Storage sheds are buildings that are used primarily to store unused household articles that may be used sometime in future. They may contain various hardware articles, vessels, toys, sports goods, or junk.

As storage sheds are used chiefly as storehouses, they are devoid of any furniture, expect maybe some wall cupboards and racks or simply shelves attached to their walls. These sheds have small windows and double hinged-doors that are designed to be wide enough to facilitate moving equipment in and out of them. Storage sheds do not contain much of lighting and ventilation. It is very important to have pest control done in storage sheds because they can be a breeding ground for insects and rodents.

It is also very important to decide the proper material while building a storage shed. Choice of material depends on what the shed will be used to store. Wood must be of good quality like cedar; otherwise it may house cockroaches and other insects. Wood also rots after prolonged exposure to moisture. Despite all of this, wood can provide an added aesthetic appeal to the shed. Poly vinyl carbonate is a good material to construct storage sheds because it resists corrosion, is unaffected by heat and insects, and is also cheap and durable. An industrial storage shed must be ideally made of a metal like steel or aluminum.

The size of storage sheds depends on the amount of articles that need to be stored in them. A normal sized shed with a floor area of 10 feet by 10 feet can easily house a garden tractor, but if the space within the storage shed is not enough, then there are other add-ons that can provide more space. The three main add-on sheds are corner sheds, horizontal sheds, and vertical sheds. Corner sheds can fit in a corner and are about 3 feet by 3 feet by 2 feet. Vertical and horizontal sheds fit into the main shed and they may be 5 feet by 3 feet by 4 feet. There can be more space-oriented additions to a storage shed like constructing a loft or using the space under the windows.

Storage sheds usually contain the junk of the house or unneeded articles that one doesn't feel like discarding yet. Sheds should be elegantly designed; otherwise, they may mar the entire appearance of the house.