The workshop is complete with an iconic green, round door–
“This man’s workshop is straight out of a fairy tale.“
The following written content by Ann W. Schmidt
Ali Hughson, 47, from South Queensferry, Scotland, built his own “hobbit house” workshop in his backyard based on the book “The Hobbit” by JRR Tolkien.
Hughson, a wood artist and an IKEA worker, told Southwest News Service (SWNS) that he has been a fan of Tolkein since he was a teenager and that he loves “all that magical stuff.”
“When I was around 13 I read ‘The Hobbit,’ and then watched the ‘Lord of the Rings’ movies when they got released,” Hughson told the news agency. “I always liked the idea of the hobbit’s houses, the whole idea of being underground and surrounded by nature is cozy.”
Though Hughson said he had wanted to make his workshop “more magical than your normal garden shed,” he wasn’t able to for several years because he lived in Edinburgh and had a shared backyard.
“When we moved to South Queensferry, we had our own garden and there was a shed but it had seen better days, so I decided then to make it more special,” Hughson said. “I needed a workshop, so I decided to knock the shed down and build it there in the garden.” Read more from F.N.
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