See an Oazis garden office being built

You can watch how the the fine folk at Oazis Garden Studios turn what they call "a pallet of precision cut components" which weighs over two tonnes into an Oazis garden office at one of their new show sites which are opening in February in Tunbridge Wells and Knockholt near Sevenoaks. They are planning more show sites around the UK and you can also catch up with them at their stand at The National Homebuilding & Renovating Show at the NEC Birmingham at the end of March. Contact Oazis for more details here or ring 0845 0707 313.

Pictured above is an early concept sketch for an Oazis garden office designed by Veljko Linta. More details about it here.
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Amicus: Roger Gale's bookshop shed

Many readers will enjoy the twin delights of a shedworking business which sells books. Roger Gale runs his Amicus bookshop in Western Canada, specialising in antiquarian travel books and ephemera, from a 240 square foot refurbished garage in which he has installed floor-to-ceiling shelving and artifacts. You can read an excellent interview with him online at Westworld. Amicus is open by appointment only.
Thanks to Fiona Gilsenan for the alert
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A gallery of shedlike atmospheres

There's a lovely gallery of garden office and potting shed ideas at Better Homes and Garden including a marvellous two storey shedworking atmosphere.
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Potting Shed by Silver Cocoon

A lovely potting shed/garden office by architects, jewellers and interior designers Silver Cocoon
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The Longhirst Project: garden office

 A lovely garden office designed and built in South London by The Longhirst Project (whose website has some other marvellous shedlike structures) for a shedworker who runs a print management business. The original spec included a bicycle store, fully opening corner bi-folding doors, cantilevered (and green) roof and a large deck/seating area. The whole building is clad in tropical hardwood IPE and among the features are an electric roof vent to help with extra ventilation on warmer days, and state of the art electric underfloor heating. Lots more photos at their Flickr site here.

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Australian floods move shed

Floodwaters moved a shed across the road in Glamorganvale, near Ipswich, Australia, according to an ABC report by Brett Williamson. Local resident Mike Skerry explains how the local Fire Service's equipment shed (and its concrete slab base) was shifted to the other side of the main road. Impressively, the shed was undamaged and the concrete slab uncracked.  "When the shed floated through, you sort of sit there and go ... 'Am I seeing right?' he said.
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Western Australia recycled shedworking

George, a reader of Shedworking from Western Australia, has sent in details of a garden office he built for his eldest son who runs his electronic repair business inside it. Here's what George says:

"I used to drive an old pick up. Whenever I saw anything useful, I would pick it up and store it at home. Off cuts of limestone blocks from building site rubbish piles, old window frames from the local tip shop and or demolitions yards. The local rubbish tips, like many tips around the world today, have tip shops where you are able to buy building materials, old furniture and the like, that people where going to throw out. Less stuff goes to land fill and it is a good source of materials.

The floor is recycled bricks that I collected over the past few years. The windows are from demolitions and the tip. The small back wall is from limestone blocks left over from other jobs or again ex demolition. Some of the wood from the frame is from a neighbours demolished pergola and the rest is plantation timber pine. In Western Australia it gets hot in summer so keeping heat out is a problem at times. I insulated the wall cavities with insulation made from recycled glass. It is very effective, but horrible stuff to use, even with gloves. The roof is white colourbond which helps reflect the sun. All the walls and roof have a layer of reflective sarking under the outer panelling which also helps keep the heat out. Painting the whole thing white also helps.

I drew up the plans based on the idea of an old bathing hut. The floor plan is shaped to fit the area of the garden the shed sits in. It is now powered and quite functional."

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