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Introducing the Scaffold Board Summer House

scott stickland

6 years ago

As featured on Channel 4's George Clarke's Amazing Spaces, my scaffold board summer house features a unique pivoting action to open up the space.
The cantilever roof hovers above over 100 meters of LED lights, and a projector and screen can be hooked up for an outdoor cinema experience.

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Georgia Lindsay Garden Design
6 years ago
Very cool! Is the L shape on wheels? ingenious.
scott stickland
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6 years ago
Yes - the moving walls are on spring loaded castor. I'm glad you like it!
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This is amazing. I love it. I’ve been thinking of doing something similar with my existing garage to open up as garden space when no car inside. If you don’t mind me asking how much did this cost you roughly?

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