Bonnie and Jim Harlow own an equine therapy business in rural Forney, Texas. Jim works with clients in the office, and Bonnie instructs the clients as they work with the horses. The couple keep the horses and horse stalls on…
HOA rules are all over the map when it comes to backyard sheds. Some associations don’t mind at all if you get a nice backyard shed, and others nearly ban sheds altogether. One of the most common HOA restrictions for…
Warren Summers is a police officer with the city of Desoto. For quite some time now, he’s wanted a place in the country where he can work on developing his DIY skills and become more self sufficient. About four years…
Tom Curtiss never thought he’d run out of space in his backyard. But that was before his son Jeff decided he wanted a woodworking shop. Tom set about finding a way to get a shed that would be large enough…
Lynn Schoenberg enjoys working with potted plants, so when she and her husband Ted built a new home in Tyler, TX, they poured a slab for her future potting shed when the home’s foundation was poured. After the couple moved…
Jeff Mega has an interesting hobby. He uses his lathe to transform blocks of wood into beautiful, real wood pens inside his Ulrich workshop shed. The wood starts out as a rectangular block. Jeff uses his tools to cut, bore,…
Gerald Gilks will tell you there’s a big difference between toy trains and model railroading. Toy trains are for kids, while model railroads are miniature reproductions of actual locomotives and specific geographic locations. Eight-nine year old Gerald is pretty serious…
Not many people have a boat in their backyard. They may have a boat parked on a trailer, or they may have a lakeside property with a boat tied to the dock. Larry and Rosie Witt, however, have a 31…
Sherry Lyall was driving through Illinois with her friend on a road trip when they discovered a quilt trail close by. Sherry hadn’t experienced a quilt trail before, so they decided to drive the quilt trail, and enjoyed spotting a…
In what was the largest single shed giveaway in Ulrich Barn Builders history, Matt Thompson hit the “Broad Side of a Barn” to win a $5000 voucher. Good for any Ulrich product, the voucher truly was as good as cash…