Boatanic

Working on water is a popular concept and while Boatanic is not strictly a shedworking atmosphere, it does point the way to the potential for watery 'garden' offices. In brief, Boatanic reuses old tourist boats and turns them into floating greenhouses/markets using solar, wind and frying fat power. It's currently based in the Netherlands but the owners believe it could catch on in cities around the world. It's a marvellous idea and the web site is well worth a browse.


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Harveys at Woodside

While there is much to be said for the futuristic garden offices that catch the eye, there is also plenty in favour of the more traditional shed design. Harveys are among those suppliers that provide sheds which look very much like traditional sheds, although there is a bespoke element. And of course there's insulated walls, roof and floors, doubleglazed doors and window, and the option of a vaulted ceiling.


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Combining work and pleasure

A new work and leisure garden studio currently being designed for a client by Atelier Garden Studios.


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Jeremy Dyson: shedworker

League of Gentleman writer and novelist Jeremy Dyson is a shedworker as he tells Metro:

I have an office at the bottom of the garden. It’s a glorified shed. A comfortable shed. I’ve been inspired by Andy Nyman’s work room, which is the most fun place to be in the world, full of magic books, props and all kinds of film posters.

Working from home, are you easily distracted?

I used to be like that in The League Of Gentlemen days. Me and Mark [Gatiss] used to have quite a relaxed writing schedule that involved a lot of Bargain Hunt but it hasn’t been like that for a long time. I have to be quite disciplined. I try to break it up though – I like playing keyboards, so I might do 20 minutes writing then have a fiddle.

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Jamie Smith: shedworker

Illustrator Jamie Smith is also a shedworker and has illustrated over 100 children's books including the series featuring child detective Jigsaw Jones by James Preller - you may also have seen her work for BBC magazines as well as ceramics and toys for Whittard of Chelsea. Here's what she says about her garden office:

After spending a couple of years living in Italy, I now reside in Godalming, working from a studio so messy it would turn any mother's hair white.

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Green shedworking (video)

Here I am, reading a bit from the Shedworking book about green shedworking.


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Retreasure me

Aedín Twamley from Retreasure me in Dublin writes about her intriguing shedworkingesque set-up pictured above:

We don't actually work in a shed, but we built a timber-clad extension a couple of years ago for the kitchen diningroom and put a deck down the side of it with doors to the old dining-come-everything room which is now our workplace - I moved my office out onto the deck and under a parasol this week.

Also, in Winter the study/home office gets pretty cold even on a sunny day so it's great to take tea-breaks in the greenhouse to heat up or do a bit of thinking (too bright for the laptop!). Funnily enough we are actually now trying to plan a shed for the corner of the garden - but for storage (I know, what an odd thing to use a shed for). We have a strange pointy corner of the garden with big metal doors and a slab of concrete in front of them from an old metal shed belonging to our predecessor - we hope to build something wooden to tidy up and make the most use of that corner, whilst providing storage. My husband would also like to incorporate an overhang to sit under in the rain!

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