EXCLUSIVEShed of the Year 2024: We speak to one entrant who created his dream British boozer 'The Dirty Dog'

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It's that time of year again when the nation celebrates one of the symbols of British eccentricity - the garden shed.

The Cuprinol Shed of the Year 競争 is 支援する and we speak 排他的に to one of the 入ること／参加（者）s in this year's 競争.

示す Collins designed his pub shed by himself but says there are a couple of elements that most people won't 最初 see that 証明する it is 'something a bit different'.

He is one of the 入ること／参加（者）s in several 部類s that are now open, with people still able to enter until the end of May.

The Shed of the Year 競争 is 支援する and we speak 排他的に to one of the 入ること／参加（者）s in this year's 競争 who built this Lincolnshire shed

The 内部の of the shed has been designed as a pub and has more than 300 tin 調印するs decorating the 塀で囲むs

While 示す's shed appears at first ちらりと見ること to be a glorious pub decorated with tin 調印するs - more than 300 調印するs in total - and Sky TV, there is something a little bit different that may 最初 go unnoticed.

And that is the eco-element of the shed, which is 含むd 深い in the 塀で囲むs and on the roof.?

The shed was 完全に handmade by 示す apart from the electrics and doors.?

And while the 固める／コンクリート base was already in the garden, he built the shed 上向きs from there using 木造の pallets.

The shed has a living roof with meadow flowers - which appear in summer, and is 現在／一般に just grass - and the 塀で囲むs are 絶縁するd with plastic 瓶／封じ込めるs.

The plastic 瓶／封じ込めるs were pu t inside the 塀で囲むs and 拡大するd 泡，激怒すること was used around them to 供給する the insulation.

The shed is called 'The Dirty Dog' and has been built 完全に by owner 示す Collins (except for the electrics and doors)

示す lives with his wife in Lincolnshire and started building the garden shed in March 2020.

He already had a chicken shed in the garden, which had a living roof and decided to replicate that build as the basis for the shed.

示す and his wife used to watch Shed of the Year on television, and explains his delight at now having his own unique garden shed.

'We never used to go the pub a lot but 手配中の，お尋ね者 more space away from the house and it has given us a separate area to go in and relax,' he told us in an 排除的 interview.

'I have Sky TV connected in there and a stereo （衆議院の）議長 so I can listen to my music as I have a couple of thousand CDs.'

In the 内部の, 示す has used more than 300 tin 調印するs collected from markets, online 蓄える／店s a nd from places where he has been on holiday.

'Whenever we've gone away, be it to the Lake 地区 or アイスランド, I 選ぶ up some tin 調印するs that we can 追加する to the shed 塀で囲む,' he explains.

'I just choose 調印するs that I like, 含むing funny ones, often music and film 関係のある. I have one with Popeye on it, which is from Malta.'

As for the 指名する of the shed - The Dirty Dog - is comes from the couple's 救助（する） dog who likes to go into the garden to 'dig and get mucky'.

示す says the shed has created 広大な／多数の／重要な memories, 含むing hosting his Dad's birthday a couple of weeks ago.?

The shed party began at 2pm and ended late in the evening.??

示す likes his tin 調印するs, but his other favourite part of the shed is the 支持を得ようと努めるd burner.

'While there is also a separate heater to keep the shed warm, it is also good to have a cozy 解雇する／砲火／射撃 in it,' he says.

Speaking about the chance of winning the Shed of the Year 競争, 示す 追加するs:?'The 競争 looks good, but hopefully I am in with a chance of winning as there are little bits that are different such as the living roof and 再生利用するd insulation.?

'It has just been good to part of it though.'

The colourful shed has an exterior porch, with more of 示す's beloved tin 調印するs on the 塀で囲むs

The shed has Sky TV connected and a stereo system, which 許すs 示す to indulge in his love of films and music

The 競争 is entering its eighteenth year and 含むs a new 部類 this year called the Young Sheddie of the Year.

Other 部類s for this year 含む most colourful shed, simple but 効果的な, 予算, 予期しない/unique, cabin or summerhouse, nature's 港／避難所, pub or entertainment and finally, workshop or studio.

The 勝利者 will be awarded an 夜通し nature 退却／保養地, 同様に as £1,000 in cash and £250 価値（がある） of paint.

Andew Wilcox, 長，率いる 裁判官 and 創立者 of the 競争, said: '示す's shed is a 広大な／多数の／重要な example of the 進化 of Cuprinol Sh ed of the Year over the past 18 years.

'It's a modern shed, cleverly 絶縁するd with 再生利用するd 構成要素s and a living roof that helps manage drainage in our 予測できない British 気候.

'With the 必須の kettle for a brew and all the mementoes and posters, it creates a cosy space for 示す to enjoy with his family and friends.

'Each shed is unique and personal to the Sheddie and I love that the 競争 is all about celebrating this.'

To enter the 競争, go to www.readersheds.co.uk. 入ること／参加（者）s for this year's 競争 will の近くに at midnight on Friday 31 May 2024.