Shed’onomics: Shed of the Year report

Nice infographic thingy. See the full story in The Independent. Monday posts are sponsored by garden2office, the Swedish garden office specialists. Click here for more details.

A dating service for shedworkers

Well, maybe not exactly, but it's certainly for people who live in shedlike atmospheres. Find out more about Tiny House Dating at Kent's Tiny House Blog where he interviews Kai Rostcheck who has come up with the novel idea. Here's a snippet:

"While researching the tiny house movement, I noticed several themes. One of them was that “other people” just don’t understand our values. Tiny House Enthusiasts on several different blogs and forums commented that they are confident and fulfilled by decisions they have made on their own, but when it comes to companionship something’s missing. They were having a hard time meeting people who shared their perspective on what’s important, so first dates rarely went much further."

Well worth a read and a look at the site once it's not totally swamped as it appears to be at the moment. ----------------------------------------------------------

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Solar Powered Tiny House

Here's Tiny House UK's first  fully off grid Tiny House, all powered by a 2.4kw Antaris solar kit with three panels on the roof to charge the six batteries during the day. When fully charged, it apparently holds enough power to boil a kettle for an hour continuously. Lots more details at their post here.

Those interested in tiny houses should also take a look at this article at grist, 'How tiny house communities can work for both the haves and the have nots'. Quite a long read but well worth a couple of minutes of your time.


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The decline of the commute

Despite the average distance travelled to work increasing, a smaller proportion of workers made a regular commute in 2011 (81%) than they did 10 years ago (86%), according to new figures from the Office for National Statistics gathered from the most recent census.

This was caused largely by the fact that the number of people who worked from home increased by a quarter.

However, interestingly, commuters now travel further to work than 10 years ago (see graph above). Commuters in the Midlands and the South West had the largest increase in average distance travelled to work at 2.2km further than in 2001, while those in the East of England travelled the furthest to work on average, at 17.3km. Commuters in only four regions travelled, on average, further than 16km to work in 2011, those in the East of England, Wales, South East and North East.

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Poetry Potting Shed

The Poetry Potting Shed comes from Spoke, a new poetry and spoken word programme offering people in East London an opportunity to watch, perform and develop careers in spoken word and performance poetry in and around the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Special guests include Michael Rosen and Niall O’Sullivan. Lots more information at their site. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Dylan Thomas' shed on tour: video

We reported back in January about how the 'garden office' shed belonging to Dylan Thomas was going on the road and now the venerable BBC has put together a rather nice video of it on tour which you can see here.
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Melanie Lark Ellis: shedworker

A nice piece by winner of this week's award for best regional property writer Sharon Dale in the Yorkshire Post focuses on Leeds-based Melanie Lark Ellis and her business Spring Lark. Here's a snippet:

“Now I supply shops in and outside of Yorkshire and I spend six hours a day in the shed working. Having the insulation and heater is crucial,” says Melanie, who studied art and design at Leeds Metropolitan University. When she’s extra busy, she moves the Janome sewing machine into the house for the evening so she can multi-task and keep an eye on her two sons, Theo, ten, and seven-year-old Kieron."

Well worth a read and a look at the nice gallery they've put together. ----------------------------------------------------------

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