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Photo by Mick Hales
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Westchester architect Thomas Koloski has elevated the lowly garden shed to new heights—figuratively and literally. Building codes limited the shed’s size to 100 square feet, so Koloski incorporated a steep roof pitch and code-maximum height to allow this tiny building in his backyard in Ardsley to feel as large as possible. The copper-finialed cupola and graduated slate roof give it stature and the off-white stucco was chosen to maximize contrast with the foreground planting. A small built-in heater along with good insulation keeps the shed warm enough for winter plant storage. Windows on all four exposures, including an east-facing Palladian window, ensure plenty of good light year-round. The interior ceiling is a V-groove knotty pine; the floors are bluestone. “I tell my wife that this ‘little house,’ as it has come to be known, is my gift to her,” Koloski says. “She good-naturedly insists that it’s my gift to me. It is, admittedly, a little of both.”
