Converting an old shed into a nice summer house… well that’s the plan! ?

When you are in the middle of building work you just want to get on with it. Never mind, Shinamae think how lovely it will be when it is finished.

I suppose it is happening a lot what with covid etc. It will get done soon

I had to wait for six months for a new shed, due to Covid.

Hopefully it will be done this week because it needs to be painted internally before the new floor is laid a week tomorrow, the day before I go and visit my daughter, I really wanted it all done by the time I went away

Just had a phone call, they will not be doing it now until next Monday, I am really upset as I had booked the new flooring to go in on the Wednesday but obviously the painting needs to be done before then plus I’m going up to see my daughter on the Thursday and thought it would all have been done by then but not to be…?‍♀️?..

Just had another phone call, they have jiggled things around and are now coming tomorrow!! ?

Oh brilliant

How are you going to decorate it? and what are you planning to do in there once it is finished?

I'm trying to persuade my husband to buy a summerhouse atm so I can procrastinate somewhere else

Well Jane the main reason for it is so that I can sit out there in the winter reading, and listen to the wind and rain on the roof. It will also serve as a bedroom as I am getting a sofa bed in there in case my daughter wants to come and stay and she can have my bedroom and I will sleep out there. You will have to wait and see the colour scheme! ? There will not actually be a lot in there,I am getting a small Ottoman to keep bedding in and also a small coffee table and that should be it.. I was going to get a few plants to put in there but the price of them is exorbitant so may not bother with them…

This is a lovely thread.
Grand designs meets garden shed.

I will be following your progress.

All systems are go! ?

Old roof being stripped off..?

Grand designs meets garden shed.
Did anyone watch Grand Designs last night?
I wouldn't have but DH was keen!

Stonehenge meets nuclear power station which was supposedly a family home in the Devon countryside. How did it get planning permission? Nice views, though.

Cracking on. ????

Sorry, Shinamae, I digress.

Progress is being made, we have the ? on ice.

New rubber roof going on, I won’t tell you how much it cost but it has a 50 year guarantee which is going to well outlive me.?

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Outside is all done now for the inside ?

Looking good!

It looks great

Thank you ladies ? I am very pleased with it,I think it was well worth doing….?

Very nice indeed. Looking forward to seeing the inside when it's done.

My dear daughter in law who actually likes decorating!! This is the first coat of two coats of primer….

How wonderful, bet you’re really looking forward to finishing it.

it is looking great and what a lovely daughter in law

It’s coming on ? I know I’m stating the obvious ?

It reminds me of when I did a holiday season job at King Arthur’s cafe in Tintagel and lived in a shed at the back of the shop. I had a bed, a small wardrobe and a baby belling cooker. The downside was that I had to use the men’s outside loo at the pub next door but, apart from that it had everything I needed and I do fantasise these days about mothballing my house and just living in a shed or a caravan with an iPad, a telly and lots of books.