The official blog of Shed of the year (now in it's 20th year)
June is National Camping Month, and it has been observed each June since the 1970s as a way to encourage more people to get outdoors and enjoy camping in all its forms. What began...
Energy bills are a touchy subject for most of us at the moment. With price caps shifting and grid reliance feeling less stable by the day, the dream of true energy independence is more...
World Environment Day arrives on 5 June, giving us the perfect excuse to look at our favourite garden structures with fresh eyes. As sheddies, we spend hours tweaking, organising, and enjoying our outbuildings. But...
If you think plug-in solar is the limit for backyard green energy, it is time to think bigger. A brilliant new video by YouTuber MIKEBOLT showcases a massive upgrade to standard garden setups: a...
The unprecedented May heatwave has caught the country completely off guard. With provisional records completely smashed as Kew Gardens hit 35.1°C, the British public has taken to Google to figure out how to survive....
For amateur astronomers across the United Kingdom, there is a familiar, recurring nightmare. You wait weeks for a clear, crisp, and cloudless night. When it finally arrives, you spend a freezing hour dragging heavy...
We’ve noticed a trend in our search traffic lately—a lot of our readers from the USA have been landing on our sister site while searching for “catios,” perhaps thinking our classic British garden sheds...
We have had a nice feature in Northern Life magazine. “The only magazine that bridges the gap between Lancashire and Yorkshire,” The much-loved Shed of the Year is celebrating its 20th anniversary – launching with...
Over the past twenty years of Shed of the Year, Sheddies have stretched the definition of “shed” in just about every direction imaginable. But there’s one particular breed of entry that keeps drifting back...
What Can You Live Without? There’s a Norwegian architect you’ve probably never heard of, but she understoodsheds better than most people ever will. Wenche Selmer (1920–1998) spent her career designing timber cabins in Norway....
First things first: you absolutely do not need a video to enter Shed of the Year. Brilliant photos tell a brilliant story, and plenty of our finest winners have never filmed a single frame....
If you know where to look, RHS Chelsea Flower Show is one of the best garden building showcases in the country and also the poshest, with gardens 99% of sheddies could never think about...
Right. We talk about shed projects a lot on here. We’ve covered the bloke who built a pub. The woman who turned a lean-to into a pottery studio. The retired teacher has the full-size...
I doubt we will ever see Shed of the year again on TV or even YouTube, but Channel 4 have put up a video of Sir Kevin McCloud’s Man Made Home all the way...
There was a time when every bit of tech looked the same. Slim black laptop, shiny screen, no personality whatsoever. But now a strange and brilliant trend is escaping the darker corners of the...
As the days stretch out and the golden hour lingers, we all want a garden that looks like it belongs in a glossy magazine. However, if you’re a regular reader of the Shedblog, you...
