Aivituvin Outdoor Storage Cabinet Trash Can Storage Shed Upgraded with Metal Frame for Garbage Can, Gardening Tools and Accessories 50" L x 27.6" D x 41" H

I bought this shed for gardening tools. It replaces a resin shed that never gave me satisfaction. I was looking for an alternative to galvanized metal or plastic resin sheds. The galvanized ones get dinked easily, have flimsy panels, have sharp edges (and taking the protective plastic film off the surfaces is a real chore). They are inexpensive but look cheap to me. Resin ones never quite fit together. They break easily, especially at the hinges. They’re environmentally terrible (having taken a truckload of waste plastic panels from my earlier shed to the dump…). This one is entirely wood (with a steel frame). It looks like stained pine, and the quality of the wood is pretty good (minimal knits in the wood). I think it looks great once assembled. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 I got the light grey one and it looks great. (I think the wood colored one is not as classy). The shed comes with a floor and 2 shelves. The shelves are adjustable and are only half the depth of the shed — so you can store long gardening tools as well. 👍🏻 Packaging (2 boxes) was solid. All the panels are wrapped in protective fabric. All the parts were in the kit, all the hardware (some extra screws…). 👍🏻 Assembly: I assembled by myself. I’m pretty handy around the house. This doesn’t require special skills, just screwing the provided screws. A drill with screwdriver attachment is recommended because of the high screw count. All the panels are stamped with a letter. All hardware comes in labeled bags. The provided panels mount on a solid steel frame. Provides great structural integrity. By and large, the panels are properly toleranced and mount perfectly. Only the doors left some to be desired…. Mine were not completely square… Pre-drilled screw locations in the panels are provided but sometimes hard to see. Look very carefully. 👍🏻 It took me about 4 hours, taking it easy. (That includes having to undo and redo some steps…). Having a helper to hold the doors while fastening them would have been nice (but not absolutely required). Tips: — as you can see in photos, I mounted the shed on some concrete blocks ($2.39 each at Home Depot). I highly recommend this. Firstly, the provided floor is wood and you don’t want wood too close to the earth. Secondly, lifting the shed 8-20 inches off the ground makes it much more ergonomic. Higher to head level and bottom not as low. — the instructions (IKEA-style) are fine but you need to be very careful about the panels’ orientation: up-down, inside-outside, left-right. For every panel look very carefully for the proper orientation, where pre-drilled holes are, whether slats are lining up. Absolutely take the time to do so. Otherwise you’ll have to undo and redo a few steps (thankfully, you can undo-redo later, without having to take the whole thing apart again… — mounting the doors is the only challenging part. They tell you to attach 4 independent door panels to the hinges (and, as mentioned, the door panels are not a perfect fit). I think it’s nearly impossible to without doing the following. Attach the top door panel to the bottom door panel with the provided board. This way, you can make sure the 2 panels on each side are properly aligned. Then you mount the two doors (instead of 4) in the frame. Much easier to line them up. I didn’t want 4 doors, so that worked perfectly for me, but if you prefer 4 independent half-doors (2 on top, 2 at bottom), you can later remove the board that joins the 2 half-doors on each side. You’ll see, much much easier… — the door latch with possibility to add a lock are pretty flimsy. I recommend replacing them with a better latch from the store or Amazon. Some magnetic latches are provided (similar to kitchen cabinet) and these worked great for me. (I don’t need to lock the shed). That’s it. Give it a try. You won’t be disappointed. Very functional shed that looks good too!

All in all a notable improvement over the plastic cabinet we had been using. Looks good too. Assembly manual recommends two people and says it takes 30 minutes. I did it alone except for one step where two hands just weren't enough, and it took 2-3 hours. Instructions were reasonably clear but a couple of steps (eg alignment of latches, placement of magnetic closures) required additional planning or adjustment. An overnight rainstorm showed the roof to perform well but I found evidence of water intrusion in the back, from between the vertical slats. There's no gutter so the water drips from the roof down the back wall. I'll probably caulk those openings or fashion a gutter. Hinge attachment locations for the doors were not well marked so I had to improvise. I ended up mounting the bottom doors slightly too high so the inside bottom latch doesn't engage with the frame as it's supposed to. Would have been nice to have some spacers to assist with door mounting. One door handle lined up perfectly with the pre-drilled holes but the other didn't. I had to make one hole bigger so the screw could mate with the handle. Despite these hiccups, no regrets.

Comes in two heavy boxes and will take a few hours for one person to assemble. The instructions say 30 minutes. I say no way. You only need a phillips screwdriver or impact driver to assemble. Instructions are fairly easy to follow. It has a lot of little screws and I ended losing 4 and used various extra screws of different sizes that came with it under one of the shelves. The two Shelves have different holes to choose shelf height. Shelves are half the depth of the cabinet which is the way I installed them. There are holes about half way up where you can put two shelves together and make one shelf the full depth of the cabinet. Overall, its pretty sturdy and looks nice. Mine is on a covered porch, but if I was going to put it out in direct weather, I would definitely use a wood sealer or paint. The unit has a steel frame with pine boards that smell like a christmas tree which I like. After looking at many ones like this, the price and sturdiness of this one seemed the best. Be careful to look for the clear vinyl weather proofing strip for the roof, I almost threw mine away.

The shed is very poorly made. The bolts, the frame, the doors hinges all misaligned and not fit together after assembly. The doors can not be closed shut and the frame bows out whenever you force the door to close...

I bought this to put on my front porch of my rancher home. It holds ALOT. It is a light gray - not super heavy duty but is exactly what I needed and looks great! It was a bear for a 63 year old to assemble- all by myself.

It looks very nice, and I love the smell of the wood. The directions were a bit confusing, but no surprise there! It took us most of the day to put together. So far, we like it. I’m curious to see how it looks inside after this big rain storm that’s hitting us now. Review part 2 - downgrading to 3 stars. After the rain (and we have it under our eaves so it's partially covered), the doors warped a bit and will not stay closed with the magnets or the latches. I'm going to get some larger latches that will hopefully keep it closed better.