The things some people do with their sheds will have you thinking that your next spare room in London should really be a spare shed! Check out these seven ways to make sure your shed isn’t just common or garden.
1. Star gazing
Many budding astronomers turn their sheds into tiny observatories. Searching for Accretion Disks is a lot more comfortable in a cosy shed than sitting under the clear winter sky. Here’s how to DIY.
2. Lighting mood
The right lighting is the difference between a shed and a garden nirvana. Make the most of long summer dusks with fairy lights and candles. For more in depth lighting ideas, check out this bog post.
3. Intelligent Storage
Maybe, like most of us, you just use your shed for storage and not astronomy. Check out this amazing app called What’s In My Shed. It organises your space to make sure that your garden-castle doesn’t descend into that heap of old paint tins, rusty garden tools and broken bicycles that we all know so well.
4. Sky lights
If you are going for a shed of leisure instead of storage, a perennial problem is how to keep what is essentially a small wooden box feeling light and airy. The answer is sky lights! More secure than ground-level windows and a whole lot cooler, sky lights are a great way to light your shed for free.
5. Carpet
If you actually plan on spending a substantial amount of time in your shed, you are going to want to keep it relatively warm. A great way to add cheap insulation and comfort to a shed is to carpet the floor. For more insulating tips, here is a detailed how-to.
6. Wood burner
Wood burners remind people of the great outdoors, camping and snug nights protected from the cold. Putting a wood burner in your shed could be the start of something truly beautiful. You may never want to leave…
7. Boat-Shed
Have you ever been in your shed and thought ‘this is nice, but it would be a lot better if I was floating down the Thames right now.’ Good. We have too. This is normal. Luckily, one man has proven this to be possible. Geoff Hill’s famous floating shed came second in the Shed of the Year competition, 2012.
So there we have it. The definitive list of how to turn your shed into the pinnacle of back-yard luxury. If you’d like to find a new place, maybe with a garden to start your own shed story, we have thousands of rooms across the UK.
