Little Cottage Co. 8x8 Colonial Williamsburg Shed with Operable Windows, Outdoor Wood Storage Do-It-Yourself Precut Kit

We just finished assembling our Little Cottage 8 x 10 Colonial Williamsburg shed. I can't beleive they could fit the entire shed on a pallet (including the floor)! Impressive. It is a sturdy design that will last us for years. My only regret is not doing this sooner. Thank you Little Cottage Co! We love it! Now to add some paint. :)

The shed itself is great, and thankfully I know my way around a construction project, but you could have at least sent instructions that match the shed I purchased. The pictures and directions were not for the package I received. This caused confusion, frustration and mistakes to be made. Missing studs and top plates were not explained, the images provided were for different sheds--- so step by step, nothing made sense. Do better.

Overall, we are pretty pleased with our 12x24 Colonial Williamsburg shed. It looks great inside and out. It will be a major improvement over the old shed we are replacing. We are giving it 4 stars and not five for the following reasons. The instructions need to be updated and need to be more detailed. If we were to build another one we would do a few things a little differently. The instructions could be better about discussing best practices for a trouble free build. The delivery was good but the driver could not get very close to our garage as we have a stone driveway. The delivery company should be better prepared to deal with a stone driveway. About half a box of nails were cheaper 2" spiral nails instead of the better quality 2" ring shank nails. I am not sure why. The pieces for the mid truss expansion support were missing from the kit. We had to make our own out of some 2x4's that we luckily had on hand. It seems to us that more of the assembly could be done with screws as opposed to nails as they are faster, easier, and stronger. So, we would like to see more screws included for those of us that have an impact tool to use. The last thing I would mention is that the kit is advertised as something that can be thrown together on a weekend by two people. For the 12x24 kit that we got that is a very optomistic time frame. For our kit I think a week is more realistic. You also need to be in fairly good shape if you are going to do it yourself. A lot of the pieces are heavy or awkward to lift and assemble, not to mention the roofing shingles you will have to install yourself too! So, all in all, very happy with the end result! It simply took longer and more effort than was anticipated.

The Instructions, Are Ambigious, There were pieces shipped that I simply didnt know where they went.