John over at Secrets of shed build has announced the winners of his unique Porch shed competition, the judges judge Alex from shedworking was on the panel. My favorite was the Branched Julian Grobe (Buenos Aires, CF, Argentina) Natural light is the essence of this shed. It’s manipulated in various ways as it passes through… Continue reading Porch Shed Design competition winners announced
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Shed Building Monthly Design Competition Winners
John over at Secrets of Shed Building has announced the winner of his Design Competition. The winning design from the 70 shed designs from 20 different countries is Open Office Shed by Kenny Van Den Berghe The “Open Office” shed is divided in 3 areas: a living/meeting area, a working area (a modular desk for… Continue reading Shed Building Monthly Design Competition Winners
Shed design comp makes a good start
My friend and sheddie John over at secrets of shed building let me know about the progress of the shed design comp he has running. I like this one (and it’s a by a Welsh sheddie in making) Urban Shed – Garden in a box The urban shed, a place to sit and enjoy the… Continue reading Shed design comp makes a good start
Design a shed and win
John over at secrets-of-shed-building is running a shed design comp and giving away one of those posh ipod for playing records or something. This is the brief for this years competition: Imagine that you are about to start working from home. This could be because you are starting a small business. It could be that… Continue reading Design a shed and win
Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
This is the last of the Shed Week guest posts from my favorite sheddies, hope you enjoyed them? You can View all the Shed Week Interviews here. Structures and how they are built have always interested me. As a Structural Engineer I spend most of my working life in an office designing buildings, calculating what… Continue reading Shed Week 2009 interviews: Secrets-of-shed-building
The shedfather of modern shedism interviewed
Gordon Thorburn the bloke behind then standard tome to starting in shedism “Men & Sheds” is interviewed on the always great secrets-of-shed-building.com/ He shows of his sheds and talks a bit about Men & Sheds The 18th century shed pictured is therefore used as a garage, that is to say, to store tools, wood, workbench… Continue reading The shedfather of modern shedism interviewed
Happy wossname Secrets of Shed Building
I would like to say happy wossname to John over at Secrets of Shed Building, his great site is one of your earth years old today…… hipppppppppphoray photo credit: Indy Charlie As you know John writes some great posts for us, I wish him luck for the next year and to say it does not… Continue reading Happy wossname Secrets of Shed Building
A couple of shout outs – sheddies
Maybe it’s the snow getting to me or is it the slush? but I would just like to say thanks to the following sheddies who are always reading and commenting on the blog and make me feel thats it’s just not me writing and noone reading this stuff! Andy from Workshopshed, he’s a “great resource”… Continue reading A couple of shout outs – sheddies
Green roof sheds – 5 common questions.
John from secrets-of-shed-building has kindly written us a post about green roofs which I know a lot of you are thinking about and something Iam sure a few of the Eco-sheds will have. and a bit like Sarah’s shed here Green roofs are a popular choice on new permanent buildings nowadays because of planning requirements… Continue reading Green roof sheds – 5 common questions.
Installing a Woodburning Stove in your shed
A lot of people wonder how to heat their sheds, so John over at Secrets of Shed building has a great post about this very thing, one of his readers dave has given it a go, here is a brief snippet of it In true shed building tradition, the stove is recycled, thrown out when… Continue reading Installing a Woodburning Stove in your shed