I love my SHED

We’re receiving some great pics and stories about your sheds. Here are just two, both built by their owners from recycled materials. We’ll feature many more over coming months.

what a little beauty

My cute shed was constructed by my husband using recycled materials from a very old demolished dairy, which was situated on our 110-year-old, 2ha property on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland. The ‘shed’ not only looks great but is also very functional, as we have a huge garden to continually develop and maintain. The ‘Potting Haus’ takes its name from the Papua New Guinea Pidgin English word for ‘house’, given that we spent many years in PNG. As the property is heritage listed, this old gem certainly fits in with the overall character of our home and garden.

Ann Hocking, Flaxton, Qld

a shared shed

My shed is like a ‘man cave’ that my wife also enjoys. It was built in an area of the back garden that used to be a mess of weeds, and it’s essentially a woodshed and a garden shed. The woodshed area has three compartments for three types of wood: a large section for logs, a medium-sized section for kindling (my wife’s domain) and a small section for what we call nuggets – little bits of wood such as offcuts and miniature logs, which would normally be clutter in the log section. The garden shed holds the garden tools and things such as fertiliser. We both love our shed. It’s a beautiful, natural-looking, functional structure. When I designed it I decided that the roof needed to slant backwards to allow easy access into a large space. The materials are mainly recycled: old corrugated iron and hardwood fence palings. The only costs were for concrete for the post footings (posts are treated pine) and some screws and nuts and bolts. The shed now looks like it has been in our garden for ages as it is getting covered in wisteria.

Patrick Buerger, Richmond, NSW