Garden sheds: Heavenly hideouts and sleek storage spaces

Roald Dahl famously wrote in the 'shack' at the end of his garden. Here's how sheds are both creative and practical havens

As garden shed owners will confirm, it’s impossible to put into words the unbridled pride and joy that comes from having a place to put all manner of 'stuff', says Fionnuala Fallon. File pictures

Asked to compile a list of things that would make me horribly envious, my teenage self could never have imagined that it would one day include a large garden shed. Or that, now that I’ve finally got one by dint of my other half’s Zen-like patience plus the generous help of a kind neighbour, I would be quite so terribly smug.

But as all garden shed owners will confirm, it’s impossible to put into words the unbridled pride and joy that comes from having a place to put all manner of “stuff”.