Thursday, December 1, 2011

The Garden












While I am busy working on several projects (both 1: 1 and 1: 12 scale) I didn't want you to think I had forgotten my blog.

What could be more charming then a beautiful garden shed. It would be a great project in miniature that could even be set in a book shelf when finished. It might add a subtle source of light and interest to a 1: 1 room. I am thinking about LEDs and the coming option of using a transformer instead of batteries.

I have a file of pictures I saved for years out of magazines of garden sheds. I don't have a scanner so I can't show you those. The newly built ones I love most, use old doors and windows purchased from salvage yards. Those can be very chic or slightly quirky. I like them because they don't have that prefab 'new' feeling about them when they are finished, like some of these do.

Garden sheds are close to my heart because I remember the summer my dad built one in our garden. I was about four years old then. It took him all summer, I was convinced I helped him build it. We went to the hardware store every week to get something 'we' needed to build it. The building was quite elaborate. It had a covered front porch, interior closet, electricity, a brick fire place and screens on the windows. It was big enough that he put bunk beds inside. So my sister and I could 'sleep out' on summer nights. I was so sad when we moved two years later and had to leave it behind. I know there is one in my future be it 1: 1 or 1: 12 scale.

24 comments:

  1. Thank you so much for posting these wonderful pictures! I actually have a 1:12 garden shed project that has been sitting on my work table for a while now. I have been kind of stuck as far as inspiration and not sure what direction I wanted to take it. I think these photos have sparked some ideas though :o)

    *Jeannette

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  2. These are beautiful and charming garden cottages! It can be difficult decision, because each one is something that grabs people's imagination and emotions.
    Anda

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  3. Thank you for the beautiful pictures.
    Hugs Maria

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  4. I so enjoyed seeing these amazing little garden sheds....they are so pretty that I think they are far better than any 'shed' I have ever seen!!!! They are all so lovely that I found it hard to choose a favorite....?

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  5. Oh, What Beautiful little "Sheds"! And what a Wonderful idea.... mini Garden on a shelf....(adding it to my Someday list!)
    And it is lovely to hear about the one you built with your Dad.... even though you had to move so soon... you still had the chance to share that with your Dad!
    I am drooling over the pictures you have shown.... this time of year it becomes difficult to imagine such a green world! My favorite is the Stone Gothic one.... or the ivy covered one....

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  6. Very inspiring! I have a book on building garden sheds, full sized---

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  7. It will be the perfect project on which to practice the techniques and finishes you want to use for your dollhouse.

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  8. Wonderful Garden sheds and I would love to have one too in miniature. My shed in 1:1 isn't lovely like this,it is really a "object of utility"! But in miniature you have all options ;-),so start !!! Jeannette x

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  9. Ohhhhhh ....so wonderful garden sheds!!! Thank you so much for sharing them with us (-:

    Hugs,
    Karin

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  10. Dear Catherine, this time of year we are always bustling in thousands of projects and we would like that the days would last well over 24 hours!
    The idea of the shed is fascinating and I am confident you will achieve it beautifully, both in miniature and scale 1 / 1.
    Mini lovely hugs,
    Flora

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  11. Thank you, Catherine, for these beautiful photos. I like the first one, it reminds me of a fairy tale cottage but the fifth one is my favourite. It has everything that I like about a mysterious cottage in the woods. An ancient looking front door, a little tower, fairy tale windows. Also, I love the surrounding area with its trees, plants, statuary, and rock wall. Also, the wood in the back projects a sort of atmospheric aura that lends mystery to this little cottage. Here's to wishing that you find the model for the cottage of your dreams.

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  12. A photo for you to add to your collection of garden shed images

    http://www.flickr.com/photos/lovedaylemon/1018160415/

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  13. Beautiful pictures. I`m sure you one day will have very nice garden shed :)
    Mona

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  14. Karin,

    Thank you for the link. How well you know my tastes. It's a wonderful summer house!

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  15. I think I prefer the first one... (I love the green area in which it is a wonderful enhancement).
    Your small garden houses are very charming and of course they are beautiful inspiration for the miniature.

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  16. Lea.... The first one is also my favorite. Which is why it was posted first. :-)

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  17. Fantastic sheds! We are designing a small miniatures studio for me in our backyard, and I am hoping to capture just a tiny bit of that magic in the building. But we can definitely capture all our dreams in miniature without worrying about the practicalities of 1:1 that our builder husbands demand vbg!
    Sandie (Snippets from my Studio)

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  18. Hello Catherine, I share your love of these beautiful little escape houses, what a fantastic place to work on miniatures. I can understand how sad it would have been to leave your Dad's shed behind, perhaps you could re-create in mini, I know I am inspired and will put it on my to-do list. Thanks so much for sharing.

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  19. what a wonderful story and memory of your dear father. Yes I am sure there is a garden shed in your future... Cheers LJ

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  20. These are the most beautiful garden sheds I have ever ever seen. Inspiration for my own garden!

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  21. Those sheds look wonderful! Yeah, with a bit of work a plain garden shed can transform into something beautiful, while still keeping the helpful functions of a normal shed. It can be a good project, turning the structure into something that can blend with the surrounding nature.

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  22. Those garden sheds are so wonderful. They are very creative. It inspired me to make one for my garden. I hope I can also make something beautiful like that.

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  23. Its fantastic information regarding The Garden Shed. I like all images of Garden Shed. In all this garden sheds I like front porch, interior closet, electricity, a brick fire place and screens on the windows and many more.

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