STRUCTURES / OUTDOOR SHELTERS
10 x 12 cedar sauna
An outdoor electric sauna with U-shaped cedar seating and a removable cleaning step.
- Steps
- 19
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
Structures
Make room for storage, hobbies or time outdoors with DIY plans for sheds, shelters and other backyard structures. Explore different footprints and layouts, then use the illustrated instructions to understand how the framing and roof fit together. Start with the space you have and the job your building needs to do.
STRUCTURES / SHEDS
12×16 gable shed
A 192-square-foot shed with front double doors and a gable roof. Choose a side window and entry door, or a solid side wall.
- Footprint
- 192 sq ft
- Configurations
- 2
- Skill level
- advanced
POULTRY HOUSING / STRUCTURES
8 × 20 Garden Chicken Coop
A covered chicken run with a raised henhouse, outside nest boxes, wide cleaning access and a buried mesh barrier.
- Steps
- 14
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / SHEDS
8×8 utility shed
An 8×8 shed with a concrete floor, two windows and a left-hinged door that opens clear of the front window.
- Footprint
- 64 sq ft
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES
Ten-frame beehive
Build a ten-frame hive with one deep body, one medium super, a removable entrance reducer and a metal-covered lid.
- Steps
- 10
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
STRUCTURES / HORSES
Brush jump
An open timber holder with a brush-inspired top.
- Steps
- 4
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
STRUCTURES / HORSES
Low coop jump
A low A-frame form with two sloping timber faces.
- Steps
- 4
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
STRUCTURES / OUTDOOR SHELTERS
6 x 12 ft farm stand
A covered farm stand with two folding sales counters and a side display shelf.
- Steps
- 29
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
STRUCTURES
Five-foot sandbox
A five-foot square sandbox built from standard nominal lumber, with a draining plank floor and four sturdy corner caps.
- Steps
- 10
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
STRUCTURES / SHEDS
Gambrel shed
Gambrel shed plans in ten sizes, with a storage loft, T1-11 siding, double doors and illustrated assembly instructions.
- Footprint
- 120 sq ft
- Configurations
- 10
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / SHEDS
Garden tool shed
A 10 x 12 foot gambrel tool shed with lettered rafter cutting patterns.
- Steps
- 9
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / HORSES
Natural rail hunter's jump
Six natural-timber rails with four-sided support beneath each standard.
- Steps
- 5
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate
POULTRY HOUSING / STRUCTURES
Open timber chicken coop
A wooden house for 4–6 hens with a covered walk-in run, continuous 6×6 posts, two cleanout doors, two nest bays, an Omlet door and two camera mounting pads.
- Steps
- 21
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / POULTRY HOUSING
8×8 chicken and pigeon house
An 8×8-foot timber house with separate interior layouts for hens, bantams, pigeons or a brooder.
- Footprint
- 64 sq ft
- Configurations
- 4
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / OUTDOOR SHELTERS
Saddle roof picnic shelter
A three-post shelter concept with a curved waterproof membrane roof and eight Blender views.
- Steps
- 6
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES
Three-foot mini ramp
A three-foot-high mini ramp in 8ft, 12ft and 24ft widths, with a choice of Gator Skins or Skatelite Pro top surface.
- Steps
- 16
- Configurations
- 3
- Skill level
- advanced
STRUCTURES / HORSES
White rail jump
Two portable timber standards and three pale rails.
- Steps
- 4
- Configurations
- 1
- Skill level
- intermediate