When Florida neighborhoods were being developed during the early 20th century, garages were commonly built behind the quaint bungalows with details that matched the main home. Many of these early outbuildings survive today, but many more have been demolished with only concrete slabs remaining in the backyards or newer structures replacing them.
At our most [...]
Every business marketing blog spends considerable space to discussing Social Media (yes, they refer to it with capital letters – it’s that important) as a way to find and communicate with customers. So, like all the other small businesses that also read this same marketing advice, we have a Historic Shed Facebook page,
This week’s Let’s Blog Off title is If you can’t afford the tip, you can’t afford the meal and the topic is Price vs. Value, or “what are we willing to pay for products and services, and what do we expect to get in return?” Like all small businesses, it’s something we think about [...]
In Florida, we don’t always need a full garage to protect our vehicles. We prefer to keep our cars out of the sun and rain, but since we don’t deal with snow, walls are nice, but not required. Therefore, many homes built after the 1920s, when cars became commonplace, have integral carports as part of [...]
My topic at the recent Historic Homes Workshop in St. Petersburg was on choosing exterior paint colors for historic Florida homes (it seemed more fitting to the theme of the workshop than “History of Outbuildings”). Below is the slide presentation that was used as a background for the talk. Unfortunately it doesn’t have my [...]
My husband loves to tell everyone and anyone that I am not a great cook. It’s part of his regular humor routine. I always go along with the jokes because quite honestly I don’t try particularly hard at the task; I would gladly defer all meal making to local pizza parlors, take-out restaurants and any [...]
When I was a child my mother bought a “School Memories” book that allowed you to record specifics for each school year. There were spaces for teacher’s names, student height and weight, and a place for the annual school photo – wallet sized. There were also places where you wrote your favorite food, favorite subject, [...]
Stores have already had Christmas trees on display for couple of weeks – and Halloween is barely passed – so we know the pressure of holiday preparations is about to start. Unlike many small businesses, the holiday season isn’t a big push time here at Historic Shed. It’s rare that someone buys a shed as [...]
