Outdoor storage cabinets - Looking for ideas

[HamAndEggs]

Around the side of my house I have an extension that has always been called a "sunroom", its a room with not much use, and a large amount of windows is mainly the problem. These below windows provide zero use to us, and just face the fence

I am already replacing windows, so I don't want to pay a lot of money to replace useless windows anyway. My plan is to replace it with brick, and then mount some kind of storage cabinet in the area for shovels and other hand tools. Any suggestions on cabinets, or should I make them from scratch?

 

[ScottsGT]

Your plan is to brick up the windows? Correct? Before you do that, throw up some black plastic and make sure you’re ok with the loss of natural lighting Inside. Can you match the brick. Are you concerned about resale value down the road?
All that being said, I have one of those 75” tall outdoor storage “closets” I have strolled to a column under my back porch. I keep a few yard tools in it that I use more often, the rest out front in the storage barn.

Looking at your pic, you could put one on each side of the existing windows right now.

 

[HamAndEggs]

Your plan is to brick up the windows? Correct? Before you do that, throw up some black plastic and make sure you’re ok with the loss of natural lighting Inside. Can you match the brick. Are you concerned about resale value down the road?
All that being said, I have one of those 75” tall outdoor storage “closets” I have strolled to a column under my back porch. I keep a few yard tools in it that I use more often, the rest out front in the storage barn.

Looking at your pic, you could put one on each side of the existing windows right now.

The curtains that cover the windows are closed 24/7 right now anyway, so no loss

The brick should be pretty easy to match, I had some other brick work done and they were able to get it looking pretty spot on

 

[larry4406]

If your convinced you want to do this, then skip the brick infill and just frame it closed with sheathing and insulation. Then build a lean to type shed over the space with roof properly flashed to tie into the wall under the new partial height windows.