‘It has the feel of a little local pub!’: Guardian readers on their extraordinary DIY sheds
‘The table and chairs were a local Gumtree find and the bar memorabilia and pumps were from eBay’ ... Gavin Thomasson’s shed. Photograph: Gavin Thomasson
From an allotment shelter built out of old doors to a storage shack turned into a chapel, here are some of the best of our readers’ creations
‘I’m probably proudest of the bar’
This is my pandemic project: a garden pub shed, called the Doghouse. It is custom-built from timber with a Firestone rubber roof. Lockdown finally gave me the time to build it and I tried to reuse or recycle materials where I could. The doors and windows were from a friend’s old conservatory. The timber herringbone and boards, plus the back bar shelving, are pallet wood, which I burnished with a chainmail pad, and oiled to give it a nice worn look. I built the bar and canopy from scratch using leftover framing timber. The bench was built from a recycled bed headboard and I used a mattress for the seat. The table and chairs were a local Gumtree find, and the bar memorabilia and pumps were from eBay. I’m probably proudest of the bar. It has the feel and character of a little local pub – we often eat dinner there for a change of scenery. Our two children love it. But we will, of course, still support our local pub whenever we can. Gavin Thomasson, 42, design manager, Ipswich
Original Article Source Credits: Guardian readers, https://www.theguardian.com/profile/guardian-readers
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Original Article Posted on: Wed 16 Jun 2021
Link to Original Article: https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2021/jun/16/it-has-the-feel-of-a-little-local-pub-guardian-readers-on-their-extraordinary-diy-sheds