Garden office piano

A piano-shaped Nordic Noir model from Garden2Office (tapered at the back to fit the garden) for a professional pianist in Mornington Crescent, London. It features a grass roof and two layers of sound-bloc plasterboard with a sandwich of acoustic foam matting. The water butt is an old galvanised steel water tank planted with reeds and lillies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Wheelless shepherds' huts

If you like the shepherds' hut curved roof vibe but don't actually want a shepherd's hut to work in as a garden office, then it's worth taking a look at this model from The English Shepherds Hut Company via its sister company Timberpad. Because hey don't have a wheeled chassis, there is more flexibility in terms of design possibiliteis. The one above has a 6m x 3m interior and, nice touch, a heated oak floor, the one below is for Norfolk textile specialists Textile Spirit, a workshop studio which needs particularly good storage, generous work space and worktops, and impressive lighting.

At the same time it's cleverly just small enough to avoid full building regulations high jinks and the curved roof also helps with Permitted Development issues.. Elsewhere there is a solid oak floor, double glazed French doors and two very large windows. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Shedworking in iNews: The unusually creative ways people work from home

Shedworking was happy to help out iNews (the online branch of the 'i' newspaper for which our staff once worked) with this piece about the best places to work at home. Unsurprisingly, we went for garden offices. Also a nice mention for Archie Workman and his canal boat at Gamechanger. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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New shedworking column in The Idler magazine

The Idler magazine was the first national title to cover the birth of The Shed magazine, the pdf magazine forerunner to Shedworking's online home here. So we were delighted when longtime friend of this site Tom Hodgkinson asked the staff to write a regular column about the delights of garden offices/buildings and microarchitecture in general for the magazine. The first column is now out in the latest issue which you can buy or subscribe to here. The magazine has a nice hefty book feel to it (though not too weighty) and also features writing from Michael Palin, William Boyd, Jo Lo Dico and Bill Drummond, plus an interview with Chris Donald (editor and founder of Viz), Lucy Birley on fashion, Nicholas Lezard on the radio and a new beer column. In the next one I'll be looking at how to make your own garden office. ----------------------------------------------------

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Workplace Trends Conference 2017: Wellbeing & Productivity

Though not specifically for shedworkers, the Workplace Trends Conference always has sessions of interest to all those with garden offices (or who work remotely) and the concept of shedworking is often raised. This year the conference is focusing on wellbeing and productivity with various presentations from expert folk, plus good networking opportunities. Among the sessions are:

* Re-Thinking Nature for the Workplace - a look at how we can ‘learn from nature’ to come up with hi and low-tech solutions for workplaces

* Oliver Heath on Biophilic Design – how to improve our connection with nature in the workplace

* Friend of Shedworking Nigel Oseland on Creating Environments for Collaboration, Creativity and Concentration

And another FoS, Su Butcher from Just Practising, will be live tweeting the whole thing at #wtrends

It's all happening at Kings Place in London, on March 22 from 10am to 5.30pm. Click here for details. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Wikkelhouse: Garden office made out of recycled cardboard

The Wikkelhouse (from the Dutch for 'wrapping') comes from Amsterdam-based Fiction Factory and is made from virgin fiber paperboard, dozens of layers of recycled corrugated cardboard which are wrapped around special moulds. On top of this is a shell of wooden slats. It's strong, it's long-lasting, and it doesn't get soggy if it drizzles. There's a modular element too so it's easy to adjust the size - the smaller versions are specifically targeted at the garden office and shedworking market, but larger ones can incorporate kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms for tiny living.

Wikkelhouse from Wikkelhouse on Vimeo. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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Shed Box of Delights: Concrete dovecote/children's playhouse

This week's little beauty is a former concrete dovecote repurposed by AZO Sequeira Arquitectos Associados into a playhouse for children. More photos at the link. --------------------------------------------------------

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