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. For more information about buying a garden office, check out our sister site the Garden Office Guide.
Dual entry garden office
You are not limited to having just one door when building a garden office building. This bespoke design by Kent-based Ark Design Build is an excellent example of how you can position doors in a garden office just where you need them.
The office is positioned in the middle of the garden with doors on both the front and rear elevations.
2.5m x 2.9m Garden Pod
Miniature Manors have added a contemporary garden pod to their range of options. Sitting on a footprint of 2.5m x 2.9m, it is a great size, perfect for a range of uses. In these photos, we can see the owner has set their pod up as a stylish home office, but the light-filled room would work equally well as an art studio or exercise space.
Garden room with standing seam Zinc cladding
This stylish garden room is by Vita Modular and features standing seam Zinc external cladding, which offers a contemporary aesthetic and is a low maintenance option. The 4.4m x 3.5m garden room will be used as a physiotherapy treatment room.
Contemporary offices customised to your needs
Timeless Garden Rooms can customise the size and layout of their contemporary range to your needs. They offer all inclusive pricing so you know where you are with your project cost.
Examples in this article are being used as home offices and a hobby room.
Garden Spaces with sedum roof covering
When buying a flat-roofed garden room, people often forget to consider the roof covering as a design choice; they see it as a purely functional element. The owners of these Garden Spaces garden rooms did consider how their building would look from above and added a living roof covering, which looks great and offers many benefits.
Garden rooms by Eleven Trees
Eleven Trees offer bespoke garden rooms in South London and Kent. As well as tailoring the building to your specification they also offer landscaping services.
Garden studio ranges with the foundation included in the price
When comparing your garden studio options, you need to keep in mind that not all companies include the foundation system in the price they quote on their website.
Sanctum Garden Studios take a different approach with their three ranges; the prices quoted include VAT, the foundation and installation. So, you know where you are from the start.
Garden gym/office with cassette toilet
6m x 4.3m garden office & gym building by Executive Garden Rooms. The building is full of features including a cassette toilet, air conditioning and a large remote controlled roof window.
Garden studio built on terraced ground
With this project, Ark Design Build has truly crafted a garden studio to fit into the garden. Built on terraced ground, many other companies would have said this project was not feasible. As bespoke designers, Ark Design Build approach each project on its own merits, resulting in a studio that works for the owners and the garden.
Outdoor office with toilet
Stylish 6m x 3m outdoor office by AMC Garden Rooms designed around the requirements of an IT business. The light-filled office has space for three workstations, and there is the convenience of an ensuite w.c.
Externally, the office has been finished in charcoal-coloured Thermowood, creating a contemporary look with a nod to traditional black-clad barns.
The Rise of the ‘Shoffice’
Literally combining the words shed and office, the term ‘shoffice’ covers any form of garden office, studio or hobby room, fitted out with all the essential requirements of modern living.
2m deep garden room
We know that many readers are looking for a small garden office building, so we are excited to share this 2m deep example by Hargreaves Garden Spaces.
Make Room Outside Living
Looking for a garden room in Yorkshire? Well, a trip to Make Room Outside Living’s show site in Wakefield should be on your research list. The Make Room team have created a village of fully furnished garden rooms showcasing how their modular design system can create unique garden rooms of all sizes.
Garden room with covered outdoor seating area
Miniature Manors designed and built this 4.5m x 3m insulated garden room with a 2.5m wide side canopy creating an outdoor seating area alongside.
Vita Modular garden rooms
A look at the standalone garden rooms and house extensions offered by Vita Modular. They offer a range of contemporary, low maintenance exterior finishes including brick, seamed steel and pinstripe cement fibreboard.
Handcrafted garden rooms by Moonalabs
With a carpentry background ourselves, it is a delight to see these images of the Moonalabs range of garden rooms being handcrafted. They use traditional carpentry techniques to craft their buildings using sustainably sourced hardwoods such as Teak.
Garden office built in five hours
The Hampton by Sanctum Garden Studios can be built in as little of five hours. This time-lapse shows what an efficient process it is and how the Sanctum team keep a tidy site as they work.
Old garage to garden office with hidden storage
Executive Garden Rooms dismantled an old garage and replaced it with a contemporary garden office that has a secret storage area.
A Swift garden room can be a future-proofed investment
The team at Swift will work with you to create a future-proofed garden room that can morph into a different use as the family’s needs evolve.
This four-room garden room is a great example. Intended as a home office and gym today, it could be used for other uses in the future.
Corrugated aluminium clad garden gym & office
We are a fickle bunch here at The Garden Room Guide; we have fallen in love with lots of garden room buildings over the last 13 years, but this project by Miniature Manors would make it into our all-time top three!
The barn style building features two rooms, one is a gym and the other an office with ensuite.
Spaces Group: SEE (Super Energy Efficient) Upgrade Package
Spaces Group, home of Garden Spaces and Annexe Spaces, have created a new Super Energy Efficient specification that is an option on all of their buildings. This package can improve the overall performance of their buildings by up to 30%.
Garden Fortress showroom
If you are based in Surrey, London or the surrounding counties Garden Fortress’s showroom is worth a vista as part of your research.
It is a clever building that serves a hybrid of uses well. There is office space, gym space, leisure space and a kitchenette and shower room.
Garden office & entertainment space
This stylish L-shaped building mixes three different uses under one roof – a spacious home office, discreet storage room and a canopied area for barbequing.
Pre-designed garden rooms
A pre-designed garden room is a good option if you are looking for a well-specified building with a quick, simplified purchase process. They are a good choice if you want to quickly create a home office, gym or art studio.
See Garden Spaces at Grand Designs Live 2022
Garden Spaces are featuring a multifunction garden room that is full of design features at Grand Designs Live at ExCel London. The show runs between 30th April and 8 May 2022 and it is a great opportunity to explore the work of an experienced garden room company.
Garden room alternative
If your budget doesn’t stretch to a multi-layer garden room choosing an insulated log cabin from Hargreaves Garden Spaces is a cost-effective alternative.
This 4m x 3.5m home office is a good example; it also features a useful storage room.
How to build a garden room in a day
Guest post from The Insulated Panel Store explaining how, with one of their self-build kits, you can build a garden room in just a day!
Tailor-made physiotherapy and pilates studio
eDEN Garden Rooms designed and built this 5m x 3.5m garden room tailor-made for a physiotherapy and pilates business. The door & windows have been configured to maximise the countryside views.
Garden office tucked into the corner of the garden
A look at a garden office by Blyss Garden Rooms that has been designed to tuck into the corner of the garden.
Design choices to ensure your garden room is warm in winter?
When planning a garden room, the design choices you make for the core structure will affect how warm it is in winter.
While you will initially pay more for a multi-layer garden room structure compared with other types of garden building, you will reap dividends in the long run.
Insulated container garden room
Alongside their log cabin and summerhouse designs, Summerhouse24 offer a range of insulated shipping container garden rooms. They would be an option for so many different uses – there is even an option with a sauna!
Examples of work from home buildings
Examples of work from home buildings by Crusoe Garden Rooms. They show how a garden room can be tailored around the needs of different occupations.
Garden office with a storeroom for a tight space
This garden office and storeroom by Hargreaves Garden Spaces has been designed to slot into a 3m wide garden, maximising the space available. While some companies insist on space being left all around the building so they can install it, Hargreaves Garden Spaces has developed a system that allows them to build tight to a fence.
Spread the cost by renting a garden office
Renting a garden office is a realistic alternative to taking out an expensive finance contract. You can rent an office from £36.92 per week from Booths Garden Studios.
Garden office and workshop
Executive Garden Rooms designed and built this highly insulated garden office with workshop. Both rooms can be independently accessed from outside and there is also a communicating door between the two room.
Have your garden room designed by an architect
Working with a garden room architect rather than a residential architect has many benefits as they understand the nuances of garden room construction.
How to create the perfect garden room?
We have been chatting with Ivana & Lukas from A Room in the Garden about how they approach creating the perfect garden room for their clients, whether that be a garden office, home gym or a self-contained living annexe.
Creating a garden office on a limited budget
Needing a home office but with a limited budget that would not stretch to a highly insulated garden office, Hargreaves Garden Spaces helped their client maximise their budget with an insulated log cabin building.
Garden office & treatment room for an osteopath
Home office and treatment room for an osteopath with reinforced ceiling to take hanging equipment including an Indian swing. A toilet has been fitted to save patients having to visit the house.
Garden room planning applications
If you need to apply for planning permission to build your garden room, DWG Plans Limited can handle the process for you.
Work From Home Office for less than £8K!
If you have started to explore your garden office options, you will have seen that there are some eye-wateringly expensive ranges! There are also some great, well-specified options costing less than £11,000.
Garden office with maintenance-free cladding
Composite cladding is an excellent choice for a garden office as it has a long maintenance free lifespan. It is also idea for inaccessible walls next to boundaries as this Hargreaves Garden Spaces project shows.
Future-proofed garden office
This 6m x 4m garden office by Executive Garden Rooms that is future-proofed thanks to its Building Regulation compliant specification and the inclusion of a shower room with pressurised water system.
Garden office & store with feature green wall
Miniature Manors designed this bespoke garden office with storeroom that features an eye-catching green wall.
Three ranges of affordable garden rooms that don’t lack features
Sanctum Garden Studios have three ranges of garden room to choose from, each room is affordably priced yet they don’t lack popular design features.
3.5m x 2.5m garden office
This 3.5m x 2.5m garden office project by Hargreaves Garden Spaces proved a better option than a traditional house extension.
Small cube garden office
We are often asked for ‘garden office cube’ suggestions. One of the ranges on our list of replies is the Cube Range by Modern Garden Rooms. You can choose the size that works for you and configure the layout and style of the doors & windows.
Slope Spaces
Slope Spaces have broken away from the mould of cube shape garden rooms. As their name suggests, Slope Spaces have a sloping roofline, and this allows for striking angled windows in the side walls. They come in two sizes: 2.4m x 2.4m and 3.6m x 2.4m.
