Sandys shed

Some of you may have seen a wooden building in photos of my garden that I built a few years ago, and usually refer to as my Tea Shed. As we all know, a cup of tea and place to drink it is an important part of gardening. The time has now come to make a few changes to the interior.

First up was to lay a new floor, make a hearth and then put something on it to warm the place up...



At this stage, I decided to change the colour of the walls. First was to put on a coat of white "structure paint", and then cover that with a colour that goes by the name here of S0550-Y50R. Much more romantic than calling it "peach" or something!



The hearth of course needs a fire surround, so out came my woodworking tools. Four dovetailed boxes were made...



...and together with some turned pillars...



...and some other parts, this was the result...

 

Your carpentry skills are awesome! Are you leaving the wood au naturel or staining it?

 

@"M" thank you for the kind words.

I'll be staining it. Perhaps later this week, or maybe when I have made the next pieces for in there.

 

Lovely dovetails there @Sandy Ground Nice job !

 

That looks brilliant @Sandy Ground - definitely a lovely place to sit and have a cuppa whilst the world goes by!

 

@toppington When there is a bit more colour in the garden, I'll post a photo that shows the view I have when having a cuppa...

Not all...I'm currently making a Credence Cupboard to put the tea in. As we all know, the true religion of the British is tea drinking.

 

Oooh, very posh! Looking forward to seeing that too

 

The fire surround finally finished...

 

Oh, it's amazing! What a lovely place to drink tea. Looking forward to seeing your view from there. Great job!

 

@Irmemac the view from there is over the rose garden. I've done a lot of work in that whole area this year, and as soon as they are in bloom, will be posting pictures.

 

Looking forward to seeing that. I've just begun to dip my toe into the world of roses. I have two roses!

 

Oh that won't last long ... rose grow on you!

 

I've actually got a small problem in there at present. To make it a bit more British, I'd like to put large aspidistras to the left and right of the fire. Can you believe there is not a single one to be had anywhere here? Our Gracie would be turning in her grave!