A House for Edwin Denby

Regular Shedworking reader Arne König writes from Sweden that the Thoreau inspired cabin featured on the site earlier this week made him think of this cabin in southern Swede. It's an art installation by Robert Wilson called A House for Edwin Denby which is sited in the sculpture park at the Wanås Konst – Center for Art & Learning in Skåne. A celebration of the life and work of the Amerian poet and critic, it has a simple Shaker feel but as you approach loudspeakers relay a text of Wilson reading a text. You can't actually go into the building, but you can peer through to see a chair and table.

Photo: Anders Norrsell

A House for Edwin Denby av Robert Wilson from Ljudplanering on Vimeo.

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Cabin for Winter Wonderland in Hyde Park (video)

Mark Burton from Tiny House UK has been busy this week in London's Hyde Park building a cabin for the Winter Wonderland celebrations which open tomorrow. The video below shows the team at work.

Cabin Kit Build at Winter Wonderland, Hyde park London from Mark Burton on Vimeo.

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Urban Botanics - garden office gardening

Research consistently shows that greenery in the workplace - however small that may be - is good for our health. Indeed, many shedworkers are also keen gardeners. But whether you're already pretty experienced with a trug or just wondering what might work in the limited space inside your garden office, Urban Botanics by Emma Sibley (Aurum Press) is well worth a look and certainly worthy of a place on your shed bookshelf.

Essentially it's a lovely plant guide, with atmospheric full page illustrations over its 150 pages by Maaike Koster  (to be honest, it's quite relaxing simply looking at her art work) and very readable text by Emma Sibley, founder of London Terrariums. They have picked 70 different plants including succulents, cacti, flowering and foliage plants so there will be something for whatever size garden office you work in. Among the choices are the Bunny Ears Cactus, Copper Pinwheel, and Swiss Cheese Plant. Each one gets a double page spread with enough relevant information about what it is and how to look after it without vast quantities of text to wade through. Recommended.

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Nomad Cabin

With a strong nod to the Godfather of shedworking Henry Thoreau and his Walden project, Out of the Valley design and build what they call 'environmentally sensitive spaces' using a mixture of traditional craftsmanship and modern construction techniques, as well as local materials and timber - these would be ideal as garden offices. As they say: "Simple modest living brings qualities to life that often we can not name. Our rural studio and workshop designs and builds places to dwell and nourish, preserve and enhance." The cabins are off-grid and use solar power.

Pictured above and below in the video is the mobile Nomad Cabin but there are several other designs including:

* Oak Cabin - with oak flooring and verandah, bi-fold doors, canvas awning, king size bed and mezzanine

* Estuary Cabin - clad in charred larch with oak interior, and woodburning stove

* Larch Shelter - birch ply vaulted ceiling and walls

On the move, delivery day.

A post shared by PLACES TO DWELL (@outofthevalley_) on Nov 3, 2017 at 5:51am PDT

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The Alfresco Pod

Here is the Alfresco Pod from Landpod, coming in at 1.5m x 3m x 2.5. It's roomy enough to seat six and is made from timber and weatherproof green cotton canvas. Features include a wine rack, table, motion sensor LED light, and two porthole windows. Extras include additional bench seats and a larch cladded roof. Its adjustable legs mean it does not need to be sited on flat ground or require foundations. And here it is in action below:
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The joy of garden offices

Garden office finally completed. After many years I can be a commuter again! 😀 pic.twitter.com/vQUuaDs0yK

— Alan Pollock (@AlanPollockUK) November 12, 2017

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Garden room workshop for a jewellery maker

Here's a rather nice garden room workshop that Miniature Manors built for a jewellery maker in Sussex. The structure is clad in cedar externally and has OSB walls internally. As all of their designs are bespoke, MM chose the OSB as it is a good material for hiding dirt in a workshop and also looks great in a workshop environment. The client was renting a workshop, but opted to have one of MM's garden rooms at home as a long-term, cost effective solution.

The full spec:

• 6.2 metre by 4.5 metre garden workshop
• Height of 2.5 metres 
• Concrete base
• Flat EPDM rubber roof
• Walls, floor and ceiling fully insulated with 50mm celotex
• Tyvek breathable membrane wrapped around structure for ventiliation
• External walls vertically cladded in red western cedar sourced from sustainable forests
• Internal walls boarded with OSB 
• Electrics including 8 double sockets, internal & external spotlights
• Electrical connection to the house
• Guttering connected to water butt 
• Double-glazed uPVC French Doors
• Three double-glazed uPVC windows
• Mositure-resistant laminate flooring

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