Trapezium shaped garden shed.
Claire
5 years ago
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The back of my garden is triangle shaped; the right-hand fence is longer than the left-hand and they are joined by another fence that runs at roughly a 45 degree angle. This creates an awkward space at the end of my garden where I’d like to put a shed. A bog-standard square or rectangular shed would waste space and a bespoke trapezium-shaped one sounds expensive. Anyone got any good ideas?
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Carolina
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5 years agoCarolina
5 years agoAnd you could make the shed into a more attractive part of the garden than 'just a shed', by adding a pergola with or without climbing plants or you could attach a covered patio to it and really incorporate it into the design.
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