Month: June 2010

The BBC, Sian & Bill, Alex from shedworking & Social media and some sheds

Today’s great coverage of shedworking on the BBC breakfast show showed that sheds are sometimes taken seriously in the mainstream media. But it was their use of social media to get the information together from their viewers via their facebook, twitter and flickr pages that impressed me, but having the televisual platform to pop the… Continue reading The BBC, Sian & Bill, Alex from shedworking & Social media and some sheds

Pre #shedweek Shed.TV all channels love the sheds #myshed

Alex shedworking gnu and Shed of the year judge will be on BBC breakfast tomorrow… The nice folk at  BBC Breakfast will be talking about the Shedworking book, garden offices and sheds in general at 6.50am, 7.50am and indeed 8.50am tomorrow (Wednesday). They’re also inviting viewers to submit their own sheds to their Flickr group,… Continue reading Pre #shedweek Shed.TV all channels love the sheds #myshed

Tesco offer DIY flatpack home for £9,999 – it’s really a big shed

The dailymail “reports” Supermarket giant Tesco is well known for selling everything a shopper could need – and now that includes property as they offer a DIY flat-pack home. The company, better known for selling groceries, wine, clothes and electronics, has launched a range of large, self-assembly log cabin style residences. Shoppers can pick up… Continue reading Tesco offer DIY flatpack home for £9,999 – it’s really a big shed

Remember that artist who covered sheds in Fabric? well she is back

The artist Elena Thomas who covered some allotment garden sheds in fabric some months ago is back. ” We have some fantastic shed related events coming up and thought you’d like to know about them: The first is the debut of Shed Songs, a live performance by Dan Whitehouse in one of my sheds at… Continue reading Remember that artist who covered sheds in Fabric? well she is back