Shed + House = Shouse

A shouse is basically a workshop and/or storage space (shed) connected to or including living quarters (house).

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Benefits of Shouse Living

Cost Effective
Exceptional Value
Flexible Design
Energy Efficient

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Day 4 Big Red Shed 2.0. I can’t believe how fast

Day 3 of Big Red Shed. Breezeway in to first shed.

Day 2 of Big Red Shed 2.0

Day 1 of building big Red Shed 2.0

We have garage doors! Next up, electricity and ins

Making a lot of progress this week! #shouse #shous

I didn’t get a pic of yesterday’s progress bef

Progress! Hope to be finished before the snow fall

Building has started! Poles going up. #shouse #sho

Building materials got delivered today! #shouse #s

Got the culvert in for the driveway and doing the

These are the shouse plans I had drawn up. #shouse

This is the land we bought to build a proposed sho

This was the first shouse I’ve ever seen. It was

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