The garden furniture is stored in it, hedgehogs hibernate in it, the kids old bikes are slipped onto the rafters indefinitely. What would we do without the garden shed?
Throughout history, most of the rooms in our houses have chopped and changed their daily uses a startling amount. The entrance hall used to be the most important room of the house (slept in, eaten in, and entertained in), whilst the living room has only existed since the late 1800s. But one thing has endured through all of this: the garden shed.
Originating as a place for rich folks to store their gardeners tools (no shoving the wooden garden tables in there), the popularity of the garden shed spread to more humble folk seeking to protect their own tools on allotments during the Victorian era. Post-World War One a lot of houses went up in the UK, causing a boom in domestic garden sheds.
No traditional English garden is complete without a good shed. We love spruce as a shed building material. Like our teak garden furniture, spruce is hardy, strong and just gets more stunning with age. As with garden furniture, your garden shed marks a sensible investment. Opt for something sturdy that does the job in hand, as there is no sense in cutting corners, buying a cheap shed then finding out it is too small to fit the bikes, lawnmower, garden benches, rakes, spades and other garden essentials in.
