Lifetime: Don't Forget The Shelving For A Backyard Storage Shed

What separates man from the beasts of the land and sky ?

Well, sometimes it’s hard to say.

What separates a fully functional backyard storage shed from a square box that is just thrown up in the backyard ?

Among many other factors, an extremely important differentiator is shelving.

Our customers generally buy storage sheds with the implicit intent of storing specific items such as a tractor or an ATV or garden utensils or lawn equipment.  Discussions revolve around the size of the footprint, the width and height of the door and the strength and texture of the floor.  Oddly, discussions rarely refer to how and where the seemingly endless support items such as gas cans, paint cans, manuals, detergents and an endless host of odds and ends will be stored.

Such sundries can presumably be dropped on the floor and shoved against the walls or the corners of the shed.  But, we have a better idea.

Take a look at the Lifetime 8x12.5 Storage Shed:

This plastic storage shed is an outstanding example of a backyard storage shed that provides as much shelving and wall storage as it does storage space on the shed floor.

So lets take a quick tour.  The Lifetime 8 x 12.5 Storage Shed has a large 148”(w) x 94”(h) footprint and a tall peak exterior height of 96” that creates a very capacious 620.6 cubic feet of storage volume that will readily handle the big stuff that you want to store on a safe and secure basis. 

The double doors of this impressive plastic storage shed have an accommodating opening of 56.0”(w) x 76.0”(h).  Additional amenities include screened vents on the front and rear gables of this plastic shed, five skylights and a shatter-proof window that is 16.5”(w) x 16’5”(h).  A lockable door and a slip resistant floor round out the attributes of this special backyard plastic storage shed.

Finally, and this is the key to why this shed is a very functional and very practical backyard storage shed, the Lifetime 8 x12.5 Storage Shed comes with shelving that includes one 90”(w) x 9”(d) wall shelf, two 30”(w) x 10”(d) wall shelves and six corner shelves that have a radius of 9.5”.  That is a lot of shelving and a lot of space to store the "other" stuff that supports your chain saw, lawn mower, motorcycle and all the other “big” stuff that you bought the storage shed for in the first place.

So, don’t forget the “little” stuff and where you are going to store it after you park or carry the "big" stuff into the storage shed!