Hallowe'en in a shepherd's hut

A nice piece by Richard Lee from Plankbridge about returning to visit the owner of a local Dorset shepherd's hut bought some time ago and now used as a work-from-home garden office for a keen fly fisherman. Here's a snippet:

It was interesting to hear about the little things, of how he likes to not have a kettle inside the hut which makes him get up from time to time to walk back to the house, breaking up his day when working from home. The small electric heater is more than enough in such a well-insulated space, ticking away on a thermostat without the hassle of making up a wood burning stove. The added expenditure on a really good quality office chair which makes sitting at the desk a pleasure, and the ergonomics of having things to hand, all add up to make this his perfect place to retreat to.

Well worth a quick look - link at top of the post. 

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Roomy

One of the most interesting items on display this past week at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven was 'Roomy' from Rotterdam-based FIX. Not many details available at the moment but it's wooden modular prefab which they describe as 'plug & play', the smallest design in their housing system catalogue.

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Artist's garden studio hits major planning problems

The necessity of getting all your paperwork right when building a garden office is highlighted in an article at Homebuilding & Renovating. As they report, although the owner - who lives in Scotland - received approval from his housing association to build the garden studio, he didn't apply for similar permission from his local authority. And now that retroactive permission has been denied which means he is taking his case to a higher court. If you're in Scotland and in a similar situation, it's well worth clicking the link above to read the full details of the case.

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Dylan Thomas's writing hut postcard

Not easy to find, but worth hunting through postcards in secondhard shops just in case. A rather fine example of the garden office genre.

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Cathy MacLennan's garden office photography

We've featured Cathy MacLennan's marvellous garden office photography previously on Shedworking and here's another fine example. Here's what she says about it: "Autumnal footpath to my garden studio. The leaves are fluttering down in large numbers on this very blustery day - looks cosy!"

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Environmentally-friendly garden office

A beautiful, simple, and ethical garden office designed and built by Tunbridge Wells-based AOMD. As well as a marvellous place to work, it's a design statement aiming to use recycled and natural materials as much as possible and leaving out as much plastic, concrete, etc, as possible. The 14m2 weatherboarded Douglas fir build blends in extraordinarily well to its surroundings and features include a large picture window, interior wood panelling, hemp insulation, and recycled plastic matting foundations. 

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Irish Amish garden office for sale in Dublin

An intriguing garden office in Dublin is on the market, built in the back garden of a three bedroom townhouse which is on with DNG for €675,000.

The home office was built during the first covid outbreak as a lockdown project, initially as a third bedroom but developing into an office space. All the timber cladding was provided by Ideal Woodcrafts in Waterford which is operated by a group of Amish-Mennonite families - the Amish-Mennonite community there was founded by an Irish American in 1992. They have one of the more unusual About Us pages:

At Ideal Woodcrafts, our primary goal is to bring glory to our Creator, God, in all aspects of life. We do this by crafting high quality products from natural materials, delivering those products on time, and by meeting your expectations with our customer service.

The garden office features southern yellow pine, standing seam clad roof, fully wired and insulated.