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title: "On Becoming a Sheddie (or Visiting the Bowen Island Eco-Shed)"
description: "sheddie ... a person who enjoys creating a comfortable space within an outbuilding (shed); not only for working on projects but a place to enjoy a pint and some darts as well. In a sentence: All that..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2009/05/26/on-becoming-a-sheddie-or-visiting-the-bowen-island-eco-shed/
date: 2009-05-26
modified: 2009-05-26
author: "Monique"
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# On Becoming a Sheddie (or Visiting the Bowen Island Eco-Shed)

[**sheddie**](http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=sheddie)

*… a person who enjoys creating a comfortable space within an outbuilding (shed); not only for working on projects but a place to enjoy a pint and some darts as well.

In a sentence: All that sheddie does is drink beer by his woodstove and play darts. *

At the beginning of May, James and I ventured over to Bowen Island to visit the Glave family and to stay in their Eco-Shed. (We drank wine instead of beer and, as you’ll see, there were no darts.)

Construction of the Eco-Shed is chronicled in James Glave’s book (http://www.dmpibooks.com/book/9781553653202) (published in 2008 by Greystone Books). The book is an entertaining examination of the difficulty James went through when designing his eco-friendly, sustainable writing studio.

Having read the book, I knew that I wasn’t going to sleepover in some drafty garden shed, but I had no concept of how lovely the eco-shed really is.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3583/3521776093_0846a54238.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/3521776093/)

Pretty little stove to heat the place. Kitchenette for toast and jam in the morning.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3640/3521780205_50689e71b0.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/3521780205/)

One of the most comfortable beds on the island.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3619/3522590828_d78a765828.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/3522590828/)

Little writing nook and view of the mountains.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3606/3521825513_11891b2876_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/3521825513/)

The fourth wall is all windows and looks out on this lovely garden.

[!(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3390/3521809841_87c7a41ea8.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/3521809841/)

And I’m a sucker for a cute bathroom. Think walk in closet but this one is tiled in green, and like a sailboat bathroom, everything is self-contained (toilet, shower). It’s beautiful.

For more news and notes on the Eco-Shed, visit Jame Glave at (http://glave.com/), go to the official Eco-Shed website at (http://www.eco-shed.ca) or check out the photos on the (http://www.flickr.com/groups/1082778@N24/).