You voted in your thousands and me and the sheddies thank you.

Well here are the sheds that made it to the final list, now its up to our judges to vote on their favorites and they winner will be announced during shed week 2009! (Wed 8th July 2009 to be exact)

Normal Shed Category Winner
THE APPLE CRATE Carol and Paul,The bottom of our garden

Eco-shed Category Winner
Rammed Earth Eco-Shed Michael Thompson,Potter Heigham, Norfolk

Garden office Category Winner
Grumpy’s Palace Debs Carr,Jersey, Garden Office

Cabin Category Winner
Kite Cabin Steven Harwood,Top of the Garden

Workshop Category Winner
Workshopshed Andy,London

Unique Category Winner
The Disco Shed Peepshow Paddy,Secret Oxfordshire Hideaway

Summerhouse Category Winner
Love Shack Martin Newman,Rear Garden L/pool

Pub Shed Category Winner
Cowshed Bar & Spa Andy Butler,West Wales

Studio Category Winner
Dingly Dell Amanda Goode (Princess Tat of Tinkle Shed)

Tardis Category Winner
Tardis Paul Williams

Hut Category Winner
Hut 6 Bletchley Park Trust,Bletchley Park

Wooden Category Winner
My shed in Kenilworth Judith Medlock

Other Category Winner
West Ham Unit’sh’ed Chris Le Poidevin,On the Patio !

Congrats sheddies, if you have not emailed me your details, then please do so ASAP

Here are the other sheds in each category that came close in the public vote, sorry I can’t give actual votes as it was a secret ballot by you the sheddies.

Normal Shed - they maybe normal but your loved them

• THE APPLE CRATE Carol and Paul,The bottom of our garden - Kent
• shedalistic twizzle,bournemouth, dorset
• Witts End Lorraine Gallagher,Back Garden Wiltshire UK
• Garden Hutch Nick Nardi,Portland, OR, USA,

Eco-sheds This new category will go on from strength to strengh

• Rammed Earth Eco-Shed Michael Thompson,Potter Heigham, Norfolk
• Georgeously Gothic Jason Butler,Chester, United Kingdom
• Eco-Shed James Glave,Bowen Island, British Columbia, Canada
• housetree Rog,bottom of garden

Garden office - Worthy of any shedworker

• Grumpy’s Palace Debs Carr,Jersey
• The GrumbleShack Marcus Tyler-Moore,Garden
• Kathy’s Kabin Kathy Dale,Garden, Aberdeenshire
• The Home Office Andrew Barnwell & Sarah Parker,Conwy, North Wales

Cabin - great craftsmanship this year.

• Kite Cabin Steven Harwood,Top of the Garden, West Wales
• Potting shed Paula ,Garden
• The Shed John Hutchinson,Abergele, North Wales

Workshop - a strong category for the serious sheddie

• Workshopshed Andy,London
• Fred’s Shed Fred Spaven,Yorkshire,
• Mazzy’s Mosaic Marianne Andrews,Cholsey, Nr Wallingford, Oxford
• The SHED Chuck Witmer,Silver Spring, MD USA
• Clivey’s Shed Clive Batkin

Unique Some great ones this year - I thought Tony had the wossname on uniqueness. but you proved me wrong.

• The Disco Shed Peepshow Paddy,Secret Oxfordshire Hideaway
• The Lady Sarah Out of Worthing Reg Miller,Southend-on-Sea, Essex
• open plan daz’s dad :),england
• Hobbit Hole R Estelle,Kenai, Alaska

Summerhouse Cute and practical

• Love Shack Martin Newman,Rear Garden L/pool
• The Pip Laura ,Northland, New Zealand
• polein2fitness Wendy Litchfield,back garden of my home in Cheshire
• Clarkson Mk1 chris crowley,Ickenham, Middlesex

Pub Shed The most closely fought category this year

• Cowshed Bar & Spa Andy Butler,West Wales, Pub Shed
• The Forge and Flagon Mandy and Smudge Smith,In our secret location
• The George & The Dragon George Blackwell,Maidenhead
• DELS DEN MARTIN DELANEY,BOTTOM OF GARDEN
• The Rum Shack Simon Tarabella,Garden, Gosport

Studio - Great studios this year

• Dingly Dell Amanda Goode (Princess Tat of Tinkle Shed),Shropshire
• Dave’s Shed David Spy,Dave & Wendy’s garden
• my lil house Craig Godfrey ,london
• Attilla the Hut PETER BAGGOTT,BOTTOM OF THE GARDEN

Tardis

• Tardis Paul Williams,Newport, South Wales
• Roger & Alison’s Shed Roger Williams,Hereford
• Mission Hut Martin Ellis,Isle of Man

Hut - where were all the beach huts!
Hut 6 Bletchley Park Trust,Bletchley Park

Wooden

• My shed in Kenilworth Judith Medlock,United Kingdom
• Brinjal House Lila Das Gupta,Not far from the River Thames

Other - a bit too different for a lot of sheddies.

• West Ham Unit’sh’ed Chris Le Poidevin,On the Patio !
• The Bygones Museum Darren Stride,GT Yarmouth, Norfolk
• The chapel miss julie king,United Kingdom
• russ’s shed russ abbott,my allotment

To the rest of you did a great job and I hope we get the same effort for the new sheds added for next years comp, but remember each shed on the site (that has not won) goes forward to next years comp automatically, so get some new pictures ready!

One thing that happened this year was a lot of promotion by the sheddies of their sheds canvassing votes via facebook, twitter and their own blogs… plus on forums as different as football fans sites, welders and bikers.

For next year also I may cull a few categorys that did not many votes - and maybe change the rules so that it takes the top ten overall instead of categorys but we can look at that after my shedweek hangover!

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Good to hear that someone has spent time and money looking at this important research.. as we know here on shedblog and readersheds, drink beer is probably a little higher!

Men will spend almost three-and-a-half years of their life ‘pottering around’ in their shed or garage, according to new research.

Each week, the average bloke will ‘be busy’ in an outhouse for a whopping 12 hours and 39 minutes – a total of 27 days and 10 hours a month.

Between the ages of 30 and 76, this means men will spend a staggering 3 years, five months and two weeks tinkering in their workshop.

But more than half admit they only retire to their shed to enjoy some ‘man-time’ away from their partner or family.

And 38 per cent even lie about working on DIY projects when they are actually in there doing nothing.

Sylvia Marshall for DIY & homes website www.cosyhomesonline.com, which carried out the poll, said: ‘’The findings show just how obsessed men are with their sheds – often using them as a means of escapism from the pressures of work or family life.

“Just as women like to have pampering time or watch their favourite soap – men crave time in their shed or workshop.

“Sheds seem to be a refuge for men to while away time away from their partner or kids without having to explain themselves.

“And having DIY projects on the go tends to mean men can happily tinker away in the sheds guilt free.”

A poll of 2,000 shed or garage owners also revealed half of those sometimes spending the entire the day in the shed, and 46 per cent head straight out there as soon as they get home from work.

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Alex over at shedworking is looking for a new shed for his well, shedworking empire…

I suggest this sort of thing

If you can help get over to shedworking.co.uk to find out more.

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We have a few Straw related sheds on the site but these two caught my eye.

Strawdio

The Strawdio was built out of Strawbales and is a hybrid “loadbearing” and timber supported structure. The roof is Wild Flower Meadow sitting on a pond liner. I made it myself with the help of an army of volunteers over 2 years after going on some courses with Barbara of amazon Nails.

the straw bale shed

The owner James does not give much info on the build, only this sheddiebabble!!

May be extended underground at some point to start subterranean ‘base’…actually I would be interested to hear if anyone has used their shed as a starting point to dig underground. If the shed is conceived as a ‘retreat’, then it seems to me that psychologically the next step is to withdraw secretively into the earth itself. No?

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My last post about my visit to Cornwall, this time the great sheds at the Eden Project’s Allotment..

Come and see our allotments flourish in our Global Gardeners exhibit. Our hops will be climbing their merry way up towards the sun and our fibre-producing friends, the nettles, look very happy indeed.

Come and see our veg! Our lettuces will be looking lovely throughout May. Colourful stripes of tasty vitamins!

I first went to the Eden Project the year it opened and was looking forward to visiting again, not much changed apart from things have grown a bit.

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Some sheddies are just that little bit out of the shed.. Like Mole’s multi purpose hideaway

Our shed of about 40 long and ten feet wide. It is a split level shed built by a labour of love by Mr Mole over a period of 12 months. The shed is split into sections. We are both singers, and Steve is also a musician so the bottom shed is a soundproofed, music room complete with guitars on the wall, drums, and an array of other instruments. It also has a TV, music system and timed heating. The corner of this shed incorparates a TARDIS!! The next section, is kind of traditional and houses the lawnmower, bikes etc. Next, is the tool shed, with the top part of the shed being a gym, complete with treadmill, weights etc.

Each section of the shed has it’s own door, which is locked with keys and padlocks, all the sheds are Sound proof, carpeted, alarmed, full electrics, heated, fairy lights outside and in!! Outside is decorated with an array of unusual and interesting items, including a 10 foot spider!! There are verandas complete with a chair and a sofa from nannans house (not that we left nannas sofaless!! She got another one).

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It’s always sad to see a old/broken/rotten shed but there is some beauty in the photos of them as our Flickr Group members have seen.

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Just saw this on the BBC preview show.

Nestled deep in the heart of the Fens, on the edge of a dyke lives Fen Ben. His garden is a reflection of his eccentric soul and where he strives to live a solitary life… He is well known to the locals who are used to the strange smells and sounds coming from his dwelling as he practices the ancient art of alchemy.A winding path of reclaimed york stone takes the visitor to Fen Ben’s dwelling – a traditional Fenland shed made from reclaimed materials. Next to the shed is a lean-to with a brick furnace where Fen Ben carries out his alchemy. All around the garden you will see clues to his lifestyle and personality and items associated with a Fen Tiger’s way of life from animal traps to ice skates – the clues to Fen life are there.

More info here and here

Good look and hope they Win!

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Two Random sheds for the weekend.

An ordinary 8 x 10 garden shed converted to resemble a traditional english pub. All the usual nic-knacks and memorabilia, bar games and outside seating area on the decking

Addtional Info: The wrought iron sign ‘ By Royal Warrant’ was originally over the gates of a local brewery. Found in a skip outside another local pub.

Green Halt, Bromley London

Most of the shed is made from the skips along the road. Home improvments rule OK.

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