Sheds are generally simple affairs erected for modest purposes; a flat-pack that can – with only minimal hammered thumbs and muttered oaths – become a wee storage space for bikes, bags of topsoil, and not-quite-finished tins of paint.
Occasionally, though, in the hands of a rare breed known as ‘sheddies’, they can become the manifestation of an ambition altogether more vaulting. They might, for instance, include a bed-housing loft space or a rooftop apiary. Perhaps they'll double as a pub. And rather than overlapping plywood planks they may instead owe their construction to upturned boats, living tree trunks, or hundreds of recycled milk cartons.
Thus, creations likely to appeal to Andrew Wilcox, coiner of the ‘sheddies’ collective noun and founder of the Shed of the Year contest. Indeed, all the concepts listed…
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The Simple Things (Digital) - 1 Issue, May 2024