How to Bring Life to a Shaded Area of Your Garden with a Fanfare of Colour

30 March 2019 - Joanna Hazelton
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I’ve really enjoyed seeing my garden being slowly teased back to life with a fanfare of colour as the days get longer and the sun finally makes an appearance. The delicate white damson blossom mingled with the magnificent vibrant yellow forsythia contrasting with the glorious pink of the azaleas and the tiny dark cobalt blue […]

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How We Transformed our Children’s Playhouse into a Teenagers’ Den

11 March 2019 - Joanna Hazelton
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10 years ago my husband designed and built a playhouse for our then 7 year old son and 5 year old daughter. It had an upstairs den with a ladder. There were two separate rooms. We filled it with toys and cushions and dressing up clothes. We stuck pictures on the walls. We had visions […]

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Garden Shed of the Year 2018: Proof a Shed is Not Just a Home for your Wellies, Flower Pots and Lawnmower

2 October 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
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When is a black cab not a black cab? When it’s a garden shed. No, this isn’t a really dreadful Christmas cracker joke. This is a runner up in the Cuprinol Shed of the Year Competition 2018.   It just goes to show that with a quirky imagination and a spot of creativity, the sky […]

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Annabeth, Emmy, Grace and William Love Their Playhouses. So Do We.

6 September 2018 - Joanna Hazelton
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Annabeth, Emmy, Grace and William love their playhouses. And we love what their clever Mummies and Daddies have done with their playhouses. It’s always lovely to hear from happy customers. And it’s been even lovelier to hear from these happy customers and their children telling us about the fun they’ve been having in their playhouses […]

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