Beautifully designed spaces packed with twinkling fairy lights, plush upcycled furniture and pastel coloured doors, she-sheds are the antithesis of the dark, dark-smelling dens of common perception.

Alison Cuthbertson undertook the project in the summer months as she aimed to surprise her grandchildren come Christmas.

She sheds are mostly not about work ... As an example, Sweet proposed a talk like this, “Bill, I have some ideas about how space is used in this house. Do you have time now to discuss this ...