Until I convince my landlord to allow me to build a tiny workshop on the roof of my building in Brooklyn, I'm satisfied to ogle photographs of other people's garden work spaces and cultivate a perfect vision for my one-day space.
Artemis Russell is the blogger and collector behind the blog and online shop Junkaholique and the designer at Rust, a London-based jewelry company that she runs with her husband, Nao. Her tiny garden shed is one of the best I've seen. Endlessly talented, when Artemis isn't designing jewelry she keeps herself busy with sewing and knitting projects in the workshop she's outfitted with a sewing table, chair, and shelves to store her tools and treasures.
The modest 4-by-6-foot wooden shed has been rebuilt three different times (you can see an earlier iteration of the shed here), and moved from one rental home garden to the next before settling into the backyard of the home that Artemis and Nao recently purchased on the Isle of Wight and live in with their young daughter, Pehr.
Photography by Artemis Russell.
Above: In their new garden, matching sheds for the creative couple. You can see photos of Nao's shed here.
Above: A weathered garden bench outside the shed and planters waiting to be filled.
Above: The inside of the shed is painted a bright white and filled with tools and equipment for Artemis's sewing and craft projects.
Above: A shelf stocked with tools and vintage finds.
Above: Hanging from the door is a makeshift and pint-sized ironing board that Artemis devised so that she can give a quick press to fabrics without traipsing back to the main house.
Above: A self-proclaimed obsession with keeping the small space tidy means Aretmis keeps her cleaning supplies close at hand.
Above: Artemis at work in her shed.
Above: Close up on sewing supplies.
Above: A rim lock that Artemis installed secures the shed when Aretmis isn't using it.
For another garden workshop I've been eying, see Outbuilding of the Week: A Backyard Writer's Shed by Weston Surman & Deane. For more from the Isle of Wight, see Pottery With a Sense of Place on Remodelista.
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