My Shed And How It Was Built

This book is for anyone who has a shed – or an allotment, back garden or space big enough to put one up. This book is for anyone who has a shed – or an allotment, back garden or space big enough to put one upIt’s part of our national make-up to want to own a shed or other such building which we can call our own, however small. There we store all the intimate stuff in our life which we would rather not put on show in our houses. Formerly the place to store gardening paraphernalia, the contents of a shed, as well as its style and the way it was built, now reveal much more about their owner than at first seems possible.This book provides a fascinating and occasionally humorous journey into that world at the bottom of the garden; and into the real-life journeys that fifty shed owners themselves made as they created sheds unique to their own needs, overcoming problems, finding cheaper alternatives, developing ingenious solutions, and scouring their own worlds for unorthodox but effective materials. This book offers those who may be thinking of building their own own shed practical constructional advice and use of materials; all of the sheds in the book have actually been built, and are not just ideas. It contains interesting stories about the shed owners and how they overcame problems or how they found unusual, cheap solutions (such as the use of old printing plates for roofing). Each shed, and its contents, gives an interesting insight into its owner's character.