‘My family knows this shed is my private space'

When Hazel Davis craves peace and quiet, or some uninterrupted time to practise her violin, she takes refuge in her own personal place

Hazel, 42, a writer and media trainer, is married to Bob, a warehouse worker. They have two daughters, Clementine, seven, and Gilda, five. They live in a three-bed, end-of-terrace, Twenties house in Huddersfield.

‘We moved to this house pre-children, so having a space of my own wasn’t an issue until they were born. I needed to work but didn’t want to leave the house for long periods and so spent a lot of time doing conference calls in noisy cafés or else with kids in the background. It was quite stressful trying to act professional and I became desperate for my own space. Also, I’m in a folk music duo and needed somewhere to practise my violin. A shed was the ideal solution, but it took us a while to make it happen.