Garden Spaces designed this acoustic garden studio in St Leonards-on-Sea with performance and control rooms built to their Platinum specification. Clever foundations overcame site constraints, while precision detailing achieved impressive sound isolation within a stylish Thermowood-clad structure.
Garden Spaces
This archive of articles explores the work of Garden Spaces, known for their contemporary garden rooms built using highly insulated SIPs. We first featured their work in 2009 and have since followed their journey as one of the leading innovators in the market.
Garden Spaces offers one of the most extensive ranges of materials and design features we've seen, allowing you to truly personalise your garden room's finishes.
They provide a comprehensive 'One Stop Shop' service, guiding you from the design stage through to the final decoration. If your project includes a shower room or kitchen, they will handle the groundworks and utility connections, ensuring everything is approved by Building Control.
In addition to garden rooms, they also design and build self-contained living annexes under their Annexe Spaces brand. You can find the articles we've written about their garden annexe homes here.
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Bespoke Security Office Showcases Garden Spaces’ Versatility
This bespoke Garden Spaces project transforms a high-spec garden room into a fully equipped security office, overcoming complex planning and site challenges with a tailored design, Western Red Cedar cladding, and a turnkey service ready for immediate use.
Experience Counts When Garden Room Planning Concerns Arise
This 5m x 3m garden room by Garden Spaces showcases their planning expertise and design finesse, resolving a neighbour’s concern through thorough pre-checks and creating a stylish, move-in ready workspace that ties in seamlessly with a wider garden renovation.
Large Garden Family Room with Sauna & Store
This 6.5m x 5.17m multi-purpose garden room by Garden Spaces includes a family living space, sauna area, and hidden store. Built to Permitted Development rules, the deep layout, high-spec finish, and collaborative design approach make it a versatile year-round retreat.
Garden Music Room with Waiting Area by Garden Spaces
This bespoke garden music room by Garden Spaces was designed with acoustic performance, safeguarding, and professional use in mind. Featuring a separate waiting area, SIPs core, and layered soundproofing, it’s a ready-to-use teaching studio tailored to the client’s brief.
Bespoke Pool Room with Custom Foundation by Garden Spaces
This bespoke pool room by Garden Spaces was designed around the client’s vision and adapted to challenging ground conditions with a custom foundation. High-spec finishes inside and out make it a practical, year-round addition to the family’s garden and pool.
Garden Office Designed Around the Garden Setting
Garden Spaces designed and built a bespoke 3.5m x 3.5m garden office, carefully tailored to integrate with a mature garden, using a tree-friendly foundation system, high-quality materials, and a detailed design process including 3D modelling and a turnkey build service.
Insulated Workshop Designed Around a Tree
Garden Spaces designed this insulated L-shaped workshop around an existing tree, creating a durable and flexible workspace. Featuring Ebony-stained Thermowood cladding, plywood flooring, and bespoke electrics, it balances functionality with aesthetics while ensuring future adaptability as a home office or studio.
Garden Cinema & Games Room by Garden Spaces
Garden Spaces created this bespoke 5.5m x 4m garden cinema and games room, blending functionality with aesthetics. Featuring a sedum roof, timber cladding, pest-proofing, and bespoke electrics, the space offers a versatile, comfortable environment for family entertainment, seamlessly connecting with the surrounding garden.
Bespoke Pottery Studio by Garden Spaces
Garden Spaces created a bespoke pottery studio with reinforced floor and robust plywood walls to support heavy kilns and shelving. Thoughtfully placed glazing maximises natural light, while their turnkey service ensured seamless project management from design to completion, delivering a ready-to-use workspace.
4m x 3.5m Garden Room: Custom Music Studio Design
Garden Spaces specialises in creating high-quality, soundproof garden rooms tailored for musicians. A recent 4m x 3.5m project featured advanced acoustic measures, including a double-door porch and resilient soundproofing. The room’s design ensures effective noise isolation and high durability.
Garden Music Studio with Acoustic Porch
Garden Spaces crafts bespoke, soundproof garden music studios, ideal for musicians desiring early practice sessions without disturbing neighbours. Their Platinum acoustic specification includes acoustically enhanced walls, floors, and ceilings, plus an acoustic porch and double-skinned windows, ensuring superior sound insulation and comfort.
Compact Garden Gym
This project shows that you don’t need a big building to create a functional garden gym, especially when working with an experienced designer like Garden Spaces. At 3m x 2.5m with lots of glazing, it feels spacious and light-filled, designed for comfortable use.
Bespoke Garden Gym Crafted for a Challenging Plot
Garden Spaces designed a bespoke L-shaped garden gym, expertly tailored to fit an angled plot and integrate with an existing office. Using SIPs for insulation and reinforced walls for gym equipment, they combined durability and functionality, featuring stylish cement board cladding and gym flooring.
Garden Room with Corner Sliding Door Configuration
A Listed Building’s renovation limitations were overcome by Garden Spaces, creating a high-spec garden room with corner sliding doors. An innovative steel frame supports the structure without a corner column, enabling a seamless indoor-outdoor flow through low-profile thresholds and sleek finishes.
Garden Office with Concealed Storeroom
This Garden Spaces project showcases a multi-functional garden office with a concealed storeroom. This 5.9m x 3.35m building offers an 11.2 sqm office and 3.2 sqm storage room, independently accessible. Interior finishes include durable OSB for the storage room and a high-spec interior for the office.
Bringing Complex Garden Room Projects to Life
Garden Spaces specialises in complex garden rooms, managing challenging designs with creative expertise. This project, combining a golf simulator and cinema, highlights their skill in delivering stylish, functional spaces while navigating strict planning constraints and unique architectural demands.
Bespoke Garden Acoustic Studio
Garden Spaces created a 4.5m x 3.45m bespoke garden studio with multi-layer soundproofing, acoustic windows and porch. Features include condenserless air conditioning and durable cedar cladding, providing a professional, noise-controlled recording space with natural light and style.
Irregularly Shaped Garden Room with Storage
Garden Spaces offers bespoke garden rooms designed to fit irregularly shaped gardens, maximising usable space while avoiding inaccessible areas. This project features a custom garden room with integrated storage, Thermowood cladding, and Anthracite cement boards, achieving a sleek, functional finish.
Garden Office with Zero Maintenance Cladding
This 3.6m x 3.8m garden office by Garden Spaces offers bespoke design with zero-maintenance cladding, featuring large desk-height windows, aluminium French doors, and integrated Venetian blinds. Composite wood cladding and smart climate control ensure comfort and style year-round.
Low-Maintenance Garden Office by Garden Spaces
Garden Spaces designed and built this low-maintenance garden office using Ebony-stained Thermowood and cement particle board cladding. The design includes bi-fold doors for seamless indoor-outdoor connection and a plastered, decorated interior for a bright, welcoming feel.
Acoustic Garden Studio with Secret Storage Room
This dual-purpose acoustic garden studio by Garden Spaces combines a 17.8 sqm soundproof workspace and 5.2 sqm storage room. With multi-layer soundproofing, surface-mounted electrics, and durable Thermowood cladding, it balances functionality and style effectively in one structure.
Garden Office with Cedar and Cement Particle Board Cladding
This modern garden office by Garden Spaces combines Western Red Cedar and cement particle board cladding for a striking, low-maintenance finish. With SIPs insulation and a smart lighting system, it provides comfortable, year-round functionality in a 3m x 4m footprint.
