To make your shed look beautiful, you may want to finish it off with some paint. So, you would need a pan, paint brush, roller or a paint sprayer. You may also need some sandpaper to clean out your wood. Aside from your tools, you would also want to get top quality materials to build your shed. A shed can either be made using wood, metal, vinyl or aluminum. For a reddish finish, you have a choice between cherry, cedar, red oak and mahogany. For brown woods there are oak, beech and pecan. And for a dark wood finish, you can choose walnut or mahogany. Consulting your local lumber dealer would give you a chance to make a wise decision as to which wood would be best suited for the climate in your area. In building a wooden skid foundation, you first need to select a spot then prepare a bed of gravel which will be able to provide a flat level and stable surface to allow water to drain beneath it and keep your lumber dry. Atop this gravel you will set wood beams or timber. These beams and timber will act as the skids. This is where many kids learned how to catch a baseball and many children parties have been celebrated. The yard is also the top candidate to where a shed is usually built. Put a child in a yard along with a mysterious shed, and you can do the math. All parents would do all that they can to keep their child safe and away from accidents, that s why, we childproof our home, keep debris out of our yards, remind them to be careful when playing and tell them to stay away from strangers. For those who prioritize cost as their concern, then a tin siding is the perfect choice for you. A tin shed is virtually easy to construct. But with the low cost comes with an issue of durability. It is most likely that you will be, after a few years, replacing some of its parts like the door or the roof. Yes there are ready made sheds that are available for you, but this can be quite costly and many of them are even overpriced. In this economic time it s just not advisable to pay someone to build a shed for you. A storage or garden shed can be a simple do it yourself project that would require only the minimal carpentry skills plus it can also be source of pride and joy as this is a creation of your own two hands.