12-year-old girl gives father £500 to build mushroom-shaped house; it wins Shed of the Year 2017

The Mushroom Shed was designed to resemble a mushroom. A 12-year-old girl from Surrey, England, gave her father £500 from her savings and asked him to build a house shaped like a mushroom in their back garden. Her father, Ben Swanborough, took up the challenge and built a two-storey wooden hideaway with a trapdoor, stained-glass windows and a glass floor overlooking a stream. The unusual structure later won the overall title in the 2017 Cuprinol Shed of the Year competition.The Mushroom Shed, also known as the Mushroom House, was selected from a record 2,963 entries in the tenth edition of the annual competition, as per the information on Shedblog. The event attracted 26,571 public votes, with the final winner announced by George Clarke during Channel 4's Amazing Spaces Shed of the Yearprogramme.What began as a request from Swanborough's daughter eventually became a place where the family could spend time together and entertain friends. The handmade structure included several unusual features, from a hidden shelf for treats to a glass roof that allowed visitors to look at the stars.Swanborough's creation first won the Cabin and Summerhouse category before competing against seven ot...