Garden office consultation suites

In an interview with the Suffolk-based Bury Free Press, managing director of Smart Matt Moss explains how it is rebranding itself so that while it is still providing garden offices, it has now become
Smart Garden Rooms, Offices and Studios to reflect its changing offering.

Among its portfolio are consultations suites, such as the one pictured above, which they rightly point out are private, comfortable spaces in which to meet clients compared to rented offices. Here's what they say about them"

"These multi-functional rooms can encompass garden office space alongside comfy sofas and soft, warm, welcoming lighting. Style and decorate your consultation room and design its layout to perfectly suit its required function, taking into consideration things like natural light and the need for storage. Clients will feel far more comfortable in the private, professional surroundings of a garden studio over a spare room in your house. The perfect ambience in your consultation room will leave a far better impression on your clients."

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T in the Shed

Subtitled 'The story of men in Scottish men's shed so far...' this play by Matt Dunn performed by 3in1 Theatre had a sell-out run earlier this year in August at the Black Box Theatre, Queen Margaret University, Musselburgh. Matt wrote it with men who go to men’s sheds throughout Scotland including St Andrews, Glenrothes, Galashiels, Leith, Barrhead and Stonehouse. Here's what it's all about:

"This play tells the story of what is a men’s shed and why is men’s shed so important. We follow Harry, Mike, Jim and Simon, four men later in life who decide to change the hand they have been dealt and start their own men's shed. This play is about a total loss of community and four men’s fight to bring that community back to life as they contend with their own issues of; isolation and loss of purpose. Life has changed and so must they. ‘If we want it, nobody is going to do it for us…’"

It's now been made available in book format and you can buy a copy from the 3in1 Theatre site here.

This #WorldMentalHeathDay we are reflecting on our sold out production of ‘T in the Shed’ @QMUniversity

Your #mentalhealth is important and you are worth feeling better. If your a Scottish man you’ve no excuse, get down to you local @ScottishMSA and be part of the solution! pic.twitter.com/5bZ8voGB5j

— 3in1 Theatre (@3in1theatre) October 10, 2019

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Discounted circular garden office for sale

As part of an ex-stock sale, Rotunda Roundhouses are knocking nearly £6,000 off the sale of
this 5m external diameter garden building (with a 19.5m2 footprint). Features include

• Shingles on the external wall finish
• 4x 630mm wide 900mm high aluminium windows with oak finish
• One fully glazed extra wide aluminium  front door with oak finish
• Bespoke paint finish
• Engineered oak floor

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Scottish Men's Sheds on Lorraine Kelly plus new health briefing

An interesting slot on Lorraine Kelly's eponymous ITV show this week featured radio presenter Beverley Turner, former wife of rower/Strictly dancer James Cracknell, talking about how he has recovered from his accident and about her interview/features on male mental health issues playing on Union JACK Radio this week. The whole interview is below and the couple talk about the Scottish Men's Sheds Assocation from the 3:30 point:

Meanwhile, The Glasgow Caledonian University 'Sheds for Sustainable Development Project' has out out a new policy briefing looking at findings from their study on the impacts of Men's Shed activity. You can read the whole thing here, but here's their summary:

Studies have shown that although men are more likely to faceillness and mortality, and are more likely to take part in risky behaviours than women, they are less likely to useformal healthcare. Men’s Sheds have been identified as a potential way for men to access support and take part in positive healthbehaviours in an informal ‘male friendly’environment. This briefing outlines emerging findings from in-depth interviews with 62 members of five Men’s Sheds in Scotland. Our findings suggest that the characteristics of Men’s Sheds, in offering practical and social activity in a space that is inclusive of all men, impacts on the mental health, physical health, and social wellbeing of Shed members. Findings also suggest that the supportive atmosphere of Men’s Sheds allows men to share personal challenges as well as life skills and experiences in a safe and socially acceptable environment.

Sheds in offices

This is a guest post by Jonathan Ratcliffe from Offices.co.uk

From Walt Disney to Bill Hewlett and Dava Packard, IKEA to Harley Davidson, many of today's most famous companies were founded in a garden shed. And the humble shed is not finished yet, in fact it has become the new must-have accessory in London’s trendiest workspaces.

Workspace sheds have much in common with their garden counterparts. Yes, the old chair has been upgraded to a comfy sofa and the tool chest replaced by an ‘immersive collaboration suite’. But it’s still recognisably a shed. A place where men and women will feel right at home. We have trendy workspaces in Soho with phone booths and fake grass because people do their best thinking in private spaces, and the trendy offices in London are recreating these areas for their smartest workers.

And such is the flexibility of the shed that it has been adapted to serve a variety of purposes. The Foundry in Hammersmith has turned sheds into a series of funky meeting rooms and phone booths. While Spaces Victoria has created some cool co-working pods where employees can work together to design a new interstellar moon lander or an electric tin-opener that works.

And sheds have even been used to solve that age-old problem of the open office: the person who talks too loudly on his iPhone. Thanks to ROOM, they now have a soundproofed space of their own, where they can talk as loudly as they like. 

So if you thought shedpreneurship was dead, think again. The shed is all set for another century of building, inventing, thinking, gossiping and drinking cups of tea. The shed is back!

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Writer's garden office

Another one for the black garden office folder, but also an interesting exterior design by Swift Garden Rooms for a writer working in London. It measures 5m x 3.5m and was specifically designed on the client's instructions with extra height (2.8m) and natural light. Additional features include a sliding remote-controlled roof light, security alarm and remote temperature control.
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Discount on Smart Garden Offices this month

Smart Garden Offices is offering a 5% discount on its Key Studio range (one of which is pictured above) throughout October - to qualify, you need to have a site consultation this month and thengo onto order within a month of that date. Click here to contact them directly for more information.

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