching the color scheme of their home. Of course this is completely logical. I mean it only makes sense to match the color scheme of your house so your shed doesn’t stand out like a sore thumb. On the other hand there are a handful of customers who go completely nuts with their color scheme. Believe me when I tell you that I have seen some of the most bizarre color combination’s imaginable! Of course I’m not the one who has to look at their shed every day.

So I was playing around with some storage shed color schemes today. I need 50-70 sheds for the Big E, a 17 day long fair in Massachusetts which starts next month and some more for our stores. Here are a few of the color schemes I came up with.

This is a popular color scheme. A bit bland but the clay paint color allows the shed to blend in when abutting trees etc.

Saw a storage shed with this color scheme leave the lot today. I like the blue/gray contrast. The clay door looked out of place to me at first but after looking at the shed for a couple of minutes it grew on me. The navajo white trim gives the the color scheme a little more “pop”.

Another customer favorite! Just had a couple of sheds with these colors arrive in inventory and customers comment on how much they like the colors. Of course many who like the colors end up just going with their house colors when they place their order but overall I would say this is in the top 5 most popular color schemes this year.

Although these were/are popular colors I began thinking about going out on a limb and mixing things up a bit. Who knows maybe I’ll hit on some other colors that people will absolutely love! So I played with some colors today and here is what I came up with and why.

Ok so these colors aren’t totally crazy. Blue is popular and the white really jumps off the shed. The blue roof may be a bit much but I happened to be reading about the L.A. Dodgers when I put these colors together. I’m on the east coast but who knows maybe there are some Dodgers fans looking for a shed (or any other sports fan whose favorite team is blue and white.

Back to the blue roof again. Have baseball on my so this is my attempt at drawing in some Cubs fans or patriots fans for that matter although the blue is a little light for the Patriots.

Red Sox shed? Maybe? Cut me some slack I only have so many colors to work with.

Staying along the red white and blue them how about an Independence Day shed? Think these will be a big seller?

For those who REALLY get into decorating for Christmas. The Christmas shed makes a GREAT gift!

Back to the sports theme. If you can't guess this is my Boston Celtics shed. Being that I am in Massachusetts this color scheme is a sure thing!

What John Deere tractor owner would't want a shed that matches their tractor! When watching sportscenter Im pretty sure there was an ad that prompted me to select these colors.

I think the next batch will include some purple and pink. Oh and definitely black! Some tie dyes for the dead heads out there might be a good idea.