![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/incredible-diy-garden-pub-made-from-recycled-rubbish-named-shed-of-the-year/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/newspress-collage-20413400-1668355361775.jpg&description=A THRIFTY back yard boozer made entirely from recycled materials and featuring its own beer garden has been crowned Britain's best Pub Shed of the Year. It took John Simmons, 50, more than a year to construct the amazing man-cave in his garden in Portsmouth. John and wide Anita Simmons with dog Bertie at their pub shed called The Dog & Ball that was recently crowned Britain's Best Pub Shed of the Year.Credit: SWNS It's made entirely from recycled materials and features a dart board, wooden décor, countryside-pub style seating, a roof covered in fairy lights and even its own outdoor beer garden and decking area.Credit: SWNS It could double as the real-deal with its own dart board, wooden décor, countryside-pub style seating, a roof covered in fairy lights and even its own outdoor beer garden and decking area. The father-of-three built the miniature pub from as much reclaimed material he could find from salvage yards and a Facebook page for pub shed enthusiasts. John sourced, cut, sanded and fixed every timber and fitting himself - as well all 4,500 screws. The makeshift pub - called The Dog & Ball, named after the family's Labradoodle Bertie - beat off more than a thousand entries to win the title. John said: "It has all been rather overwhelming, but I am chuffed to bits." "We had 18 friends over last night to celebrate the final and it was fantastic to find out I won - I was really thrilled." "I started building it last year and wanted to have it completed this summer for my 50th birthday." "Sourcing the reclaimed material took the biggest chunk of time." "I am an avid DIY-er and love a project." "Lots of people had been doing this sort of thing over lockdown so I took inspiration from that, and I wanted a haven at home that was cheaper than the pub. "It's somewhere I can go and enjoy being with my friends and family, which was really the whole purpose." "It cost about four figures, which is much cheaper than it would have been had I done a proper build and had to go){kind=link}
A THRIFTY back yard boozer made entirely from recycled materials and featuring its own beer garden has been crowned Britain’s best Pub Shed of the Year.
It took John Simmons, 50, more than a year to construct the amazing man-cave in his garden in Portsmouth.
It could double as the real-deal with its own dart board, wooden decor, countryside-pub style seating, a roof covered in fairy lights and even its own outdoor beer garden and decking area.
The father-of-three built the miniature pub from as much reclaimed material he could find from salvage yards and a Facebook page for pub shed enthusiasts.
John sourced, cut, sanded and fixed every timber and fitting himself – as well all 4,500 screws.