Moving a garden office

Some garden office suppliers point out that garden offices can be relocated relatively easily, but to be honest we've never heard of that happening. Which is why we were interested to hear about Heidi and Klaus's experience (we covered their thoughts about a second garden office earlier this year).

For their previous home they had bought a garden office which was built by a specialist garden office supplier but this time they were confident enough to go down the selfbuild route using a kit from Dunster House. They put it in place, partially built it, treated it and then... decided to move it further down the garden, as pictured above. Here's what Heidi says:

"Our neighbours started this off by expressing some “deep concerns regarding their Georgian view” – a little odd considering we back onto a 80s housing estate and 70s school, but we know what they mean. However that made us think about moving it to the back more seriously. We’d avoided it because there was a huge mound of earth at the end which needed levelling and we couldn’t face it. But having the office where it currently is does cut off much of the garden and make it seem much smaller. So change of plan, agree with neighbours, let's move it."

You can read the rest of what happened (don't worry there's a happy ending) at their blog here and how mybuilder.com helped them.
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Children's playshed built of old books

More details over at Bookshelf, Shedworking's first satellite site.
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How to build a shed under a deck

Not the most common of problems but if this is a challenge you face then do hurry along to the Panofish blog (and at custommade.com) which shows picture by picture a truly smart piece of work and includes free Sketchup plans for the job.
Thanks to Andy at the excellent Workshopshed.com for the alert.
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How to build a recycled shed

There's a nice little look at how Lisa Phipps in Port Orchard, Washington has used salvaged materials to build her garden shed at Sunset.com and in particular how she has built up the garden around it. Well worth a browse.
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The best shedworking view in the world?

It would be hard to beat this view from the 17th century grotto/viewing house at Rydal Hall in Cumbria (which also has some rather spectacular gardens designed by Thomas Mawson). The waterfall seen through the window was one of William Wordsworth's favourite spots.
The atmospheric photos are courtesy of architectural/garden historian Sarah Whittingham
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Children's sheds: A Place Imagined

The finest blog about children's play structures and sheds is A Place Imagined which is run by Holly Gomez and an absolute must for anybody interested in sheds and shedworking. Here's what she says about its aims:

Artist and writers have been known to escape to their hut where they create masterpieces in secret. They enter into a world of their own in touch with nature but detached from everything else. I have often wondered if the simplicity of a hut somehow encourages us to look inward where we find a creative energy that is then released back into the world. I daydream about creating these spaces that slow us down, spaces that make us see. It is my hope that this place, A Place Imagined, will encourage children as well as adults to pause for a moment and create.

Recently featured is the tree stump playhouse made out of, well, a tree stump, and this incredible castle playhouse below built using wooden 'stones' made by hand as well as other salvaged materials.

Be prepared to lose a significant part of your day exploring the site.
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The Start Up Kit for homeworkers

Friend of Shedworking, Enterprise Nation announced its joint-venture project Brightword Publishing last month and its first offering is a Start Up Kit for shedworkers and other homeworkers out in December - it costs £25 but the savings inside are worth £150 including a bank account pre-loaded with £25 and £30 of Google AdWords as well as one of EN founder Emma Jones's tip top books. You can even preorder it for £21.25 + postage at their site here or later in the year at leading book stores, O2 shops, online on Amazon, Enterprise Nation and other small business websites.
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