Shed art: Nathaniel Rackowe

Nathaniel Rackowe's Black Shed and Black Shed Expanded. Sculptures in steel scaffolding, timber, bitumen, paint and fluorescent light. h: 350 x w: 350 x d: 250 cm / h: 137.8 x w: 137.8 x d: 98.4 in.
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The birth of a garden office

Here are the first design thoughts of Dave Cornett from Snow Architects about how his own garden office might look. We're hoping to follow the build here on Shedworking as it leaves the drawing board through to completion.
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Medieval garden office

A remarkable garden office pottery studio by Brian Clark from Hastings who runs Garden Cottages with his son Chris. Each design is entirely bespoke but the basic model is 5m by 3m. Brian has a long history of working in wood: he started a pine furniture store in Camden Lock in the 1980s and has worked as a carpenter since 1979.
Via The Sun

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New Forest Hut Company (video)

A nice look inside a shepherd's hut from the New Forest Hut Company, a family business run by carpenter/craftsman Nick Williams and his sister, Tina Hunt, a qualified painter and decorator.

Jacobean walnut garden office

Most garden offices tend to look fairly similar on the outside, usually a pleasant shade of green or simply 'wood' colour. But here's an interesting example from Cabin Living of one n Surbiton, south west London painted in Jacobean walnut by Sadolin (it's the company's Cheltenham log cabin model lowered to 2.5m ridge height for planning reasons). Also intriguing is the flooring, solid oak 18mm by Wickes.
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Cupar Ceramic Co: shedworkers

The Cupar Ceramic Co is run by Diane from her garden office in Cupar, Fife. It was built by local experts Saltire Stables to be what Diane calls a "garage/workshop/pottery studio/summerhouse" that shes designed herself and in which she makes her pottery. "We decided to build it as when we bought the house the original garage was about to fall down," she says. "So we decided to design a new garage. The original designs were done on the back of an envelope and Saltire helped us make them a reality. They were very patient and helpful and worked with us until we were happy with the final design.

"We wanted the building to still be a double garage if we or anyone in the future wanted to use it for that, hence the two sets of doors at the front. But we also wanted to use it for a art studio, summerhouse and workshop. We have two sets of glass doors opening up onto a deck and four long windows along the length which means we can sit in the studio and summerhouse and look out into the garden. The summerhouse takes up about a quarter of the garage and has a kettle, microwave, sofa and table insode. It's so relaxing to sit and read the Sunday papers there or on the deck. It's also a great place to hold a party or barbecue!"
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Suffolk Shepherds Huts (screencast)

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