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August 28, 2017 · 9 Comments

DIY Lawn Mower Shed

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Do you struggle with storing your lawn mower? Because we have struggled with this for…years. I don’t know about you, but we don’t have a great spot in our yard to keep our mower that will protect it from the elements and keep it out of the way. We have both a garage and a workshop, but they’re both pretty full of other things and a lawnmower takes up a lot of room.

So, we decided to build a DIY lawn mower shed to store our mower instead. And, you guys, I love it! 

DIY Lawn Mower Shed

A quick and easy tutorial for building a DIY lawn mower shed for your backyard. It's the perfect way to keep your lawn mower safe from the elements!

How to build a DIY lawn mower shed.

We partnered with Home Depot for this project, and you can find the full tutorial on their blog. I was surprised at how easy it actually was to build this shed, and I was super involved in the process. It feels good to learn how to build things, y’all!

One thing we haven’t done to this shed yet that’s still on our to-do list is that we want to add some hooks inside the shed to hang things like our rake, shovels, and other outdoor tools. The goal is to have this handy little DIY lawn mower shed hold all of our backyard tools in one spot and keep them out of the workshop.

An extra bonus? We built out DIY lawn mower shed on shed skids which means that when it’s time to move we can pick it right up and toss it into the moving truck.

Or, gently set it into the truck.

I don’t think anyone’s throwing this thing.

How to build an easy DIY lawn mower shed to store your yard tools.

With this, I can pretty much say we’ve completed all of the backyard projects we wanted to do this summer, and I’m declaring our yard “done”. If we weren’t moving we’d probably still have a few other things on our list (like replacing the fence and eventually extending the patio), but I’m pretty pleased with how far we came this year. Of course, the house is still getting painted in a few weeks (we’ve decided on colors and ordered paint, so step one is done!) and we need to do some pruning to all of the trees before we list the house, but that’ll come later.

If you want to catch up on all of the projects we did this summer in our yard, I’ve listed them all out below. Be sure to check the first post to see just how far we’ve come with this yard. It was a mess at the beginning of summer!

  • The Backyard “Before”
  • A Cute and Colorful Outdoor Bar Cart
  • DIY Tiered Succulent Garden
  • Painting the Workshop
  • DIY Wooden Tree Swing
  • DIY Sign for the Workshop
  • Our Patio Makeover
  • DIY Backyard Playhouse
  • Simple Cinder Block Plant Shelves
  • Tomato Cage Plant Stands 
  • Clean Up & Prepping For the Shed
  • DIY Lawn Games: Yard Dice
  • DIY Lawn Games: Backyard Blocks
  • DIY Outdoor Furniture Ideas

If you want all of the details on how this DIY lawn mower shed came together, be sure to check out the post on Home Depot’s blog today!

Want even more DIY outdoor project ideas? Check out this post with 15 great ideas! 

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  1. Kim says

    June 5, 2021 at 5:46 pm

    Your link takes you to home depot diy page. I went through all 18 pages to find this and it’s not there.

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    • Amanda Hendrix says

      June 11, 2021 at 12:50 pm

      Oh no, sounds like they may have re-arranged over there. I’ll see if I can track it down and find the original post.

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      • Izeck McRae says

        November 5, 2021 at 8:51 pm

        Any luck finding the post? I ran in to this early last year with every intention of building but am just getting around to it. Sad to not find the instructions available!

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        • Amanda Hendrix says

          November 5, 2021 at 8:57 pm

          I can’t find it either, I’m so sorry! It appears they’ve cleared some older posts off their site.

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  2. Charles Dennis says

    June 1, 2021 at 12:26 pm

    I can’t find the full tutorial on Home Depot’s blog any more. Was it taken down? I bought all of the materials but got interrupted in the middle of my project for a family emergency. Now that I have time, I can’t find the instructions.

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    • Amanda Hendrix says

      June 11, 2021 at 12:48 pm

      Hi Charles – oh no! it may have been removed or relocated, I’m not sure how often they change things up over there.

      Reply
  3. Craig says

    April 8, 2020 at 11:24 am

    I know in Virginia, if a shed is on skis it is considered “temporary” or “transportable” or something like that. That means it doesn’t need a permit.

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  4. Sonia says

    January 27, 2019 at 9:22 pm

    On your lawn mower shed I read the Hd post with instructions. Evrything was very clear except I didn’t read tying or anchoring the shed skis. Was the built base suppose to be screwed or nailed to the skis? Would you recommend using several anchoring pieces attached to both skis for stability if deck is longer or wider? But more importantly, is the weight what keeps skis from loving if it is not screwed to shed base? Thank you

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    • Amanda says

      January 29, 2019 at 10:33 am

      Hi Sonia – This shed was built with the intention of being able to move it eventually if needed, so the base is not attached to the foundation in any way. It’s extremely heavy, so it never shifted at all. However, if you know you want it to be in place permanently, you certainly could attach it.

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