{"id":2146,"date":"2014-07-17T23:33:28","date_gmt":"2014-07-17T22:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/?p=2146"},"modified":"2014-09-10T22:34:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T21:34:45","slug":"im-love-idea-want-shed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/2014\/07\/17\/im-love-idea-want-shed\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m in love with an idea, I want a shed"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ -->\n<div class=\"48e5397a39c6ea4ae31e40d674b2fea7\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- july 2019 -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-9380921822254336\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9798147637\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>An idea has been bubbling away at the back of my mind, I want a shed. I\u2019m loath to admit it, but I have shed envy.<br \/>\nHaving seen many magazine articles and even TV programmes about people who have their own little outside space, garden room, beach hut, pavilion, Hobbit hole, garden shed, I have developed a yen for my own little space, another room to furnish and decorate without the need to move or build an extension. A space I can furnish on a shoestring, from charity shops and boot fairs, and use to sit in when I want to be outside but it\u2019s not quite warm enough. That\u2019s most evenings in a typical British summer.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2149\" style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/b5ac8c0c29200540c689405597a1793f.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2149\" alt=\"this is what I want\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/b5ac8c0c29200540c689405597a1793f.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/b5ac8c0c29200540c689405597a1793f.jpg 400w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/b5ac8c0c29200540c689405597a1793f-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/b5ac8c0c29200540c689405597a1793f-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 85vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">this is what I want<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I want a little summerhouse with roses round the door, a place I can sit and sew with the doors and windows open, garden smelling wonderfully, birds making their evening chorus, hedgepigs snuffling about in the undergrowth.<br \/>\nMy only difficulty was where on earth to put it, my garden is lovely, but very small, any kind of wooden building would be intrusively large and would take up space where currently plants are flourishing. And why would I want to replace flowers with walls?<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2151\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2151\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1162.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2151\" alt=\"dirty little secret\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1162.jpg\" width=\"427\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1162.jpg 427w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1162-200x300.jpg 200w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1162-150x224.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 427px) 85vw, 427px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2151\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">dirty little secret<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>But I also have a dirty little secret, an overgrown patch behind the garage, where I have foolishly planted a rampant rambling rose which has grown way beyond its allotted space. I had intended it to grow through an old Elder tree in the corner of my plot, but one winter maybe 8 years ago the old tree fell, and the rose just kept on growing\u2026 and growing, it has grown into a tree in my neighbours garden, it has encroached upon two trees in my garden and it overhangs the garden of the folks on the other side of the fence. In fact last summer I spied them lift up the fence panel, climb into my garden and cut a whole bough from the rose, the cheek of it! I didn\u2019t object, they took away the remains and disposed of it, and they would have been within their rights to throw the dead branch back over the fence. The rose has grown so high over the garage roof it must stand a metre higher than the roof line, and shades my garden. Despite romantic reminiscence of the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale; sadly it has to go.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2152\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2152\" alt=\"Dead wood that needs to go\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1168-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dead wood that needs to go<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Despite the fact that it smells divinely in the spring, I have to cut it down. I\u2019ve made a start but it\u2019s a lot of work. When it has gone, and the fallen tree cleared, and a Holly tree too, I think I will be able to make a space big enough to accommodate my little garden shed. Of course I will be referring to it by some fancy name like \u201cthe garden room\u201d but we all know in reality it will be a shed.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2150\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2150\" alt=\"The old dead Elder tree\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157-150x100.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/1-IMG_1157-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The old dead Elder tree<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I\u2019ve already been shopping for my shed, I think I know what I want, but I can consider it all winter while I get the site cleared, no rush, plenty to think about, \u2026ship lap\u2026log lap, tantalized or not\u2026 should it be painted\u2026do I need to run electricity\u2026 what type of furniture, will it be insulated so I can use it in winter\u2026how to heat it, safely. Curtains\u2026rugs\u2026comfy chair\u2026\u2026\u2026bed? ( well that\u2019s another story entirely)<br \/>\nI want a shed, my sewing room shed, my peaceful place.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_2148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2148\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3c8f59f78ef3e9bb97846f17f973f15c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3c8f59f78ef3e9bb97846f17f973f15c.jpg\" alt=\"lets hope this isn&#039;t the reality\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2148\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3c8f59f78ef3e9bb97846f17f973f15c.jpg 480w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3c8f59f78ef3e9bb97846f17f973f15c-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/3c8f59f78ef3e9bb97846f17f973f15c-150x200.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 85vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-2148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">lets hope this isn&#8217;t the reality<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I want a little summerhouse with roses round the door, a place I can sit and sew with the doors and windows open, garden smelling wonderfully, birds making their evening chorus, hedgepigs snuffling about in the undergrowth.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[323,5,4,447],"tags":[781,778,779,373,787,978,782,788,785,974,789,783,780,776,774,777,784,775,786],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2146"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2173,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2146\/revisions\/2173"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.mycrosspatch.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}