Victoria started posting her sweet little backyard studio shed in the Offbeat Home Flickr pool. And with each photo, I fell a little bit more in love with her space.
Victoria’s a textile artist living and working out of Oxfordshire, UK, with her studio cat Tiddles. This summer house studio is set in her family’s English country garden — where she reports she has lovely views into fields and rolling hills.
So this is her studio, where she makes clutches, purses, pins, and other re-purposed vintage bits. She also hosts a periodic open studio and — get this — serves tea and cakes to visitors.
She says the space taught her not to overcrowd a bitty room: “I’m always tempted to put more on display than is necessary, but it ends up looking cluttered. I like to give objects space to be seen and admired.”
Reading about Victoria’s space and seeing its cozy, clean setup makes me dream of a neighborhood with a bevy of pop-up garden-shed shops I can traipse through, drinking Earl Gray and nibbling biscuits. Like a fancy lady.
Before I leave you to ogle the decor porn, here’s V’s design philosophy: “Don’t follow a trend or fashion, it will end up looking dated. If you like it, that’s all that counts. Your own style will make it work.“
![me](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3355/5766052004_811e607491.jpg)
![open studio exhibition](http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/5752062328_1de1184409.jpg)
![studio interior](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5251/5428715217_75a4bd9889.jpg)
![garden cafe](http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2699/5766052006_f970980554.jpg)
![](http://offbeathome.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/orchids-300x451.jpg)
![spring day](http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5184/5641153033_027d36e6a8.jpg)
If you didn’t get quite enough, there are a few more photos in her Flickr set.
So cute! I want a mini garden shed retreat.
*Drool*
times a million.
How freaking precious is this place!? It’s like a playhouse for grown up girls! I want one! I think I’m gonna get my husband on building me one straight away.
Does Miss Victoria sell any of her amazing items online?
I WISH our garden was big enough to have space for a studio/shed thing in it! So pretty.
Thanks for all your lovely comments. I will hopefully be selling my work online soon.
Thanks Cat, love it xx
Please tell me what colour this summerhouse has been painted. I have just bought mine, and this is exactly the colour I want. Thanks.