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From apartment therapy

a teen’s(?) parents hired architecture firm, H²O architectes, to redesign/convert their backyard garden shed into a four level living quarter, complete with a sleeping loft, small office/study and a bathroom..

Not sure if it was really a shed , but it’s a greats build..

More pics here

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On the Grand designs live show last night the wonderful Black sheep house which was a converted shed won it’s Conversion category.

congrats to all involved… a great example of shed and nature in one.

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The daily mail reports

A woman has been evicted from her home for letting the weeds in her garden grow so high they can be seen from space.

The ten foot-high undergrowth in Rachel McGarie’s backyard has swamped a six foot child’s swing, a garden shed and reach the window of the flat on the floor above her.

The 29-year-old who has not managed the foliage for six years is now living with a dense mass of brambles that can be recognised on satellite map Google Earth and has been evicted by her housing association.

The local council in Yate near Bristol repeatedly warned her of the consequences if she continued to let the weeds growing.

Managing the garden was part of Ms McGarie’s tenancy agreement when she moved into the two-bedroom flat approximately a decade ago.

Merlin Housing Society, which owns the property, took legal action against her last month and after a hearing at Bristol County Court she moved out on April 18th.

Roy Didcott who lives in the flat above claims he could pick blackberries from his window.

The 63-year-old said: “I even took photos of the front garden because it was getting overgrown and sent them to the council.

Image on the mail site...

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The brighton Argus says

First it was school places - now a council is to allocate dozens of new beach huts using a lottery system.

Brighton and Hove City Council has applied to build another 26 beach huts near Hove Lagoon.

And if as expected demand exceeds supply, the new lucky owners will be selected by a random draw.

Beach huts fetch up to £12,000 on the market, and estate agents Callaways, which sells many of the city’s shelters, said that demand remains strong.

One beach hut in Suffolk sold for £80,000 last month after going on the market at £65,000.

Estate agent John Weeks said: “They are not going as quickly as last year when money was a bit freer but they are still selling.
“The price depends on the location, but the highest price is about £12,000.”

Callaways currently has five beach huts on the market.

The council has submitted two competing planning applications for the same site on the Western Esplanade - one for 26 beach huts and the other for 24 huts and a boat house.

A decision is expected by June 9.

The council owns the land and licences are granted to place a beach hut there.

The licence is £220 and comes with a host of conditions to maintain the colourful seafront buildings.

Owners must be residents of Brighton and Hove and cannot own more than one beach hut.

When the new huts are ready a lottery will be advertised to allow people to register.

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“Beer O’clock” in Britain is 6.14pm, new research revealed today.

That’s the time the average drinker makes it to the bar after work, according to a survey.
The research also found Britons spend longer in the pub than their continental neighbours.
The survey of drinking habits across Europe found drinkers in this country spent an average of four hours 27 minutes in the pub.

On average British drinkers leave the pub around 10.30pm.

Spanish drinkers have their first drink at 5.45pm, and the French start drinking around 6pm.
In France they spend an average of around two hours 35 minutes drinking and in Holland three hours 30 minutes.

In Denmark, drinkers arrive in the pub at 4.40pm and don’t leave until 10.45pm - an average of more than six hours.

The research, by SAB Miller, also found Brits were more likely to go to the pub on Friday than on any other day.

And it revealed one in ten workers in Britain have a pint at lunchtime, compared to more than 20% of Danes and 18% of Spaniards.

It found around half the alcohol consumed in the UK was drunk in beer. The French drink only 15% of their alcohol in beer, and the Czechs nearly 65%.

:: SAB Miller surveyed 7,500 people in 15 countries.

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After the many reports of about cleaner toilets then your keyboard Alex has some advice for the shedworker.

Consider the state of my special keyboard at work, I think working from the shed would do me the world of good.

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Shed of the Year judge and of course windup things Inventor Trevor Baylis explains the story behind the Eco Media Player.

You can buy them from Natural Collection

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I am thinking of getting one of those Asus EE PC for writing in the shed and web browsing.

Have any of you sheddies got one, what do you think of it, any tips etc?

Also I would use it for reading books and the like one of those Amazon Kindle

but as I have to wait until it comes out over here in the UK, I think a ultra portable machine would do.

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Homebase has the following sale on at the moment

20% off barbeques

20% off patio heaters

25% off showers

10% off all sheds

1/3 off garden furniture

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This story on Boingboing about Artist Nina Katchadourian who tried repairing spider webs with thread, but her efforts were rebuffed: “My repairs were always rejected by the spider and discarded, usually during the course of the night, even in webs which looked abandoned.”

Image from Nina’s site, nice looking shed BTW

Of course all sheddies know that spiders and their webs are a sacred part of the shedworld. and should not be tampered with.

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