Garden Room Projects We've been exploring
Since 2009, we have been writing articles about garden rooms, showcasing the versatility of these high spec, insulated garden buildings. We aim to inform buyers of their options and showcase the work of garden room companies, large and small.
Contemporary Garden Homes by Quick Garden
Quick Garden’s BELLA garden homes combine modern design with specification flexibility, featuring slow-grown Spruce cladding and dark-stained accents. Available in three sizes, they offer up to three bedrooms, insulation options, and customisation. DIY or professional installation options.
Garden Entertaining Room with Cantilever Roof
This luxurious garden room by Swift Unlimited in Cheshire features a well-specified kitchen with premium appliances and dramatic bi-fold doors that open an entire corner. Its cantilever roof and seamless indoor-outdoor design offer year-round comfort for entertaining and relaxation.
Bespoke Garden Office & Gym for a City Centre Home
A bespoke garden room in Cambridge transformed a small city garden into a dual-purpose home office and gym. AMC Garden Rooms delivered a design, that includes bike & garden storage, soundproofing, and eco-friendly features, ensuring functionality and comfort in a compact, stylish space.
Custom Workshops Built by Warwick Buildings for Galanos House
Warwick Buildings recently completed two customised workshops for Galanos House, a Royal British Legion home in Southam. Designed for carpentry and skill-building, the workshops feature accessible double doors, bench-height windows, skylights, and donated tools, fostering creativity and therapeutic benefits for residents.
Two Room Annexe with Kitchen & Ensuite
Executive Garden Rooms crafted this 33.75sqm annexe in Verwood, complete with a kitchenette, shower room, and spacious living area. Its contemporary design, turnkey service, and low-maintenance finishes make it an ideal, light-filled solution for self-contained living in the garden.
Garden Office Buildings
Garden Office Buildings offers a range of well-specified garden rooms and annexes, including standard designs like the Midi, Maxi, Multi, and Multi +. Each build features premium insulation, modern interiors, and high-quality cladding, with bespoke options available for tailored solutions.
Black Barn Style Garden Rooms
Garden2Office’s Malmö range brings contemporary barn-style design to garden rooms. The black-clad buildings feature vaulted ceilings, Swedish metal seam roofs and customisable roof pitches. A flat-roof option, the Sportskabin range, maintains the barn aesthetic with similar finishing choices.
One Bedroom Annexe Overcomes Significant Slope
In Tunbridge Wells, Ark Design Build have created a 42sqm garden annexe that skilfully overcomes a challenging sloped site. The contemporary barn-style building features a dual-pitched zinc roof, black Thermowood cladding and a well-appointed interior with vaulted ceilings throughout.
8ft x 12ft Garden Gym
Heritage Garden Studios designed a bespoke 8ft x 12ft garden gym in Barnsley, South Yorkshire, incorporating countryside views and a 55sqm composite deck. This insulated, multi-purpose space offers fitness, entertainment, and relaxation, with low-maintenance finishes and energy-efficient design throughout.
Maximising Productivity in Your Garden Office
A garden office provides a focused work environment separate from home distractions. Key considerations include size, insulation, security, positioning and utilities. With proper setup and organisation, it creates an ideal professional space while maintaining work-life boundaries.
Focus on the Crusoe Home Office
Crusoe Garden Rooms specialises in bespoke garden offices, offering nationwide installations in the UK. With over 15 years of experience and 300+ projects, they provide customisable, well-insulated spaces with flexible designs and electrical layouts, suitable for various needs and gardens.
Green Roof Option at Cosy Garden Rooms
Cosy Garden Rooms, specialists in bespoke outdoor spaces, now offers green roof systems for their garden rooms. These living roofs feature low-maintenance sedum plants, providing benefits such as improved insulation, increased biodiversity, and enhanced aesthetics. This eco-friendly option seamlessly integrates with their existing designs, requiring no structural modifications to their well-built structures.
Cabin Master: Bespoke Garden Rooms Designed With You
Cabin Master specialises in bespoke garden rooms, offering end-to-end service from design to installation. Their fully insulated structures are customisable to fit various needs, from home offices to gyms. Manufactured in Derbyshire and installed across mainland UK, these rooms feature flexible configurations, durable cladding options, and modern interiors. Cabin Master’s in-house team ensures quality craftsmanship throughout the entire process.
Luxury Garden Room with Bespoke Detailing
Swift Unlimited recently completed a bespoke garden room project in Wimbledon, commissioned by clients who wanted a multipurpose space that could evolve with their family’s needs. The clients had a clear vision for the building they wanted to create, but the project presented challenges—including an irregularly shaped site. Planning approval also required the street-facing wall to be taller than the others and clad in brick to match a nearby farmyard wall and the local architectural style.
Rustic Realities Garden Office with Storage
Rustic Realities designed and built this garden office with a storage room and log store for clients seeking an alternative to the cedar-clad boxes dominating the market. Founder Lee collaborated with them to create a design tailored to their needs and garden, incorporating the traditional detailing they wanted.
Garden Annexe Office and Gym
This stylish home office and gym in Kent was designed and built by the bespoke design specialists Ark Design Build. It reflects the growing trend of creating fully insulated outdoor spaces that serve multiple purposes within a single, thoughtfully designed structure.
4m x 3.5m Garden Drum Room
Garden Spaces designed a 4m x 3.5m soundproof music room for a drummer, incorporating acoustic enhancement layers and an acoustic porch for superior sound isolation. A specialist acoustic vent was added to ensure airflow without compromising soundproofing, making it an ideal space for practice without disturbing neighbours.
Replace a Conservatory with a SIPs Garden Room Extension
Are you thinking about replacing your outdated uPVC conservatory? A multi-layer garden room extension built with Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) could be the perfect solution. Not only do SIPs provide superior insulation and year-round comfort, but they also create a sleek, modern space that enhances your home’s energy efficiency.
Heritage Garden Studios designed and built this 6m x 4m SIPs house extension in just 11 days on-site. The well-specified room, featuring low-maintenance composite slatted cladding, offers a durable and stylish addition to the home, seamlessly integrating indoor and outdoor living.
Garden Annexes Kitchens: Heart of the Home, Even When Downsizing
When downsizing to a garden living annexe, there’s no need to compromise on the kitchen. Garden Annexes offer complete flexibility in designing your kitchen, from selecting the layout to choosing finishes like cabinetry, worktops, and taps. Whether you need a compact kitchen or a spacious, feature-rich one, their team works with you to create a space that’s both practical and beautiful, ensuring your kitchen remains the heart of your home, even in a garden annexe.
Concrete Slabs: The Basis for a Successful Garden Room
Concrete slab foundations have been a cornerstone of garden room design since the early days of the industry.
Cosy Garden Rooms includes the installation of the concrete base as part of their overall service, ensuring a seamless process from start to finish.
Choose a Structural Corner Post to Enhance Your Garden Connection
Miniature Manors can incorporate a structural steel post into their corner glazing configurations, allowing for a streamlined design that maximises natural light while offering unobstructed panoramic views, as these projects show.
The Ultimate Garden Man Cave
This custom-designed space includes a golf simulator, bar, dartboard, and a cosy seating area for movie nights. Incorporating specialist soundproofing, bespoke interior finishes, and high-quality Millboard cladding.
A cloakroom and storage room can be accessed from the garden.
