Every Man Should Have A Shed

Sheds are great – big cosy cupboards where the contents are comfortingly familiar, but with everything muddled in a kind of chaotic confusion. The dirt and cobwebs don’t matter; indeed they are an essential ingredient to the ‘essence’ of the shed. Stored in the shed are: ‘I’ll keep that it may come in useful’ items, things that are ‘too good to throw away’, and broken things about which I think, ‘I’ll fix that one day’, plus of course all the vital household and garden tools that have no possible home other than ‘The Shed’.

I have never bought a shed, managing to cope with the sides and walls of my garage to fulfill the shed role. (I am a firm believer that garages should be used for the parking of a car, but there is still a huge amount of space around the parked car that, with imagination and ingenuity, can be utilised in a shed-like way). However, here on rural, agricultural Skye, where the suburban garage is not a common sight, we have inherited a few sheds…

The Barn's Garden Shed - more of a prop for the clematis really...

The Barn Allotment Shed - cutely ugly

The Barn's Decorating Shed - still looking uncomfortable, squeezed in at the back of the Barn . It was moved to here when the Barn's garage was built.
I must do something about those steps...

Summer Cottage Garden Shed
Note the net curtain at the window... we inherited that along with the shed

Summer Cottage - The Ultimate Shed
This is huge, with lights, power points, and.....

...yes... its own fully functional wc and wash basin!