I wouldn't move the shed any nearer to the fence - in fact I'd be looking to move it away.
At some stage in the (probably not too distant) future you'll have to do some maintenance on the shed - shed roofing felt can be very short lived. Fences don't last forever either. I think you need a clear 18 - 24" shed and fence maintenance space down the side and at the back of the shed. You could lay slabs between the side and back of the shed and the fences. That should help stop weeds / tree seedlings springing up - but you can get to them if they do. 'Stuff' will get stored down there - but you can move it when it's time to work on the fence or shed.
Some clever planting as suggested above to the garden side (perhaps curving round to the front of the shed) will help to soften it. You could also consider painting it a nice colour or using some strategically placed trellis panels with climbers in the garden between the house and the shed to screen it slightly.
Heaven is ... sitting in the garden with a G&T and a cat while watching the sun go down
Hello DaddyA, I can only suggest that you perhaps get a roll of good quality weedproof fabric (or even roofing felt), cut it to the exact size of the gap and see if you can roll it out to the other end with a broom handle or similar. Weigh both ends down with stones and stretch it taut if you can. It might help to keep the weeds down, but not the leaves unfortunately. You can get a very narrow rake perhaps for that task.
@Topbird Although everything you say makes absolute sense, and that is exactly what should be done, I don't think I can. Simply because the 18-24" gap would then mean a bug chunk of our garden will be lost to shed space. It is not a big garden at all. We are actually in a new build and the developers designed this small row of houses awfully now that we've been here a year and understand what's going on. There is a huge front driveway sort of thing which is south facing. The garden is squashed and north facing. North West to be precise. They should have just made normal on street parking with a space for one car only, moved the house forward and allowed more sun into the garden. Hey ho!
Posts
At some stage in the (probably not too distant) future you'll have to do some maintenance on the shed - shed roofing felt can be very short lived. Fences don't last forever either. I think you need a clear 18 - 24" shed and fence maintenance space down the side and at the back of the shed. You could lay slabs between the side and back of the shed and the fences. That should help stop weeds / tree seedlings springing up - but you can get to them if they do. 'Stuff' will get stored down there - but you can move it when it's time to work on the fence or shed.
Some clever planting as suggested above to the garden side (perhaps curving round to the front of the shed) will help to soften it. You could also consider painting it a nice colour or using some strategically placed trellis panels with climbers in the garden between the house and the shed to screen it slightly.
Although everything you say makes absolute sense, and that is exactly what should be done, I don't think I can. Simply because the 18-24" gap would then mean a bug chunk of our garden will be lost to shed space. It is not a big garden at all. We are actually in a new build and the developers designed this small row of houses awfully now that we've been here a year and understand what's going on. There is a huge front driveway sort of thing which is south facing. The garden is squashed and north facing. North West to be precise. They should have just made normal on street parking with a space for one car only, moved the house forward and allowed more sun into the garden. Hey ho!