The south-facing garden used to consist of
dead grassTurf it out
Instead of lawn, a romantic gravel path winding between deep flowerbeds works well in small, narrow plots,
bringing the greenery in and hiding the end of the garden from the house. Smyth, co-founder of Studio Bua
Architecture and Interiors in E17, and IT manager Delorme dug up the top layer of lawn and brought it
through the house in bags.
After marking out the shape of the path they dug down 10cm, throwing the soil on to the beds either side.
They hammered in metal edging (Everedge Classic, 5x1 metre strips for £36) to make the sides of the path
then added pea shingle from their local garden centre.
A winding path and deep flowerbeds replaced a
dead lawnPaint it
A treated softwood shed, £300 from B&Q, was painted black for an instantly smarter look.