About sheds

"Traditionally, women have taken time for moments of creativity within their demanding everyday lives wherever they could. They have always used small domestic spaces, andd that sometimes included sheds, for their own practical and creative needs. These humble or not so humble sheds have, undoubtedly, been the places for inspiration, for the creation of novels, paintings, and the making of gardens.
Going to the shed is both a physical removal of ourselves to 'another place," and a retreat to a space where our emotional needs are met and we can be ourselves. Our sheds are often the one place we can call our own and where we can do what we like!
In our sheds we create art, we write or make cartoons, and reach out to the world through doing the things we enjoy and which challenge us. We plant seeds, retreat, think, work, make, and mend, and have the tools of our trade around us. We collect curios and turn detrious into art. We gather totems from walks, vacations, and loves, and then artfully enshrine them or carelessly allow them to collect cobwebs on windowsills. We store spades, brushes, memories, and chitting potatoes."
- Gill Heriz, A Woman's Shed