Shed of the year 2024, Sponsored by 
We built our shed from a selection of reclaimed materials
which have been gathered over the last two years and
various offcuts and panels left over from other projects Our
cabins life began as an idea when we were given some
Edwardian leaded windows from there we began
collecting random bits of furniture fire places doors lights
etc PWe bought a roofs worth of welsh slate for pound20 from
a local landlord who had reroofed his property but had the
foresight to save the slates he removed Our initial plan was to
clad the shed in the slate but as we worked through the two
tonnes of slate we quickly reevaluated the amount of usable
slate and came to the less than inspiring decision to use the
slate for the roof only With this decision made we had to
decide how we were going to clad the building and the
answer came in the form of the humble shipping pallet pI
fashioned a tool from a broken garden fork which allowed me to
pop the slats from the pallets and built up a large quantity of
usable timber The pallets quickly became an obsession and
soon everything from the external cladding down to the window
cills and liners have been made using pallets Pallet flooring
pallet skirting pallet seats pallet decking even pallet drinks
coasters We installed a log burner which along with some
additional auction and car boot buys was where the majority of
the pound500 was spent and soon were enjoying drinks and
warming ourselves by the belly stove in our own little cabin in
the woods
The shed was built by myself with huge help from my Dad and brother whilst the decoration and final flourishes where completed by my fiance, Natalie. The dogs, although present throughout, were of little or no use at all.
