Hullo,

This as every week, please appreciate that Fem Friday is completely free of topical content! It’s about sheds today.

As someone who always wanted a play house growing up, I engage deeply with the concept of “she sheds”:

Unlike the man cave, a she shed is separate from the main house. As the name suggests, they’re compact dwellings typically located in the backyard that are roughly the size of a garden hut. Aside from that, however, there are no rules for a she shed and the decor possibilities are endless. Popular uses include craft rooms, reading areas, and yoga studios.

http://www.mymodernmet.com/profiles/blogs/she-sheds

This isn’t a shed, but it may as well be. Macy Miller, Midwestern architect, built her own tiny home with her own, probably normal sized, hands. Living in <200 sq ft (with a GREAT DANE how is this possible) sounds really quite oppressive but each to their own:

The hardest and probably most daunting part for me was all of my electrical, because I had no experience with electrical whatsoever. I never had any building experience, either. I went to school for design, which is a lot different than building. So wiring the house was scary to me, because if I did something wrong, I could shock myself and hurt myself, or, you know, light it on fire. But … I just got a book, I read about it, watched YouTube videos.

http://www.npr.org/2013/12/27/257560971/architects-dream-house-less-than-200-square-feet

It’s not noted in this article, but I bet Gertrude Jekyll had a brilliant shed, maybe several sheds:

Jekyll formed alliances with the garden writer William Robinson and the architect Edwin Lutyens, which resolved ideological struggles and set new standards for garden-making by thoughtful experiment and reasoned moderation

http://www.countrylife.co.uk/gardens/gardening-tips/great-british-garden-makers-gertrude-jekyll-25395

Happy Friday!

Alex.