A Woman's Shed: Spaces for women to create, write, make, grow, think, and escape

Why should men have all the sheds?

Every woman deserves a shed of her own, somewhere to retreat to for some quiet time, to create or grow, to write or paint, or just to contemplate the view. Gill Heriz has interviewed over 70 different women, and Nicolette Hallett has photographed their sheds inside and out, to collect together this unique insight into why women have sheds, and what they do in them. There are sheds for puppet-makers, sculptors, and writers, as well as farmers, furniture-makers, and woodcutters. There are sheds that can be lived in, sheds that are full to the rafters, and sheds that are simply sheds, with the usual collection of gardening tools, lawnmowers, and seed packets. Virginia Woolf once argued that, for women, writing fiction required “a room of one’s own.” These women have taken that premise a step further—to the end of the backyard—to find their own very personal space.

• She Sheds: A Room of Your Own
• Junk Beautiful: She Sheds: Hundreds of Inspired Ideas for Your Backyard Retreat
• Shed Decor: How to Decorate and Furnish Your Favorite Garden Room
• A Woman's Huts and Hideaways: More than 40 She Sheds and other Retreats
• She Sheds Style: Make Your Space Your Own
• Stylish Sheds and Elegant Hideaways
• Sheds: The Do-It-Yourself Guide for Backyard Builders
• Ideas for Great Backyard Cottages
• Home Outside: Creating the Landscape You Love
• She Sheds (mini edition): A DIY Guide for Huts, Hideaways, and Garden Escapes Created by Women for Women