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in House and Garden· Rabbit Hill· Uncategorized

My Garden Shed Studio. It has been 13 years, see it now

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“Honestly, I think my garden shed studio came about from Dino wanting to get all of my sewing stuff out of our house!“

Jenn Tavoletti in my Garden Studio

While it is a cold and snowy winter day here, I am dreaming about warmer weather and really wanted to write about something spring.

snowy day in the garden shed studio
Today in PA

I thought you might enjoy a little look back to another spring when my garden shed was delivered and how it looks these days.

Come and take a little tour of my garden shed studio with me!

My Garden Shed…the beginnings of a studio

Fall 2008

While Dino was shopping at The Home Depot, he noticed a great end-of-season sale on their sheds. After he came home, he forgot about them. It was a few days later, while we were at Baja Fresh celebrating Lydia’s birthday, that he remembered and since the store is right around the corner from the restaurant, we decided to go for a look. I had joked with my sister months before that I wanted a little building. How Dino knows what I am thinking, I am not sure, but God did I get lucky with this man. The next thing I knew we bought a shed.

On the morning that it arrived, I watched my shed sitting on a big flatbed truck backing down our very tiny alleyway. We had to dig our entire boxwood hedge up so that the truck could get through and place the shed in its permanent location. My heart was pounding so hard because that opening was looking very small from the vantage point I had on the back porch.

The drivers had no problem getting through and had it settled in its new home in no time. Now the planning could begin!

delivering the studio shed

My Garden Shed Studio Exterior

BEFORE

before garden shed studio

AFTER

The Building

For the exterior of my garden shed studio, we did not need to do much. We added a window box and reconstructed the door with a wood planking and window.

Dino adding the window to the studio shed

We were unable to locate an attractive shed door so we transformed the original by adding our own window.

The charm that this window brings to the outside of my garden shed studio makes it look more like a little cottage. I hope to add a porch and tin roof someday!

Sherwin Williams: Peppercorn

I gave them both a fresh coat of paint.

Lemonade Cosmos

The garden

The gardens around the little studio shed are a mix of an English cottage garden and a potager.

cottage gardens around the studio shed

Or at least that is what I try to make it look like.

roses around the studio

Both of these styles are inspired by two of my favorite gardeners (and artists) Tasha Tudor and Beatrix Potter.

Enchanting Foxglove

I love the look of a layered, full blooming garden with a mix of perennials, annuals, edible flowers, and vegetables.

Arugula and basil seedlings

You can never have enough roses!

roses by the studio shed
roses by garden studio
Cécile Brünner Heirloom Rose

Inside my Garden Shed Studio

Cottage garden around my garden shed studio
Sometimes I like to work outside in the garden

BEFORE

before my garden shed studio

AFTER

inside the garden shed studio
I found the desk for $5.00 in the basement of an old house.

After my garden shed studio arrived home, we spent the spring getting it ready. We wired it, insulated everything, and used t11 siding for the walls to make it look like beadboard. Cut some simple boards that we already had for molding. We painted the walls Silver Sage by Restoration Hardware and the trim is Downy Gray. I still love those colors, 13 years later!

cupboard inside the tiny garden shed studio
This skinny cabinet holds many books, my patterns, and lots of old sewing notions. Chandelier, desk, and cabinet are all estate sale finds, that all together cost $28.00!
cupboard inside the tiny garden shed studio
I found the little McCoy elephant planter in my grandfather’s basement after he passed away.

Having a very low budget, most of my furnishings are estate sale finds,

Inside my tiny garden shed studio
Most textiles are located behind this curtain.

with a few pieces from Ikea. 

Inside my tiny garden shed studio
Inside the colored cubes are antique fabrics, homespuns, wools, florals.

My friend Jessica has a small interior design business called “The Painted Nest”.

Inside my tiny garden shed studio
The flat drawers hold all of the antique reproduction fabrics by color.

She helped me organize and arrange everything.

Inside my tiny garden shed studio
Lots of baskets and jars for storing needfuls and treasures...an earlier snowman that was featured in Prims Magazine

This is where most of the Ikea wares came in.

Inside my tiny garden shed studio

It’s amazing how a little organization can work to make a small space feel bigger.

Of course I’m not perfect, and things do get scattered and messy a lot.

tiny little garden shed studio

Flowers always help with that, and kitties do too!

kitty cat Iris in tiny studio garden shed
Iris

Thanks so much for touring my garden shed studio and seeing its progress.

I am excited to continue transforming this and the gardens into the cottage style that I love. Follow along as I have plans to renovate its front garden this spring!

evening in the garden shed studio

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Tour my garden shed studio. Inside a cottage styled studio, and the outside English cottage gardens. jenntavolettidesign rabbit hill

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Living a simple life, creating handmade pieces, always inspired by nature & antiques

Hi, I’m Jenn. I’m so glad you are here! I live in a small town in Pennsylvania with my husband and our three tuxedo cats. Sometimes my daughter is here too, but mostly she’s far away doing what she loves.

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