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Mattie Shelton put her welding skills and family design/ build background (her dad is local architect Jeff Shelton) to use in an effort to elevate the tent experience. Her first creation was a five-foot-tall “mildly collapsible” hut, complete with a steel frame, glass front, canvas drop cloth, and space for a twin bed. Soon SHELTON HUTS was born, and she, along with Evan Walbridge, has been designing steel and wood framed tents (from $8,000) using reclaimed materials for clients along the West Coast. “I was lucky enough to grow up on a property with lots of friends and extended family, all of whom are extremely hard-working, creative people,” says Shelton. “I get to learn everyday from people who’ve managed to make a living doing things they are passionate about.” J . B . K . S HELTONHUTS .COM
She Said She Shed
ALLEN CONSTRUCTION created a “teeny-tiny house” that’s an inspired replica of a full-size, historical Queen Anne home the company recently renovated in downtown Santa Barbara. Working with the same team of Thompson-Naylor Architects and interior designer Jessica Risko Smith, preconstruction manager Eric Johnson says they strive for “the same perfection of our craft on projects big, small, and teeny-tiny—improving our planet by showcasing that green can also be gorgeous.” This teeny-tiny house was auctioned off at the Community Environmental Council’s annual Green Gala, and Charles and Betsy Newman had the winning bid at $11,000. The couple plans to put a picket fence and vegetable garden around it for their six grandkids. 805-884-8777. J . B . K .
Call it the antidote to the man cave. The she shed is the collective cry for a female getaway space be it an artist studio, garden dwelling, or yoga hideaway. And when architect JEFF DOUBET ’s wife, Lori, asked for one, he said, “You can do whatever you want on the inside, I just want it to look cool on the outside.” In attempt to create a vignette of good design on a hill in his backyard, this first she shed started a major footnote in his career. Now having designed several high-end sheds (roughly $11,000) around town— from tiny stucco red-tiled roof retreats to rustic potting rooms—he says, “careers have to morph; I’m most proud that I don’t fit the mold.” 805-698-6777. J . B . K . JEFFDOUBET.COM S A N TA B A R B A R A
BU I L D A L L E N .CO M Eric Johnson, Dennis Thompson, Jessica Risko Smith, and Ian Cronshaw.
PHOTOGRAPH: TINY HOUSE, ERIN FEINBLATT; SHE SHED, JEFF DOUBET. OPPOSITE: DENISE CREW PHOTOGRAPHY
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