Ramshackle Austrian farm building is renovated into an enchanting writer’s workshop

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A drafty and worm-eaten 1930s farm building was saved from the demolition chopping block thanks to a skillful renovation in the hands of Sue Architekten. Renamed the Enchanted Shed, this overhauled outbuilding serves as a writer’s workshop, guest room, and “children’s paradise.” The architects gave the Austrian farm building a contemporary new update with a modern interior and a large glazed window that emphasizes the structure’s historic gabled form.

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Originally built as a storage shed, the old farm building was one of many that accompanied the Vienna Woods villas back in the 1930s.

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Sue Architekten saw potential in the unwanted buildings and devised ways to convert the structures into “cozy hideaways” that were “affordable, magical places of retreat for families and their guests.”

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The moss-covered roof and coal tar-covered timber cladding were preserved, however, the architects dramatically transformed the interior with gray varnished spruce planks and a large glazed wall on the front facade of the upper living space.

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A brass trapdoor separates the top floor from the ground level, which is used for storing miscellaneous items, such as the garden tools and fruit crates.