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Goin’ the the chapel….
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After some serious hand-wringing and over-analyzing and considering options ad nauseum (similar to the paint color picking process), we have finally ordered a sofa. Yes, that’s right. We pulled the trigger or pulled out the credit card, as the case may be. This is a different style for me, despite what you all have read [...]
Ruth Moser: shedworker
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Somerset-based textile designer Ruth Moser has recently joined the growing ranks of UK shedworkers and is now working from a bespoke Garden Affairs studio which features a lavatory and two carports as well as a workshop area. It's an L-shaped shedworking space built with our old friends SIPS and Western Red Cedar with lovely views over the Bath valley (and nice floor to ceiling windows to allow Ruth to enjoy them). The whole of the 100sq m roof is a sedum green roof with an irrigation system. There's lots more detail, and photos, about the build at the Garden Affairs site as well as an interview with Ruth. Here's a snippet: "It has been my dream for many years to have my own professional studio and I have saved for many years to make this dream come true. Basically I wanted a place of my own and as my creative work requires solitude, the studio in the garden is an ideal place for me to work. From a financial perspective it also made more sense, as it is an investment that will enhance our property as a whole and add value to it. Also, with rent you get no return on your money and there is always the risk of the rental agreement being terminated for one reason or another. I wanted something permanent. From a more romantic perspective, I have always loved the idea of having my own “den”. I have fond childhood memories of spending many happy hours in my grandfathers shed or in the tree house he built for me." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday posts are sponsored by garden2office, the Swedish garden office specialists. Click here for more details .
Snowy sheds roundup
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Thanks to everybody who's sent in photos of their snowy garden offices and sheds. Pictured above is the garden office of Kris Jeary from Squiders Web Design . Below is the shed belonging to golf experts askfore . Here is Jaggedy Jim 's in York. And finally, David Williams , whose shed is to the west of Reading. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday posts are sponsored by garden2office, the Swedish garden office specialists. Click here for more details .
Garden cinema room
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Among the new designs that Garden Spaces are showcasing at Grand Designs Live 2012 in May is their ‘Garden Cinema Room’ concept, a complete home cinema package for your garden building (catch them at G151). They've put it together with partners Artcoustic . Garden Spaces has also been busy with a new website and you can have a look at their Elegans model (with cantilevered roof) and their new Gastropod line (pictured above), their entry level garden office range, at Grand Designs too - both will be on sale at what the company says will be "significantly discounted prices". ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday posts are sponsored by garden2office, the Swedish garden office specialists. Click here for more details .
The Boffice
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We've often written about the use of pubs as great places to work for the shedworker on the move, so were delighted to see this piece in Metro Focus , 'Step Into My ‘Boffice’: Bars Where Your Laptop Goes Down Smooth'. "WiFi is available in more places than just cafés," writes Jamie Helmsworth. "And some of us need something a little stronger than espresso to get it all done before the deadline. Thus, the boffice. Bar + office = boffice." The article includes 10 place to sit and work and have a drink. Thanks to Uncle Wilco from that other shed blog for the alert. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday posts are sponsored by garden2office, the Swedish garden office specialists. Click here for more details .
Weekend Show and Tell
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I ran across this furniture company last week on Fab (which if you haven’t discovered you should) and I am smitten with their products. Gingko specializes in mid-century design and fine hand-crafted furniture at super reasonable prices. While we have already ordered a sofa (more on that later), I am only slightly bummed we didn’t [...]
Lymington Log Cabin Garden office
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A bespoke shedworking space from Cabin Living based on the company's Liverpool log cabin design with internal dimensions of 4.5m x 5m and a lowered ridge height of 2.5m - it is also fitted with skylights, roof and floor insulation. More photos and details of the build on their blog . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Thursday posts are sponsored by Atelier garden studios which are sustainable, stylish, flexible, functional and future proofed
Is this the oldest shed in Wales?
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The BBC is reporting that a hunt for the oldest buildings in Wales has been narrowed own to a cow shed in Conwy which they believe may date back to the 14th century. They are using tree ring dating (dendrochronology) to check their findings. Here's a snippet: "The style and use of a cruck frame - a tree trunk used to support a roof - leads some specialists to think a building used as a cow shed and store near historic house Plas Tirion, in Llanrwst, Conwy, could pre-date Wales' oldest domestic houses such as Hafod-y-Garreg in the Wye Valley, which dates to 1402." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saturday posts are sponsored by Warwick Buildings , manufacturers of outstanding quality timber buildings. Click here for more information.
Contemporary House Plans from Estonia
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Introducing our newest exclusive ready-made home designs, by Concept Home, from Estonia. Continue reading →
The quintessential outdoor office
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Judy Heminsley is one of the early adopters making good use of Pinterest to promote the shedworking and homeworking revolution and we particularly like her 'Work from home offices' board which she also runs in joinedup social media fashion in conjunction with her Twitter hashtag #fantasygardenofficefriday . And here's a particularly lovely example which she describes as "the original, quintessential outdoor office" (repinned from Carrie Hampton's 'Home Offices and Workspaces' ). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Dunster House , the leading UK company for Log Cabins and Garden Offices sponsors Fridays posts
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