Proof That Garden Sheds Can Be Glamorous

You typically don"t associate glamour and elegance with backyard storage sheds, but, Alison Carabasi has taken mundane prefabbed structures to completely custom objects of desire. Growing up in rural Pennsylvania, Carabasi"s family was always friendly with the neighboring Amish community. "Our barn burned down and the Amish rebuilt it," she says. "Yes, like in the movie "Witness"!" That great act of kindness spurred an ah-ha moment for Carabasi and her mother. Realizing that all the garden and storage sheds on the market in the United States

were of low quality and "just plain ugly" combined with seeing first-hand how skilled the Amish craftsmen were, the two decided to start a business. The garden follies, they handmake through their company Hillbrook Collections, come with all the bells and whistles: French house numbers, finials, potting shelves, Dutch or French doors, weather vanes, lanterns, or simply whatever you wish for.

The garden shed behind Carabasi"s house

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