Is it the potential they offer – the undesignated space, unfettered by society’s (and home-making magazines’) expectations? Do we find we can express ourselves in a shed the way we're not allowed to in the house?
Reg Miller expresses himself as a pirate, and has just won Shed of the Year 2010, with Lady Sarah out of Worthing (named after his partner) in the competition run by readersheds and sponsored by Cuprinol. Judges included house renovation expert Sarah Beeny.
Lady Sarah might not be to everyone’s taste, but you can’t deny the attention to detail – 16’ wide, 8’ deep and 10’6’’ at the apex, it’s made to look like the poop deck of a pirate ship moored at a Caribbean dock, has a parrot and koi carp pond, and is stuffed full of piratical pieces, including real crossed bones (courtesy of a butcher, you’ll be relieved to know) skulls (provenance unspecified), and a dead man’s chest. It’s orientated to catch the evening sun – useful for rum consumption when said sun has disappeared over the yard arm.
...Landscape Juice Network
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