Friday Fun: Escaping to your writing shed

I am lucky enough to have a room of my own, a study, in my house. Yet I never stop dreaming of a little dream cabin or writing shed hidden somewhere in a (beautifully tended) garden, out of earshot of the house.

This might be the mansion of garden sheds, from Southern Living.

This looks lovely with climbing plants, but might be a bit too dark for actual writing, from Colorado Nest.

This is more suitable for reading rather than writing, but a treehouse is always lovely. From Bored Panda.

This looks more run-down and probably closer to how my garden might look, from Next Luxury.

Sheds were simply more beautiful in previous centuries, weren’t they? From itinyhouses.com

It’s the colour that makes this shed stand out – plus the little porch for reading (or if you are feeling more sociable). From Life in Sugar Hollow.

Sunday Escapism: Where Would You Go to Write?

New Forest Tree House Study Centre, http://www.cet.org.uk

What inspires you most?  A tree house?

Or maybe a house on the water?

cabanesdesgrandslacs.com

A castle with a garden for all the five senses?

Chateau, Yvoire.

A book-lined garden shed? (Don’t think about damp and other practicalities for a moment!)

In my grandiose moments, I dream of escaping to the old Royal Salt Mine designed by that mad visionary Nicolas Ledoux.  It may be architecture on a huge scale, but it’s soothingly remote.

Saline Royale, Arc-et-Senans

In the end, though, it will have to be sofa. Or maybe my garden deck.  Still, it could be worse, right?