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The God father of modern shedism Gordon Thorburn is not only a judge for the Worlds best Shed competition (our Shed of the year competition don’t you know) – he’s also got a new book out -Pocket Guide to Sheds the follow up the the seminal guide to Sheds – Men and Sheds which was… Continue reading Shed judge Gordon Thorburn has his new book out for shedweek – Pocket Guide to Sheds – Win a copy
The Sunday Times has a front page feature on “Sheds for girls” in it’s Home section today – unless you subscribe you can’t read it online. They feature various lady sheddies who are getting in on the act of Shed ownership from their men folk – We have always welcome that on Readersheds – even… Continue reading The Sunday Times – covers Sheds for Girls – Shed Week gets a mention
A wonderful illustration from Springs goes with this article in the Telegraph gardening section. Between the British and their sheds lingers an ancient covenant – part mystical, part practical, but mostly inexplicable. Some see the shed as an alternative reality at the bottom of the garden, others as evidence of a harking back to the… Continue reading Nice coverage of run up to shed of the year and shed week in the Telegraph
The shed owned by charity Mary’s Meals, got a lick of paint to looks it’s best ready for Shed Week – Which of course if next week (4th July) Staff at Mary’s Meals are waiting to find out whether their head office, a finalist for the National Shed of the Year competition, sponsored by Cuprinol,… Continue reading Calum’s shed gets a spruce up for shedweek
I promised this the other week – after the pub sheddie made their feelings known – why can’t we all live in peace and harmony 😉 but anyway as you can imagine preparation for shed week and then I was on my holidays..a delay was inevitable so here goes. Pub Sheds The George & The… Continue reading Shed of the year 2011 : Top 5 in each category
One of this years Shed of the year finalist Darren of the great The Bygones Museum, GT Yarmouth, Norfolk Darren Stride GT Yarmouth, Norfolk appeared briefly into a feature with Angela Rippon looking at Fathers day stuff. Go to about 40 mins ! Of course every dad needs a shed and Darren was lucky to… Continue reading Sheddie Darren appeared on the One Show – with Angela Rippon & Former Shed judge Chris Evans
What a week – the shortlisted sheddies are ready for Shed Week 2011 – and here in no particular order are some quotes from them. Normal Shed Mysterious Shed Birgit Gova,Four Oaks, West Midlands It has been my immense pleasure entering into this competition and thus being able to share my passion for this shed… Continue reading What our finalists think about being in the final of Shed of the year 2011
After over 1570 sheds entered this years competition – and we had 11,000 votes by you the wonderful shed public. Many thanks for all the entrants this year – some brilliant sheds – and it was hard fought at the end. I have done the maths and the following sheds are going through to the… Continue reading The time has come – here are the Category winners for Shed of the year 2011 including TARDIS, Pub, Office and unique sheds
I know I have been reminding you every few days on twitter and facebook to vote for your favorite sheds – well Noon tomorrow 5th June – will be the closing time for supporting your sheds of choice. So get voting we have had over 10,00 votes – which is double what we had last… Continue reading Now this is your last chance to vote for shed of the year 2011
This years competition has proven a most socially sharing web2.0 shedsky thinking year – with sheddies using the power of social media to get votes for their sheds. of course when we started readersheds.co.uk in 2001 – it was the original social network – ok with sheds being the thing 😉 This year we have… Continue reading It’s amazing what a sheddie will do to get votes for his shed for Shed of the year 2011