Retired company director Jane Moyle has created the ultimate she shed in the garden of her Gloucestershire home.
Jane’s she shed won the Cabin/Summerhouse category in the Cuprinol Shed of the Year 2020 competition, and what started out as somewhere to store photo albums soon blossomed into a space for entertaining her 11 grandchildren.
‘It was originally built as a Japanese summerhouse, but was never finished by our predecessors, due to death,’ Jane explains on the entry. ‘It is a haven of peace and tranquility, which considering it is in the middle of a large town is often wondered at by our friends.’
The luxury summerhouse is decked out with sky blue walls and pillared columns, with sunbeds, a sink and a fridge for garden parties, and ample shelving perfect for storing Jane’s photographs and sports equipment. And there’s heating too, ideal for staying warm and cosy into the colder months.
‘I wanted a quiet place to read and relax,’ says Jane. ‘With the folding doors and the decking outside, it is ideal for outdoor meals, sunbathing, reading. But above all, the summerhouse is surrounded by a magnificent huge weeping willow tree, bronze and green Japanese acers, a yellow robinia and a purple smoke shrub.’
Take a peek inside below…
The overall winner of this year’s Shed of the Year 2020 competition went to Bedouin Tree Shed, a family’s nature-inspired refuge built around two living tree trunks in the back garden of their Blackheath home.
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20 best gardening gifts under £35
Green printed potting gloves
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Engraved Slate Plant Marker
gettingpersonal.co.uk
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Dutch Floral Patterned Plant Pot
notonthehighstreet.com
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Scion Mr Fox Garden Tool Set
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Deshazo Plant Stand
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Rosemary Leaf and Orange Hand and Body Lotion, 240ml
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nationaltrust.org.uk
£14.00
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RHS Burgon and Ball flora & fauna indoor watering can
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Personalised RHS Set Of Two Ceramic Planters
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Wild at Home: Style & Care for Beautiful Plants Book
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Wooden Rake
gardentrading.co.uk
£20.00
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Lloyd the Llama Ceramic Planter
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Keep succulents and small cacti in this sweet llama-shaped ceramic planter.
Chilli Grower Workshop for Two
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Burgon & Ball Enamel Bird Feed Tin, Cream
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Olivia Heath
Digital Editor, House Beautiful UK
Olivia Heath is the Digital Editor at House Beautiful UK, uncovering tomorrow’s biggest home trends all while delivering stylish room inspiration, small space solutions, easy garden ideas and house tours of the hottest properties on the market.
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