By Sharon Cohoon, Sunset senior garden writer
Take a look at the charming garden shed Port Orchard, Washington gardener Lisa Phipps created almost entirely out of recycled materials. And then come back for the inside view shown below.
Phipps got the idea for the romantic ceiling treatment when she found a bolt of muslin being sold at "triple clearance." She bought the whole thing, and, with the help of a girlfriend, used all of it to cover the ceiling, arranging the fabric in deep folds.
The draped fabric sways gently in the wind when cross-breezes blow through the shed, says Phipps. And when she's in the space after dark, the chandelier lights turn the muslin a warm glowing color, she says.
The interesting loveseat against the back window is actually an old Ferris wheel chair. The oblong ornament in the window is architectural salvage. And the chandelier? It's new. "It's one of the few things I've paid full price for in this shed," says Phipps. "But it makes the space."
