I've always loved tiny houses and outdoor rooms. Growing up, my sister, cousins and I were spoiled with an amazing play house my architect grandfather converted out of their old, unsued outhouse. In it's hey day, we had a phone line, vegetable garden, and patio furniture. The inside, which my sister requested be painted pink, purple, and white, still has it's galley kitchen, convertible table and a working doorbell. We'd spend countless, happy hours in that glorified shed and even sleep the night.
As an adult, the idea of a backyard retreat intrigues my inner child and yearning to stay outdoors as much as possible. Solution? Glamorous sheds and office outbuildings! All with big windows to get as much winter light in as possible. It's the ultimate writer and artist's retreat and all just steps away.
Some of these, like the one above, Readymade's "Gimme Shelter" can be put together for about fifteen hundred clams. Other's like the Kithaus seen below, come complete as a prefab for a mere twenty-nine grand. Still, I drool over it.
