Rustic Realities

This archive highlights the work of Rustic Realities, a Buckinghamshire-based company crafting bespoke garden rooms with a unique blend of contemporary style and rustic charm. Serving Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire, founder Lee Butterworth personally works with clients to create tailored designs, guiding them in material selection for both interior and exterior finishes.

Committed to sustainability, Rustic Realities uses FSC-certified timber and eco-friendly Thermafleece Cosywool insulation made from UK sheep’s wool, with timber offcuts powering a biomass boiler. Each project is crafted with attention to detail, from design consultations to on-site builds, resulting in distinctive, eco-conscious garden rooms

6m x 3m insulated garden cabin by Rustic Realities

Insulated Garden Cabin by Rustic Realities

This 6m x 3m insulated garden cabin by Rustic Realities combines rustic charm with contemporary style. Featuring waney-edge larch, cedar shingles, and natural insulation, it’s a comfortable, year-round retreat designed to sit beautifully within its woodland surroundings.

The Oak clad garden room with storage by Rustic Realities

Oak Clad Garden Room with Storage

This oak-clad garden room by Rustic Realities combines a cosy hangout space with practical rear storage. Featuring a mix of distinctive windows, a porch entrance on an angled wall, and a warm cabin-style interior, it’s full of charm and purpose.

The finished lean-to office with its solid door and opening letterbox style windows

Lean-to Garden Office by Rustic Realities

Rustic Realities designed and built this smart lean-to garden office, replacing an old building with a stylish, insulated workspace tailored to the client’s vision, using black larch cladding, carefully positioned windows, and warm, functional interior finishes.

French doors offer a great connection with the garden

A Bespoke Garden Room Designed to Maximise an Awkward Corner

Rustic Realities designed this bespoke garden room to fit an awkward garden corner, blending natural materials with contemporary features. With extensive glazing, premium electrics, and a hidden outdoor cinema screen, it’s a versatile, light-filled space for work and relaxation year-round.

Example of a Rustic Realities family entertainment room

Rustic Family Entertaining Room in the Garden

This 5m x 3.5m garden room by Rustic Realities blends natural materials with rustic design. Featuring a light, airy interior, eco-friendly insulation, and distinctive cladding, it transitions seamlessly from a cosy family space to a lively entertaining area.

The final building is just as the initial design laid out

Rustic Realities Garden Office with Storage

Rustic Realities created a 7.2m x 3.2m bespoke garden office with storage and a log store, combining waney-edge boards, cedar shingles, and dark-stained shiplap cladding. Featuring a skylight, insulated framework & well-specified electrics, it’s designed for year-round use.

Rustic Realities yoga studio with storage room

Rustic Yoga Studio with Storeroom

Rustic Realities designed a 6m x 3m yoga studio with a storeroom, blending oak weatherboard and Cedar shingles for a rustic exterior. Features include eco-friendly insulation, anthracite doors, bespoke shelving, and reclaimed materials, offering serene functionality and stylish practicality year-round.

The Rustic Realities design is finished with Shou Sugi Ban cladding

Shou Sugi Ban Garden Room

Rustic Realities created a bespoke Shou Sugi Ban garden room featuring charred timber cladding for durability and style. Designed for year-round use, it includes a corner window, veranda swing, log storage, and interiors blending hardwood plywood walls with a white ceiling.

The exterior mixes black stained Thermowood and natural slatted Thermowood

Home Pilates Studio by Rustic Realities

Rustic Realities crafted a 6m x 3.5m garden Pilates studio with a 1.2m veranda, blending contemporary design and rustic Thermowood cladding. Featuring hardwood plywood interiors, mirrors, and ceiling anchors, it serves as a fitness space and family retreat.

Inside the room has a contemporary cabin aesthetic.

Unique Garden Office/Mancave with Storage

Rustic Realities crafted this 4m x 4m bespoke garden room in Buckinghamshire, blending a home office, leisure space & storage. Featuring eco-conscious materials, unique round windows, and ground screw foundations, the design overcame a tricky site with style and sustainability.

Rustic Realities bespoke garden rooms

Rustic Realities

Rustic Realities designs bespoke garden rooms blending contemporary and rustic styles, serving Buckinghamshire, Berkshire, and Oxfordshire. Founder Lee Butterworth creates eco-conscious builds using FSC-certified timber and Thermafleece insulation. Each project is tailored, with 3D models provided pre-construction.

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