Yesterday we wrote about a few high-end pool houses and pavilions; today we're visiting their working class cousins, humble garden sheds. They offer the potential for a small but useful converted space and, unlike pool houses, they exist in lots of backyards across America...
Depending on the size of your space, possible uses include an extra bedroom, an artist's studio, a writer's nook, or a home office. The images shown above include a guest house decorated in flea market finds, a tool shed that's been outfitted with a dining table and desk, a modern shed you could rent for the weekend, a teenager's ultra-cool bedroom, and a tiny outdoor office.
For more information on each of these projects, click through the links below:
• 1 Before and After: Shed to Guesthouse by Wary Meyers
• 2 Whitecross Farm Shed from Light Locations
• 3 Rentable Eco-Shed in Bowen Island
• 4 Architect Designed Shed Converted Into Living Space for Teenager
• 5 Outdoor Office from House to Home
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Juan's Garage Turned Modern Guest House
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The Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces 
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The Eight-Step Home Cure 
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And now you have entered upon one of my minor fetishes.
http://gardenshedhalloffame.blogspot.com/
http://www.readersheds.co.uk/index.cfm
Don't forget the converted garden shed that infallible heroine Dr. Sidney Hansen called home on Providence...
When I think of my fantasy home, I envision a little getaway shed in the backyard.
a little off topic but, that lace cover on that comforter is AMAZING i've been trying to find one that won't obliterate my bank account (sigh, college student) I've found some at antique stores but I can't help but think they are fantastiscally marked up in comparison with something new.
My apartment is actually my landlord's completely detached garage! Okay, a little bit bigger than a shed, but a pretty nice place to live for a renter out here in suburbia.
How would you heat something like this??
This post wouldn't be complete without Modern Shed: http://modern-shed.com/
I've been dreaming about putting one of these sheds...or two or three... my backyard for years.
that last photo is adorable.
We have a shed that we're considering turning into a guest house, as it already has electricity running to it. The problem we're coming up against is, frankly, sewage. I mean, a guest house isn't complete without a little bathroom, right? And it doesn't look like any of these have toilets. What do guests do in the middle of the night when they have to pee?
I love home offices in a back yard shed. The more modern the better. There are plans for my favorite modern shed at http://www.icreatables.com/sheds/shed-plans.html I love your modern shed photo, very classy.
We were looking for info on building a shed/pool house in our backyard. But we had to do a little research first until we came across a website which solved all concerns or problems.The website address is: http://howtobuildashedi.org/