We love hearing feedback from our guests that spend time at The Shed with their family and friends. Blogger Beth from Baby Macbeth recently spent 4 days at The Shed with her family and shares her experience and some great pics about her time here… happy reading!:
http://www.baby-mac.com/2016/04/big-skies-happy-kids-nice-digs/#comments
Images via Beth at Blog Baby Macbeth
A weekend away with family and friends is about fun, good times and relaxing… and ideally having a great sleep in and being spoilt with breakfast in bed. Hey, you deserve it! THE SHED has something for everyone with two bedrooms and a bunk room.
The Master Suite has incredible views across the green and down to the ocean blue. The huge King Size bed with custom black pallet base sits under a soaring 5.5 metre plywood ceiling which creates warmth. Beyond the bedhead is the ensuite complete with a deep clawfoot bath.
The second bedroom is a simple and beautiful room with high ceilings and french doors to the North, and features a Queen bed.
The bunk room is a huge kids/family and entertainment room which contains two double bunks, both with pull out trundle beds.
Whichever room you find yourself in, enjoy… Sweet Dreams!
I have always loved the art of the handmade and ancient crafts. The recent interiors trend of Shibori dyeing was one technique I had to try. Shibori is a very old Japanese technique of dyeing cloth and dates back to the 8th century with Indigo being the main dye used.
There are an infinite number of ways you can bind, stitch, twist and fold the cloth for Shibori and each technique results in very different patterns …opening the fabric to reveal the pattern you have created is always a great moment of excitement!!
Following is my attempt at making Shibori dyed cushions for The Shed’s breezeway daybed, but to see how the professionals do it try here … Shibori
Lighting was such an important detail to get right at The Shed. The type of light fitting not only had to suit the room it was lighting up but we soon learnt the size of the lights were on a scale we weren’t used to… lights that would look right in a normal home looked like toy lights in The Shed!
Here are some of our lighting choices…
Fun and relaxation are the number one goals for a holiday house…here are the top 3 things on our FUN wish list for THE SHED …..
1. Concrete Ping Pong Table by James DeWulf
2. Indoor Swing
3. Indoor Skate Ramp … this awesome example is from the PAS Skateboard House
As part of the design of THE SHED, we have two large doors that open to create an internal breezeway or indoor/outdoor space. The idea is to allow extra internal space during the cooler months and have a cool covered area during the warmer months, which we can expose or protect from prevailing breezes or winds respectively.
The North door is a glass fold up door 4 metres wide x 3 metres high and the Southern breezeway door is a ‘massive sliding wall’ also 4 metres wide…
Black is bold!
So it was a bold decision to decide on black for THE SHED.
We had decided on a Colorbond finish for the entire exterior of THE SHED, we then just had to narrow down our colour palette. We knew we wanted a dark tone, but when originally looking the only colours available where Ironstone, Deep Ocean or Monument, as their black colour ‘NightSky’ had been discontinued. While we liked Monument we were never 100% sold. Fortunately by the time it came to order we were informed by Colorbond, by popular demand, ‘Nightsky’ was once again available. The decision was made, it was bold and beautiful.
Here’s THE SHED getting wrapped in black…
This magical spot is the backdrop to the picturesque Gerringong Golf Course and only a hop skip and a jump away from us. We are lucky enough to view this stunning secluded beach from THE SHED, which at times can offer some great wedgy beach breaks, salmon and tailor according to the local fisherman, and rock pool fun for the kids. Walkers Beach is only accessible through the North end of Gerringong Golf Course.
The last few months have been an amazing experience as we witnessed the early stages of construction of THE SHED. From watching the pouring of our giant slab and the meticulous work of our concreters, to the touch and go placement of the enormous steel ‘A’ frames that would form the ‘backbone’ of THE SHED and the galvanised steel purlins that would form the ‘skeleton’. There was a lot at stake as all these elements would ultimately be exposed and a main feature of THE SHED, true to industrial architecture.
Day One: the digger is a diggin’
Super excited to see excavation work start today, (not so happy to see our beautiful green grass getting ripped up!) … so the ground can be levelled in preparation for the 33 x 6 metre concrete slab.
Day One: digging
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