On the Outside

<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Outbuildings on a property - such as greenhouses and storage sheds - can provide practical work space. These structures can serve as focal points in a garden or spots for relaxation or child's play. The following photos feature outbuildings that add beauty and charm to their surroundings . . . </span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEoFA74YIVxRIY1XAXh8KKy9omgUIJsk6Sln5eFIPCMegnS2CLdZhEQcs0X50Gv4bTb3i3xOo2lgn8GrjJO-khJf86bKaPX8gZh6GeOE-sjmKabdsn_2AFKkqzP2Etf7uHhVCKBfHy4Ey/s1600/p_101907269.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmEoFA74YIVxRIY1XAXh8KKy9omgUIJsk6Sln5eFIPCMegnS2CLdZhEQcs0X50Gv4bTb3i3xOo2lgn8GrjJO-khJf86bKaPX8gZh6GeOE-sjmKabdsn_2AFKkqzP2Etf7uHhVCKBfHy4Ey/s1600/p_101907269.jpg" width="496" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A greenhouse and cold frames provide the Mehigans a place to start seeds, root cuttings, and winter over tender plants; yew hedges are clipped to repeat the crenelations of the Old Rectory tower."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old Rectory, Netherbury, West Dorset, U.K. - home of Amanda and Simon Mehigan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jerry Harpur.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-english-garden?page=10" target="_blank">Classic English Garden</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqftTO8PfJ0xs9X5BbbT_c39qwiZWWlQr9tyr4WrRCUJOyN0wAvQOaoEIEzl6Ev54sFgxt0JBaHKCh4vwT1j0zq-mSBP8O-1e7XYgvS_4hnOxAIxW88xGNt93CJdrI_9dxYTH_0_5zrbj/s1600/p_101907272.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqqftTO8PfJ0xs9X5BbbT_c39qwiZWWlQr9tyr4WrRCUJOyN0wAvQOaoEIEzl6Ev54sFgxt0JBaHKCh4vwT1j0zq-mSBP8O-1e7XYgvS_4hnOxAIxW88xGNt93CJdrI_9dxYTH_0_5zrbj/s1600/p_101907272.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A gentle stream flows through the bog garden, with hostas, ligularias, and white calla lilies. This part of the property was hopelessly wet in winter. Rather than installing drainage, homeowner Amanda Mehigan decided 'to go with what we had,' beginning by digging the stream bed in what became the fascinating bog garden."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Old Rectory, Netherbury, West Dorset, U.K. - home of Amanda and Simon Mehigan.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Jerry Harpur.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-english-garden?page=3" target="_blank">Classic English Garden</a>" written by Elvin McDonald.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9bEwdrPc4n3hUmzu8ABHfEte-lt3Q4e8Qhyphenhyphen6eXXbYSkoijPN7xy9JXtSkUqFcIMH40TrpKpPZ8DROuuIaXulSrEHl3mpC-Op_sAzx_BBba3dvCs2qcZohD6ezG971r5LcYMc8_u0xtua/s1600/boxwood-parterre-x.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf9bEwdrPc4n3hUmzu8ABHfEte-lt3Q4e8Qhyphenhyphen6eXXbYSkoijPN7xy9JXtSkUqFcIMH40TrpKpPZ8DROuuIaXulSrEHl3mpC-Op_sAzx_BBba3dvCs2qcZohD6ezG971r5LcYMc8_u0xtua/s1600/boxwood-parterre-x.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Sharon Farm, home of Charlie and Mary Lou Seilheimer, in Orange County, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architect: Charles J. Stick.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.southernliving.com/home-garden/gardens/seilheimer-garden" target="_blank">Trim and Tidy Virginia Boxwood Garden</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.southernliving.com/" target="_blank">Southern Living</a>.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuNXFKnt1sYDGRf9TfvTPqd-Qg7h6SznKa4_bq6kj1hrAiKG9J0rkSz2a4LAp4waYpo_ntR1n-c48PC_OzW-DmxKCrMIkBSXbU5i1E10c-Z_XDW1UPNs7dy894FaE_jRDVX-bbYslw_NK/s1600/Overbrook-Farm-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYuNXFKnt1sYDGRf9TfvTPqd-Qg7h6SznKa4_bq6kj1hrAiKG9J0rkSz2a4LAp4waYpo_ntR1n-c48PC_OzW-DmxKCrMIkBSXbU5i1E10c-Z_XDW1UPNs7dy894FaE_jRDVX-bbYslw_NK/s1600/Overbrook-Farm-10.jpg" width="482" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The gazebo recalls Moorish designs in its graceful arches and tinkling bells suspended from the cupola."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Overbrook Farm - Lexington, Kentucky.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photo from <i><a href="http://www.monacellipress.com/book/?isbn=9781580933568" target="_blank">Kentucky: Historic Houses and Horse Farms of Bluegrass Country</a></i> (<a href="http://www.monacellipress.com/" target="_blank">The Monacelli Press</a>) by Pieter Estersohn.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/gallery/kentucky-historic-houses-and-horse-farms" target="_blank">Kentucky: Historic Houses and Horse Farms</a>"</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2u7Etk76X8G7XmQteAVpfO6HulhFC8JJsF8mIQPl2XvAMEhQS2R1Bu3bNH-Di3K3_vld6nvjOpkVof2Ny-crzFyiDWna2IsFZP2aDDBn_P3hqht3CxFdecTptL2ALYfVuXsvgV9FX7Fr/s1600/VER-Bass-Garden-5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs2u7Etk76X8G7XmQteAVpfO6HulhFC8JJsF8mIQPl2XvAMEhQS2R1Bu3bNH-Di3K3_vld6nvjOpkVof2Ny-crzFyiDWna2IsFZP2aDDBn_P3hqht3CxFdecTptL2ALYfVuXsvgV9FX7Fr/s1600/VER-Bass-Garden-5.jpg" width="518" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Roses also blanket a silo, with blooms below ranging from deep purple to soft cream."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Litchfield County, Connecticut, garden of Anne Bass.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by John M. Hall.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/elegant-connecticut-garden#slide-5" target="_blank">An Elegant Connecticut Garden</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMKq9K_lYa5pqWJDmxD5ZeYdnjZJsmtbCWQNPxhbaVcQwC6xdxmYvCHHUnJT_yWZ13AL74C8EcEvshdQbnbHeL1dLnuK3AqR97Lq0uEfPeCSTnR1PF_lpXuTbIwvxYZb9OAKgH_TOvs4F/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-3-md.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAMKq9K_lYa5pqWJDmxD5ZeYdnjZJsmtbCWQNPxhbaVcQwC6xdxmYvCHHUnJT_yWZ13AL74C8EcEvshdQbnbHeL1dLnuK3AqR97Lq0uEfPeCSTnR1PF_lpXuTbIwvxYZb9OAKgH_TOvs4F/s1600/Luxury--Lifestyle--Wedding-3-md.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The gardens of the estate, which date to the seventeenth century, feature a medieval <i>colombier</i>, or dovecote. The formal geometric structures of the landscape and structural design lent themselves as the perfect backdrop to the eclectic reception."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chateau de Breteuil, the site of the wedding reception of New York interior designer and stylist Kelly d'Halluin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Mallory Samson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/luxury-homes/wedding-reception-paris-kelly-dhalluin?click=main_sr#slide-4" target="_blank">Parisian Countryside Wedding</a>" by Tom Woodham.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmgoyblIflR9Yb_vRPvVyC20PkVT5omVcdFoSla_qHpNFnG878EWKV-p_Ub-ZSD9dKnIudoaJcruHfTiHfHoiyu637cMtSAIh40bKU9GKDPF1NhCSym5DJ_l9IQavgA-ALfm1l5TjW1Ad/s1600/p_101931650_wCROP.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNmgoyblIflR9Yb_vRPvVyC20PkVT5omVcdFoSla_qHpNFnG878EWKV-p_Ub-ZSD9dKnIudoaJcruHfTiHfHoiyu637cMtSAIh40bKU9GKDPF1NhCSym5DJ_l9IQavgA-ALfm1l5TjW1Ad/s1600/p_101931650_wCROP.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The picturesque structure was formerly a privy."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ben and Cindy Lenhardt's 1743 home in Charleston, South Carolina's historic district.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Brie Williams.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Test by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/gorgeous-formal-charleston-garden?page=10" target="_blank">Gorgeous Formal Charleston Garden</a>" produced by Andrea Caughey.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aya7Ok3LtDp2RPFa6MMujfx5fdDw3YxWCV2Po7wDoy2ZIXQokUkFLUAzEhecbkFR2ov19tE-XJBpC4K0yKli2ehhFyfbVAacrwREDd7xhsUUDyQwe4pXQ5mEan0NTVUDm26gN64NlIed/s1600/ver-georgia-gothic-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_aya7Ok3LtDp2RPFa6MMujfx5fdDw3YxWCV2Po7wDoy2ZIXQokUkFLUAzEhecbkFR2ov19tE-XJBpC4K0yKli2ehhFyfbVAacrwREDd7xhsUUDyQwe4pXQ5mEan0NTVUDm26gN64NlIed/s1600/ver-georgia-gothic-16.jpg" width="492" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Pigeonnier with Gothic arch, designed by Gatewood."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Americus, Georgia, home of Furlow Gatewood.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Max Kim-Bee.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/room-decorating/southern-gothic?click=main_sr#slide-11" target="_blank">Well-Lived: 19th-Century Southern Cottage</a>" by Carol Prisant.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJwgeDSvfeCuyYMckIjOMEZeEHUTm_SzM9RUM3lGMVZUgrwa9xj0JY-i1jzSTTcXd56WgTTGNn-RVb21rn_oEJDZowkuGiPZoWeSLHBdzpXQ0LaFAis5pUmYx82o8kKLbbJN4LWcsTsPD/s1600/101572213_p.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCJwgeDSvfeCuyYMckIjOMEZeEHUTm_SzM9RUM3lGMVZUgrwa9xj0JY-i1jzSTTcXd56WgTTGNn-RVb21rn_oEJDZowkuGiPZoWeSLHBdzpXQ0LaFAis5pUmYx82o8kKLbbJN4LWcsTsPD/s1600/101572213_p.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The <i>pigeonnier</i> is used as a playhouse with a garden of its own, delighting the Smith grandchildren."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Glenn and Judy Smith's home in The Woodlands, a suburb of Houston, Texas.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Architect: Ken Tate.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architect: Helen Grivich. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography byJohn Granen.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/garden-old-south-style?page=8" target="_blank">Garden With 'Old South' Style</a>" written by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvWJO6AmWUWgToHSVevNpcjrKMBd_HIdda4e8i4_IyIzHB4ia8vKOpgCB3Xzu_-_25BRVThh8iHkW6781THVFJUb4L-skURIqgYG5rcwfVTZgb8bMvp8-6Or4XjtlQbUSyIZutsfmFMrs/s1600/p_101876660.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGvWJO6AmWUWgToHSVevNpcjrKMBd_HIdda4e8i4_IyIzHB4ia8vKOpgCB3Xzu_-_25BRVThh8iHkW6781THVFJUb4L-skURIqgYG5rcwfVTZgb8bMvp8-6Or4XjtlQbUSyIZutsfmFMrs/s1600/p_101876660.jpg" width="534" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #462f26; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.992000579833984px; text-align: start;">"Set at the end of a pear allée, the shed is modeled after a pavilion in Williamsburg."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #462f26; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.992000579833984px; text-align: start;">Landscape design by Glenn Hillman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #462f26; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.992000579833984px; text-align: start;">Photography by Kindra Clineff.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #462f26; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.992000579833984px; text-align: start;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/beautiful-gardens/classic-connecticut-garden?page=12" target="_blank">Classic Connecticut Garden</a>" written by Tovah Martin.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #462f26; font-family: Arial, 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 19.992000579833984px; text-align: start;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApVhoywapvsO4g8a30VJNTzQV5GZVq2EtHJY2x2jKAttAVjNDx5BV6dGO5nlRchfiNLqPDfIBfEv4VBvPHsBNAYnxc29DfUqYz-5wwCdCNI9l1vhpGc6yzYmTzOZXVboYYfGufuiEEBqi/s1600/GG0513_Homeplace_05.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiApVhoywapvsO4g8a30VJNTzQV5GZVq2EtHJY2x2jKAttAVjNDx5BV6dGO5nlRchfiNLqPDfIBfEv4VBvPHsBNAYnxc29DfUqYz-5wwCdCNI9l1vhpGc6yzYmTzOZXVboYYfGufuiEEBqi/s1600/GG0513_Homeplace_05.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"The property’s original smokehouse" on the grounds of Brookside, a renovated Greek Revival home.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Caroline Allison.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/article/homeplace-country-retreat" target="_blank">Homeplace: Country Retreat</a>" by Julia Reed. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (August/September 2013).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_psUwt2e0BaziSWXBX8lCfgDs7Fjq9CKYFqrxJ8whS0CCY4EyLmocEplVQ7swPXslbHnQNDZA7o1TpArIEckUxMxNjW9bdJ2vqPfgo2YTDaCpDaoonQJwmaUksCgvrc8bD1soMfXdl92m/s1600/17-hbx-rustic-shed-christie-1013-lgn.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_psUwt2e0BaziSWXBX8lCfgDs7Fjq9CKYFqrxJ8whS0CCY4EyLmocEplVQ7swPXslbHnQNDZA7o1TpArIEckUxMxNjW9bdJ2vqPfgo2YTDaCpDaoonQJwmaUksCgvrc8bD1soMfXdl92m/s1600/17-hbx-rustic-shed-christie-1013-lgn.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"[William] Christie designed the rustic shed and had it built by a local carpenter; it is open on both sides to offer a walkway between gardens."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Le Batiment, the 16th-century French home of harpsichordist and conductor William Christie. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Simon Watson.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/decorating/house-pictures/french-country-interior-design-1013?click=main_sr#slide-17" target="_blank">A 16th-Century French Countryside Estate</a>" by Melissa Biggs Bradley.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.housebeautiful.com/" target="_blank">House Beautiful</a> (October 2013). </span> </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVPKGk_wRcNyqktKh1Xy9jxFhlCkDg5ik8zxFoG_0hgZVkOdtewPKeataTpVvcAMvxVshx6kSjV2P0PjNnfmNu86r4edJKLyyJ763dvMiK0U08JK2eMBQz6jMsRGCBP6ajU53pFXYLeU4/s1600/img_VAgardenlg_ss12_0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="572" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsVPKGk_wRcNyqktKh1Xy9jxFhlCkDg5ik8zxFoG_0hgZVkOdtewPKeataTpVvcAMvxVshx6kSjV2P0PjNnfmNu86r4edJKLyyJ763dvMiK0U08JK2eMBQz6jMsRGCBP6ajU53pFXYLeU4/s1600/img_VAgardenlg_ss12_0.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Echoing the blue of the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains is the roof of the old stone smokehouse, now used as a rental."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Silverbrook Farm, Dotti Shetterly's 18th-century home in Purcellville, Virginia.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Helen Norman.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Text by Rebecca Christian.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/gardens/outdoor-living/virginia-farm-garden?page=11" target="_blank">Virginia Farm Garden</a>" produced by James Cramer.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.traditionalhome.com/" target="_blank">Traditional Home</a>. </span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcdlYCTvg6w0yT97wsfzAhhWzS1CBWwO0P2LfhNdSzHuox4Z6CKXoXJ92AcDVwmUOqvDBaH43BWF1KCpgxIyN-4V1k5j6VszGyDBjfJEXkYrf9g7CR5fpeDbsPanMNeDg_DzzOPjqoH8j/s1600/GG0112_IntheGarden_02.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqcdlYCTvg6w0yT97wsfzAhhWzS1CBWwO0P2LfhNdSzHuox4Z6CKXoXJ92AcDVwmUOqvDBaH43BWF1KCpgxIyN-4V1k5j6VszGyDBjfJEXkYrf9g7CR5fpeDbsPanMNeDg_DzzOPjqoH8j/s1600/GG0112_IntheGarden_02.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"A circa 1904 outbuilding on the property now stores firewood."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taylor and Deidra Smith's "secluded retreat inside Atlanta's city limits on the banks of the Chattahoochee."</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Landscape architects: Missy Madden and Todd Yeager of Bellwether Landscape Architects.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Emily Followill.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://gardenandgun.com/article/river-garden" target="_blank">The River Garden</a>" by T. Edward Nickens.</span><br /><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.gardenandgun.com/" target="_blank">Garden and Gun</a> (February/March 2012).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NWBoFtBJ0Lkrsbb7WR3VO09VY3zqW23I1NP1_aOgdflRz2M64oChAC3mjAtnoJVbN2VoAG3hXQQdYxbAwiQNoPTFG1Hxx5FApFKGKg8C0xT-q2BBacefIAyUWEp_6KE8oT6qsy8BdjZp/s1600/VER-AERIN-LAUDER-HAMPTONS-HOME-ENTERTAINING-12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="432" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8NWBoFtBJ0Lkrsbb7WR3VO09VY3zqW23I1NP1_aOgdflRz2M64oChAC3mjAtnoJVbN2VoAG3hXQQdYxbAwiQNoPTFG1Hxx5FApFKGKg8C0xT-q2BBacefIAyUWEp_6KE8oT6qsy8BdjZp/s1600/VER-AERIN-LAUDER-HAMPTONS-HOME-ENTERTAINING-12.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"Small shed at the Lauder family Southampton home."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Photography by Sarah Bray.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">"<a href="http://www.veranda.com/outdoor-garden/aerin-lauder-hamptons-family-home#slide-1" target="_blank">Behind-The-Shoot: Aerin Lauder in Southampton</a>"</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>. (The original <a href="http://www.veranda.com/designers-ideas/Aerin-Lauder-New-years-toast?click=main_sr#slide-6" target="_blank">article</a> appeared in the January/February edition of <a href="http://www.veranda.com/" target="_blank">Veranda</a>.)</span></div>

On the Outside

Outbuildings on a property - such as greenhouses and storage sheds - can provide practical work space. These structures can serve as focal p...

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Playing House

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKKHJBclQ__nm7UFZfXkhfIMBJEWrpM8a81dhyphenhyphen1UZ2K_b8gECg9AFd4Wedi2_96Vu9o7a9n1goLcW_fBw6CVDj1X624Uv7fiocW7KXCiCzMTIxYJG8eMak-2kQyQNfT9-EkpcxXSWrY0/s1600/101572213_ss%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMKKHJBclQ__nm7UFZfXkhfIMBJEWrpM8a81dhyphenhyphen1UZ2K_b8gECg9AFd4Wedi2_96Vu9o7a9n1goLcW_fBw6CVDj1X624Uv7fiocW7KXCiCzMTIxYJG8eMak-2kQyQNfT9-EkpcxXSWrY0/s640/101572213_ss%255B1%255D.jpg" width="458" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This "pigeonnier" in Houston, Texas is used as a playhouse by the owner's grandchildren. ("Pigeonnier" is French for "dovecote".)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: Ken Tate, <a href="http://www.kentatearchitect.com/" target="_blank">Ken Tate Architecture</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Landscape architect: Helen Grivich.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Builder: <a href="http://www.rbratcliff.com/" target="_blank">R.B. Ratcliff & Associates</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by John Granen.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Traditional Home.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD84qeXDQbtT12hjqOsUL761C34LX-23DhaUbIHNNV-pYICqy1qCTe3A11A8jl3Yt3L8NJdjd7aLHfUpfdbXMannYSroAIisLdTwl2DtLqrpKaDYnbDoKuIIq_VGk2VQrJ2B2ROauh_yw/s1600/BlogGamesPeoplePlayVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD84qeXDQbtT12hjqOsUL761C34LX-23DhaUbIHNNV-pYICqy1qCTe3A11A8jl3Yt3L8NJdjd7aLHfUpfdbXMannYSroAIisLdTwl2DtLqrpKaDYnbDoKuIIq_VGk2VQrJ2B2ROauh_yw/s640/BlogGamesPeoplePlayVerandaMayJune2011.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playhouse belonging to the four children of India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Designed by David Flint Wood and painted the colors of the Union Jack.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Hibiscus Hill in the Bahamas.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Landscape design by India Hicks and David Flint Wood.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Miguel Flores-Vianna.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Veranda (May - June 2011).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkEYxbmnZY2TUuqG2Wox-JSflfMmwJQGdvj6qWNBBOkrdT6BJ0bVEI-91e3FY7_6oqNA4XcDyOWGFKEqsb828YSDEJyp1hkSMoVm5Wa88ekkRgLK9Qu_4kxC9zUguIu-Vjw45nwagdow/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="280" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQkEYxbmnZY2TUuqG2Wox-JSflfMmwJQGdvj6qWNBBOkrdT6BJ0bVEI-91e3FY7_6oqNA4XcDyOWGFKEqsb828YSDEJyp1hkSMoVm5Wa88ekkRgLK9Qu_4kxC9zUguIu-Vjw45nwagdow/s640/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.com/" target="_blank">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (March 2000).</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5JYEQTjSTdOb-VkhvJRMlzdCytW69vosNYhzV4i8x2PvnD5Tw-0-PJXHgHpcUcDGH8KkEjKieSF6unHHGHqLzCOrpmvjpYfMYnYp94Rm43pUzB9IYs2hJCV9GOnMupE3K3VU_WLaoI8/s1600/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu5JYEQTjSTdOb-VkhvJRMlzdCytW69vosNYhzV4i8x2PvnD5Tw-0-PJXHgHpcUcDGH8KkEjKieSF6unHHGHqLzCOrpmvjpYfMYnYp94Rm43pUzB9IYs2hJCV9GOnMupE3K3VU_WLaoI8/s640/BlogTimetoPlayHBMarch2000Two.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Mount Vernon playhouse created by Susie Hilfiger for Tomes Higgins Designer Showhouse.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Architect: <a href="http://www.allangreenberg.com/" target="_blank">Allan Greenberg</a>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Paul Whicheloe.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">House Beautiful (March 2000).</span></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphySOuK0QPMwPaYGL-xLjVmTwSKW0b2sXSwgbqsJ25qOs0H1TyBw47Wia6vQN_mdGajX9PQPKFK2udU9Nvu2Ub_1V07Q3RwvYHc_tpYWW4evqF8RuwrgexGfK2tntUu7yqXeO1NcWROQ/s1600/21playhouses-span-articleLarge%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgphySOuK0QPMwPaYGL-xLjVmTwSKW0b2sXSwgbqsJ25qOs0H1TyBw47Wia6vQN_mdGajX9PQPKFK2udU9Nvu2Ub_1V07Q3RwvYHc_tpYWW4evqF8RuwrgexGfK2tntUu7yqXeO1NcWROQ/s640/21playhouses-span-articleLarge%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Dan Burnham's $248,000 playhouse near Santa Barbara, California.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Built by artist and treehouse builder <a href="http://www.barbarabutler.com/" target="_blank">Barbara Butler</a> of San Francisco.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by Kevin Scanlon for the New York Times.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Published in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/21/garden/playhouses-childs-play-grown-up-cash.html?pagewanted=all" target="_blank">New York Times</a> (July 20, 2011).</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlWmC57YvbHFOnszlxhRhCqzRN2iwvnJny4c3zkiKjTScjQpAANIbtHBYURBTPVmceXi4QXZ_Zm5g-zEHqNcdQzrtMKIiHx0q-RJQR6QWAnaqpThqxPm0y36hZwJ4G50NFru81mVq4Co/s1600/style-guide-ED0609-SCHRAG27-8%255B1%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="512" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxlWmC57YvbHFOnszlxhRhCqzRN2iwvnJny4c3zkiKjTScjQpAANIbtHBYURBTPVmceXi4QXZ_Zm5g-zEHqNcdQzrtMKIiHx0q-RJQR6QWAnaqpThqxPm0y36hZwJ4G50NFru81mVq4Co/s640/style-guide-ED0609-SCHRAG27-8%255B1%255D.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Playhouse at the Southampton home of Rita Norona Schrager.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interior design by Hernan Arriaga.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Photography by William Waldron.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Elle Decor (June 2009).</span></div>

Playing House

This "pigeonnier" in Houston, Texas is used as a playhouse by the owner's grandchildren. ("Pigeonnier" is French for...

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