A friend is refurbishing an old Airstream, as a living space if I recall correctly. He plans to mill the mesquite himself for the flooring and live in the finished product. I’ve bothered him via Facebook a couple of times for pictures of the project, which he says will come in due time.

In kind, he asked for photos of a shed I was working on for the backyard. He seemed genuinely excited to see what I was building. I suppose this makes sense, since we met while (or was it just after) I was an architecture student.

I’m afraid the shed will disappoint.

It’s purely function at this point, an attempt to gain more space in the small garage for carpentry projects. It was done on the cheap, meaning for the time being it lacks an exterior finish and the roof is not what I think of as permanent. The studs and rafters were purchased for next to nothing from a gentleman scrapping out mobile homes. I may continue finishing out the shed as I’m able — particularly getting some paint on to preserve the sheeting, although I’ve always been intrigued by the texture of bare OSB — but at this point my garden tools are already moved in.

However, the 11-foot-square structure has a future. Ideas are rumbling around in my mind that are probably what my friend was hoping to see in the simple shed. The exterior walls were built as panels to allow the shed to be disassembled and moved in the future, presumably to the Scissortail property. When expanded on slightly (or slightly more than slightly), the structure will function nicely as a painting studio or artist quarters. Below are some conceptual sketches to this effect.

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