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    Shed HEAVEN

    May 28, 2020 5 minutes
    WORDS JENNIFER MORGAN

    FIND a way past the outdoor cushions, the lawnmower, footballs, buckets, spades and the endless jars of screws/nails/bits-and-bobs lurking in your garden shed and you might just find that extra living space your home so desperately craves. And you wouldn’t be alone in this discovery; #sheshed has over 111,000 hits on Instagram, while Cuprinol Shed of the Year, now in its 14th year, saw more than 3,000 entries in 2019. And, more excitingly, the rise in female entrants was up 79 per cent since 2015.

    Stylist and author Selina Lake’s latest book is all about sheds. Called (Ryland Peters & Small, £19.99), Selina reveals how even the smallest garden can be home to an outdoor retreat. ‘Our sheds can be our own little palaces at

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