How to make a cheese shed

By the awardwinning The Cheese Shed.
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Victorian Bathing Hut for sale

Jeff Bird is a self-employed craftsman with a boat-building background and has recently concentrated his attention on garden buildings: his latest project is this Victorian Bathing Hut which he is now selling. "The goal in building this Victorian Bathing Hut," he says, "was to create an interesting and usable space for someone to use as a spare room, a reading room, a garden retreat, a personal studio, a work space or a study."

The frame and chassis are mainly constructed of treated timber from renewable source forests. It's all insulated and double glazed while the interior is fitted out in nautical style with lots of varnished mahogany, brass fittings and nautical artefacts. Inside, the sofa converts into two bunk beds, there is a desk and chair plus a locker and trunk for storage, as well as a wood burning stove. It comes with curtains, cushions and mattresses plus a complete 240 volt mains electrical system and wiring installed, with sockets and lighting. Do nip along and take a look at the other specs here.
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Coach Radio Podcast Studio Tour

Coach Radio Podcast Studio Tour from Justin Lukasavige on Vimeo.

A marvellous video tour around the garden office of Justin Lukasavige who says he "coaches people to do business better by using the power of their personal stories" - as well as a speaker and trainer, he hosts four online radio shows each week from his Coach Radio studio. In the video above, Justin does a wonderful job of telling his shedworking story but you can also get lots more details and photos at his site here (essentiallly, he converted an old storage shed into a very pleasant working studio for audio and video recording).
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Shedworking in The Times

A brief, though still welcome, mention for this site in a piece by Janice Turner in The Times's Bricks & Mortar supplement today. Turner talks about her delight in becoming a shedworker and the build which was done by Podspace (an example pictured above, not Turner's). Well worth buying a copy though the article is behind a paywall. Here's a snippet:

"I love locking the door knowing that this is the one room that will still be tidy when I return and where my pen will not be pinched... I love the light and the sense of being outside offered by the huge windows."

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Lean Agency: shedworkers

Andy White, runs his company Lean Agency, specialists in advertising and creative marketing communications, from his garden office El Shed in Loudwater, Buckinghamshire. "I thought you might like to see the results of the inspiration I gained from your book," he told Shedworking. "Thank you for such a thorough and enlightening book, working from a shed has changed my life. I also wanted to say a special thank you for pages 145/146 which have saved me an arm and a leg in tax!"

Lean is the perfect example of shedworking in the 21st century, operating a virtual network across the country using teams of marketing specialists to provide a local service on a national scale rather than being based in one place. "'El Shed' is much more than just a garden office," he writes on readersheds.co.uk. "It's an escape from the hustle and bustle of central London and daily commute. It's an oasis of peace and calm that swaps the blare of traffic horns for the chitter chatter of birds. It's a creative space that relaxes, inspires and invigorates. By day, 'el Shed' is the nerve centre and mission control of my advertising business. Light, airy and welcoming, it's a space that makes working a joy and relaxing easy. By night, it transforms to a luxurious home cinema, chill-out space, bar and entertainment area complete with mood lighting and surround sound hi-fi. At weekends it's a summerhouse and extra living space that works all year round, come rain or shine."

He continues:

"When the lease on my central London office came up for renewal I had the choice of either signing up for a huge increase in rent and overheads, or taking the plunge and moving my business to a different location. After months of searching, I realised the answer was on my doorstep. Or to be more precise, at the bottom of my garden. Running my business from home presented the perfect solution. Not only would it allow us to control costs and offer clients better value for money, but also save me up to 4 hours a day spent commuting."

Impressively, Andy designed and built the garden office himself (with lots of help from friends and family and even clients). You can see his entry on readersheds.co.uk where there are lots of photos of the build and a full description of how he did it.

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Ros Clarke: shedworker

Ros Clarke describes herself as "a writer, a student, a church worker, a crafter, a blogger, a twitterer, a lazy gardener, an appalling housekeeper" and she does it all (well, some of it) from her new garden office, a shepherd's hut from The Old Post Office Farm Shepherd's Huts.

Ros also actually lives in a shed (indeed her domain name is theoldshed.me), a 16th century sheep hut on her parents' farm in Staffordshire which they converted for her. "The Shed that I live in is lovely, but tiny," she says. She had been working on a 90cm dining table but the clutter was taking over, hence the need for the move to shedworking. "It will have plenty of room for my desk and my bookshelves and No Distractions. The window will look out over the farm."
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King Pavilion: shedworking in the woods

The lovely octagonal King Pavilion was designed and built by Seattle-based Bosworth Hoedemaker as a garden office, music room and retreat with a window bench circling the space. The 14ft windows offer marvellous views of the surrounding hillside and there is also a small hall and cellar as well as the main room. The height of the central chandelier (see bottom photo) can be adjusted.

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