The main reason for having a garden shed is that your garage is full. When you garage is full and you still buy stuff you need someone else to put it.

You want a separate place for all your gardening tools. This is how a lot of shed buying starts. But you soon find the garden furniture gets put in the shed, it gets used to store the sacks of pet food, and all sorts of other strange things that you didn't ever plan on having in your shed.

You want a quiet place to go and sit away from everyone else. A lot of men have a shed they call their own. Some of them come home away from home last not actually being too far away from home and the kettle.

A shed is needed for storing that new garden furniture you are buying, because you don't want to leave out to rot like the last lot.

You want a shed because you think the kids will go and play in it. They won't buy them a playhouse instead. You can always store your garden tools in it if they don't like it.

You want a place to store things that don't fit in your house. When the loft is full, you should probably think about emptying it rather than just keep buying stuff and finding somewhere else to put the stuff you buy.

Sheds are versatile and so useful once you've got one you'll wonder how you ever managed without it.