Not content with creating fabulous fashion items, husband and wife design duo Mark Eley and Wakako Kishimoto have moved onto garden sheds. I've never wanted a garden shed in my life, until now (to use as an office space rather than a place for potting). So. The wood care experts at Cuprinol have launched a competition to find Britain's worst shed - and then cheer it up with some of their colourful sprays and an Eley Kishimoto ivy print. Brilliant, I love it. Unfortunately, That's Not My Age Mansions is actually a mansion block and as the proud owners of a balcony strewn with dead lavender plants and an old watering can, we're out of the running. But if you do have a shed like the one below, you have got to enter this competition to win a fabulous makeover. And that's an order. The details are on Cuprinol's Facebook page here. If you're in need of cheering up, check out the selection of reader's sheds here - erm, the Tardis seems to be quite popular. Don't ask me why.
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| Before shot of the Eley Kishimoto shed. |
I've been thinking about sheds, a lot, this weekend. Yesterday, we popped along to see one of my favourite artists Rachel Whiteread's latest exhibition at the Gagosian Gallery. The just-turned- 50-year-old is famous for working with 'negative space' or creating inside-out sculptures of everyday objects, like the space under a chair or the inside of a garden shed cast in concrete. These sculptures are beautiful enough as they are and don't require any kind of enhancement.
Will you be entering Britain's worst shed competition?
I'm not in Britain anymore, so I can't, but I used to imagine fixing up our shed interior with a built-in desk by the window and a chaise longue with lots of floral and striped chintz. Of course, there'd be a wine rack,too.
ReplyDeleteNow we have a tiny plastic shed that I need to do something with, so this post is timely. I see spray paint in my future...
Ours is not so much a shed as it is a bird-poop-factory-slash-spider-hatchery. I, like you, was ambivalent about sheds until this post.
ReplyDeleteSo cool...I would love a garden shed!!
ReplyDeleteI would love a garden shed. With a comfy place to sit and read. A window to open for a fresh breeze. And a padlock to keep it just for my use.
ReplyDeleteI love a shed - old tools, the smell of wood, towers of old terracotta pots.... Very calming.
ReplyDeleteVal - I love the idea of a chaise longue and wine rack! Sounds like my kind of shed.
ReplyDeleteLilac in May - oh yes, I know exactly what you mean. The kind of garden shed you see in Country Living magazine.
Hi there-I like Val's thinking, ours is fairly newish but no room for a desk or chaise longue :-(
ReplyDeleteMy shed has everything in it. From the old Christmas decorations that I can't bear to throw away, to the kids cycling helmets. More recently it's where my veg box gets delivered when I'm at work, and any parcels the postman has for us that won't go through the letter box.
ReplyDeleteYes.... "SHED'S ARE US"!
What a generous giveaway! The ivy print would look great giving my backyard some much need flare! I have a couple Garden sheds that could use some serious work, maybe I'll give them a spray this weekend.
ReplyDeleteWould making a slapdash shed and having them pep it up count? Haha! But yeah, not having a shed at the moment and not living in Britain pretty much puts me out of the running as well. But I would definitely love to see some of their works.
ReplyDeleteAnthony @ Classic Buildings
Rebuilding a garden shed requires a lot of effort. The first thing that you need to think about, while repairing a Storage Sheds or a garden shed, is the material of which shed is made. If it is made of natural wood, then renovating it will consume a lot of your time and effort, as natural wood rots easily over time.
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