The Garden Room Guide

Garden room, garden office & garden studio buyers guide

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Spaces Group recruiting to meet demand

The busy summer period of exceptionally warm weather saw an influx of enquiries for the Spaces Group, who provide garden buildings and annexes to homeowners across the UK. You can explore more than 450 examples of their work on their website or perhaps you might like to join their team of designers.

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LATEST GARDEN ROOM PROJECTS & NEWS

French doors lead off the bedroom onto a decked terrace

Replace a garage with a holiday let

September 18, 2018

Did you know, that with the right permissions in place, you can create an extra income stream from a garden room? This family replaced their garage with a self-contained annexe by Miniature Manors and are letting it via Airbnb.

The garden room is a key part of this landscaped garden

Garden room as part of a landscaped garden

September 16, 2018

As seen at the big garden shows, garden rooms are becoming a key part of a landscaped garden. Garden designers appreciating that a fully insulated garden room extends the use and enjoyment of the garden beyond the summer months.

Two sets of bifold doors on an eDEN Garden Room

Garden gym with two sets of bi-fold doors

September 14, 2018

Bi-fold doors are a popular option in garden room design as they fold back to open up a large section of wall. If your budget allows, using two sets of bi-folds can open up a whole corner of the building. Creating a great inside-outside connection.

One bedroom garden annexe that is heading to Grand Designs Live

Sneak peak at Cre8a’s Grand Design

September 13, 2018

Grand Designs Live is on the horizon. It is a great show for exploring garden rooms. One company to check out is Cre8a Pods who will be exhibiting a one bedroom annexe complete with kitchen and bathroom.

The interior has that signature Scandinavian thanks to the SmartPanel cladding

Treatment room with wc and storage

September 11, 2018

For therapists looking to create a quiet, private space to see their clients, a garden room is proving to be the perfect solution. Nordic Wood was asked to design and build a room for a counsellor to see her clients at home, using materials sourced from Scandinavia.

Garden studio built in a National Park

Garden studio is more productive than the dining room

September 7, 2018

Green Studios have recently completed this contemporary artist’s studio, for a couple who were looking to free up space in their house. The new studio is proving to be much more productive a space than the dining room!

Spaces Group build contemporary garden rooms

Spaces Group recruiting to meet demand

September 6, 2018

The busy summer period of exceptionally warm weather saw an influx of enquiries for the Spaces Group, who provide garden buildings and annexes to homeowners across the UK. You can explore more than 450 examples of their work on their website or perhaps you might like to join their team of designers.

The open plan room is big enough for a double bed and seating area

Guest bedroom in the garden

September 5, 2018

Creating an extra bedroom is a popular use for garden rooms. Families are finding that building a bedroom with en-suite facilities in the garden, is a quicker and cost-effective alternative to actually extending the house.

Garden room with secret shed

Timeline of a garden room project

September 1, 2018

Buying a garden room, even a bespoke design tailored to your needs, is a well-oiled process. eDEN Garden Rooms share with us the timeline for a bespoke garden room with shed project.

Garden room with the back wall forming the garden fence

Garden room forms part of fence

August 30, 2018

It has become popular to site a garden room tight to the boundaries of the garden, to maximise the space available. This project by Nordic Wood takes this process one step further, with the garden room forming part of the boundary fence.

Bothy Garden Rooms Scotland

Bothy Garden Rooms

August 28, 2018

If you are looking for a garden room in Scotland, there is a new name to check out, Bothy Garden Rooms. Based in central Scotland, they build their contemporary style buildings throughout the country.

Garden room with curved wall detailing

Sewing room in the garden

August 26, 2018

This stylish garden room has been designed as a sewing room. Swift Garden Rooms worked closely with their client to create a spacious building that offers plenty of space for a sewing table, cutting table and storage. Windows on three elevations means the room will have good natural light for working. With LED downlights recessed into the ceiling allowing work continue into the evening.

Internal walls have been created to divide the building into two rooms and a cloakroom

Two room garden room with cloakroom

August 24, 2018

You are not limited to one room when building a garden room. It is relatively easy to divide a building up to serve more than one use. Bespoke designers, Executive Garden Rooms offer this service to their clients. Starting with a blank sheet and designing the building and its internal layout around their customers intended uses.

Vote for Shed & Breakfast for Shed Of The Year 2018

Please vote for Shed Of The Year

August 21, 2018

The team at Warwick Buildings contacted us to say that one of their buildings has made the final 24 entries for Shed Of The Year 2018. Using a Warwick Building, Daisy & Jon have created Shed & Breakfast, a unique B&B near Bristol.

EXPLORE PROJECTS BY GARDEN ROOM TYPE

Garden Offices

Creating a home office is the most popular use for a garden room. We have written about lots of garden offices over the years, and have curated this page of articles to point you in the direction of some of the more interesting examples.
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Garden Gym

Garden rooms make great home gyms. The building can be designed around the type of exercise you want to undertake, with a great view of your garden.
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One person granny annexe

Granny Annexes

Whether you are looking for a home for relative old or young, a self-contained garden annexe can create a modern, comfortable home, designed around your needs.
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Garden Room with Shed

Want a garden room but need a shed? Well, there is no reason why you can't have both under one well-designed roof. Garden room designers are very clever at making the shed element of the building so discreet that you'll hardly know it's there.
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Flat pack house extensions

A few of the garden room firms we feature on this site will build house extensions. Often referred to as flat-pack extensions, these highly insulated structures are manufactured off-site and then delivered to your home for quick assembly. These firms will work closely with you to design an extension around your home and your intended use.
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Two cutting stations sit along the rear wall

Hair Salon & Beauty Studios in the garden

Many hairdressers and beauty therapists who want the convenience of working from home are buying a garden room. Garden room designers will work with you to create the layout that works for your business.
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Teenagers Den

Many families are looking at the space in their garden and creating a modern space where their teenagers can hang out in privacy, while close to home. You could also incorporate a kitchenette and shower room if you want your new room to be self-contained.
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Based on the Alcove design the garden room has clean modern lines

Overcoming a tricky site or access

Not all sites are level or have direct access. Thanks to the modular nature of garden room design, with thought, tricky access and sites can easily be overcome.
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Garden room with toilet or shower room

It is becoming increasingly popular to incorporate a toilet or full shower room into a garden room building. An expensive option, the addition of these facilities does increase the usability of the building now and in the future. There are two options open to you, an off-grid system or a system connected to the mains supply.
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The exterior lighting extends the rooms use into the garden

Family room in the garden

A garden room is a quick way to create additional family space. These rooms tend to be multifunctional spaces catering for different uses from homework space to home cinemas.
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Luxury clamping pod

Holiday pods

Create holiday pods that make your business stand out from the crowd. With designs from the contemporary to the quirky they will pay for themselves in no time.
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The Henley Mini is one of the smallest garden offices on the market

Smallest Garden Rooms

There are some great small garden room designs on the market. Just because you are looking for a small room doesn't mean you have to compromise on designer features.
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