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Some wonderful shed added recently on readersheds ready for the Shed of the year competition! the little pastel cottage lorraine rose back yard The Lapland Lodge Dando family Blaenafon, South Wales The Dog & Kids John Anderson Darlington, Co Durham Canadian Pine Richard Primeau Quebec / Canada camp david ralph lewis in my woods The… Continue reading Just Sheds: cottages & lodges to name two
Those lot over at Garden Buildings Direct have got a great little beach hut/surf shed for sale Surf Shack a great authentic looking building ideal to store all of your surf and water sports gear. Modelled on a traditional surf shack it features a large amount of useable space and includes wide, double doors for… Continue reading Do you want a Surf Shack in your garden?
Alex foxed us with his weekly name that shed thing… and this weeks was Winston Churchill’s shed and one of his shedworkers Martyn Cox talks about it I recently snapped this shed at Chartwell in Kent. It is none other than the shed once owned by wartime PM Winston Churchill. I like to imagine that… Continue reading “We shall fight in the fields and in the streets”
The Louthleader reports BRITAIN’S first cloud watching platform will open along our coast next week with BBC weatherman Paul Hudson set to cut the ribbon. The £30,000 wooden structure on the beach at Anderby Creek will allow visitors to recline on specially designed seating and identify various cloud formations. Paul Hudson said: “We are doing… Continue reading Want to watch clouds from a shed on the beach, now you can!
Shed Judge Lloyd Alter reports on this posh shed. Susanne Watzeck & Jörg Sturm designed this in 1996 as the “first unit of a space system in which the individual functions living, cooking, washing, sleeping, working are accommodated in separate units.” However, years later with garden sheds and small spaces being all the rage, it… Continue reading Rotating Shed Follows the Sun – only useful sometimes in UK
Some great Photos on the Just sheds flickr group that shows the Sheds & the tools within (or on), a lot of sheddies to use their sheds as workshops and nice to see some organised sheds and great to see some untidy ones! [flickr]photo:2819766683[/flickr][flickr]photo:2869253032[/flickr][flickr]photo:3063643523[/flickr][flickr]photo:3127745400[/flickr][flickr]photo:3130115245[/flickr][flickr]photo:3200452627[/flickr][flickr]photo:3243975153[/flickr][flickr]photo:3262793789[/flickr][flickr]photo:3319282615[/flickr][flickr]photo:3338384849[/flickr][flickr]photo:3365758697[/flickr][flickr]photo:3367266827[/flickr]
24dash reports photo credit: Dave Hamster Beach huts are bucking the economic trend with buyers splashing out £40,000 a time for the sea-view sheds. Nine buyers have paid for a 25-year lease on the beach huts on Bournemouth seafront without even seeing them. The 8ft by 11ft huts have been dubbed glorified sheds and have… Continue reading Beach huts sell for £40,000 each
To see Shed like this again Image from gordonplant Reminds me of growing up and visiting my grandfathers allotment and the sheds were very similar, I just love the fact that the numbers are still on the doors… right back to my sickshed (have some 24 hour bug I wont go into details but it’s… Continue reading This is one of the reasons I started readersheds
Former Shed of the Year Judge and friend of readersheds Kathryn Ferry, has her great book out – Beach Huts and Bathing Machines . As your know I am fond of these Sheds by the Sea, and as Kathryn is an expert on these structures so it should be a good read.. Behind the enduring… Continue reading Beach Huts and Bathing Machines
According to the Journal photo credit: Glen Bowman THE return of the traditional beach hut is not too far away as redevelopment work by Newcastle-based Ian Darby Partnership (IDP) on the Blyth Beach promenade nears completion. Blyth Valley Borough Council appointed the architect last year to develop an attraction to benefit the local community as… Continue reading Beach huts to return to Blyth, Northumberland