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Fortunately, that is not Arizona.

Anyone can lay Legos.

Say I want an 8x8x8 shed (or tiny office). Natural light is wonderful, but I don't know that I have ever planned a small building with a window. It adds a ton of complications, cannot be properly insulated, and then it is dead space unless you put furniture in front of it, at which point why have a window?

It definitely needs a door, duh, but I will ignore that complication.

For a stick-built structure I would build an 8x8 base, ensure it is square and level, build each wall using I believe 11 2x4s, ensure they are square, which should be easy when they are sitting on a perfect 8x8 base, prop them up, nail them together, attach them to the base, and then worry about the roof.

That doesn't sound that bad. In fact, that would be easier than the greenhouse that i built.

The greenhouse doesn't have any 8' walls. I needed to cut each and every board. Maybe I should have leveled the garden box after all. Rip a 2x to shim the top?

Every board was cut to length and at an angle for the roof, plus to accommodate the slanted floor.

I just need to nail siding to it and hang drywall on the inside, which I will do with the shed.

Then with hemp blocks I would build a 9x9 base, ensure it is square and level, lay out 128 blocks, and worry about the roof.

In some ways 128 blocks sound easier than 44 2x4s and tons of nails, but carrying 44 2x4s and a bucket of nails would definitely be easier than carrying 4,480 pounds of blocks.

Then you are supposed to plaster the inside and stucco the outside.

Insulating should be easy. I insulated Mom's garage and the shed, but of course it wasn't easy for me.

I would appreciate skipping that step, especially while also having better insulation.