BACK TO THE GRINDSTONE

I just got home from a busy trip to Connecticut and I have an endless stack of "to-dos" along with a house full of suitcases and boxes. My house is a disaster zone, including my home office and it reminded me of when I first moved in. We looked at around 30 rental properties before we found the house we are in now and the biggest thing on my list was office/studio space. Before we found our house in Underwood Hills, we were close to signing a lease on a small house with a big yard in Cabbagetown. No office space inside meant I needed to get creative outside. Should I rent a studio space down the road or build one on site? Turns out, after a bit of research if found all kinds of amazing options for backyard shed/studios. Today is the kind of day I wish I could hid out in a backyard office and cram out some work without life distracting me! Check out some of the cool studio spaces I discovered a couple years back and some new upgraded offices I just found (while searching for the motivation to get back to reality).

If you have a minute, check out the full article on this Busy Box Studio on Design Sponge. This shed turned studio gave me my first burst of inspiration! I was on eBay and Craigslist daily, trying to find a used shipping container or trailer that I could transform into a workspace. 

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Here are a few pre-fab structures by a company called kitHAUS. They come in a variety of sizes and they can be used for an office, art studio, sitting room, cabana, ect. Below the pictures of kitHAUS is an English company that builds eco-friendly garden rooms; they would make a beautiful and professional office but sadly I don't think they can transport the factory build structures from Sussex to Atlanta.

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eden garden rooms

airstream via mocoloco.com

I just found this funky pod on If It's Hip, It's Here. Tetra Shed is from the UK and will be available to us in America January 2012.

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Here are a few more creative spaces from Pintrest. 

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I hope you all are adjusting well to work after this Christmas, here's to New Years!

TREEHOUSE COMPETITION

I am so excited to go to the Treehouse Competition Closing Event tonight at Treehouse Restaurant (fitting choice for a venue). The Treehouse Design Competition is being hosted by the Atlanta Chapter of Architecture for Humanity. It was really nice to just design for the fun of it, with no budget or feasibility in mind. The only big requirements were that there had to be a real tree, 100 sqft or less of sheltered space and 50 sqft or less for uncovered space and no electricity or plumbing (bummer). The competition also included a design session at Condesa Coffee Shop and a Tree Stroll in Piedmont park, that sadly I missed because I got on the bandwagon a little late. They posted the People's Choice Finalists on Facebook this week and today is the final day to vote, because tonight they announce the winner! Check out the finalists below, including my Minimalist Retreat. If treehouses excite you stop by the event tonight for 7-9.

Minimalist Retreat Treehouse designed by Me!

Shipping Container Treehouse designed by Roderick Cloud

Evergreen Overlook designed by Daniel Gunn

Swanky Man-Cave Treehouse designed by David Weldon