5 Real-Life Garden Offices: Garden Room Inspiration
One question we get asked most often is “Should I build a Garden Office?”.
In short, yes!
Garden Offices can be a fantastic way to upgrade your home and lifestyle, by transforming the spare space in your garden into a functional space – whether that is a garden gym, garden office, or garden guest room! They also add value to the property, often don’t need planning permission, and you can even use them all year round with low running costs thanks to fully insulated interiors.
Urban Escapes offers bespoke Garden Rooms that are tailored to your needs and style. So, we wanted to give you some inspiration for your own Garden Room designs. Here are five real-life garden room examples that showcase creativity, and functionality of Garden Rooms to give you some ideas. (Check out more information on when you need planning permission here >>)
1. The Multi-Functional Space and Garden Room Gym
This is the ultimate Home Office and Home Gym Garden Room! Jamie and Rupert wanted us to build them the ultimate man cave, featuring a combination of a garden office as well as a gym & fitness studio. The studio was split into 3 sections, a home office for Rupert to be able to work from home in peace, a home fitness and gym area for Rupert, and a bathroom to give this space options.
The family can use this space all year round with wall heater panels in all rooms, as well as ToughWood™exterior panels meaning low running costs.
Jamie and Rupert love their new garden room, it has given them space back in their home, a better work-life balance, as well as more time to spend with their children. Check out what they had to say here
2. The Wellness Garden Office
Sukumar was looking for a garden living space that he could customise to suit his office needs as well as a space he could do his yoga.. In the room design we focused on wellness, incorporating elements like open space, and natural light, this office focuses on wellness. It’s designed to promote productivity while ensuring a healthy work-life balance to give Sukumar his dream garden room.
The doors and windows are fully insulated to allow natural light without compromising on warmth. Spotlights in the ceiling offer additional light, and wall sockets, and usb sockets allow for an easy, ergonomic workstation.
Sukumar can als rest easy, with ToughWood™exterior panels in a bespoke blissful blue colour, his garden room is maintenance free – a fully insulated garden room.
This is one of our favourites! A great example of designing a Garden Room to upgrade your quality of life! Our customers Tim & Jackie were looking for a large entertaining space for chilling out and creating a home cinema to enjoy with family & friends. Complete with kitchenette, and cloakroom this amazing space can also be used as a Guestroom so it is a completely multifunctional Garden Room.
We gave them plenty of natural light with full length windows and large sliding doors. The low maintenance cladding in ‘Granite’ gives this Garden Room a modern look.
To keep it nice and cosy 365 days a year our customer also opted for electric underfloor heating with timer and thermostat as well as a black wall mounted panel heater.
This is a great example of a small space working hard! This is a great showcase for how much a garden room can transform your lifestyle, even in a small space. This contemporary garden room design is filled with light and decked out with all the tech you need to make this a high tech garden office.
Having recently moved back home to support and care for her mother, Gemma was looking for a garden studio which she could use as an office retreat.
Light and bright; We designed and built her a 2 x 3m Astana with clean lines, featuring French doors with side windows to flood the compact space with lots of natural light.
Modern and practical; The studio was clad in ToughWood ‘Cedar’ giving it a natural look but providing durability, long life and ensuring virtually no maintenance is required. So Gemma could use the office all year around the study features electric underfloor heating with a digital thermostat.
High-Tech features; We installed 4 double plug sockets to enable office equipment as well as a cat 5 internet cable and socket, running from the studio to the router in the house. We also installed a stylish exterior up/down lighter on the outside of the garden room for evening and night-time use.
The studio has given Gemma the peace and quiet and space of her own which she wanted and provided a much better work life balance.
5. The Family-Friendly Office and Guest Room
Luke & Zoe have 2 young children and wanted to create extra space, make more of their garden, as well as create a tranquil space for freelancer Luke to work from. They wanted a multifunctional space that would work hard to provide several solutions for their family. The large studio provides a peaceful and quiet workspace for Luke to concentrate in, and also provides enough space for gym equipment for working out after work. Outdoors and closeby it has an area for the children to play, so Luke can still keep an eye on them.
This space can also double as a guest area*; We installed a kitchenette area with a Belfast sink unit with shaker-style door, as well as a separate bathroom with an electric shower, bi-fold shower door and electric towel rail.
Check Out what Luke and Zoe had to say here >>
Conclusion
These five garden office examples demonstrate that with a bit of creativity and planning, and a little help from Urban Escapes, your garden can become a productive and enjoyable workspace, allowing you to upgrade your lifestyle. Whether you prefer a home cinema, home gym, home office, wellness retreat, garden guest room, or a multi-functional space, there’s a design that can meet your needs and elevate your home.
Get in touch with us today, to chat about how we can help create your dream Garden Room
[* Please note that planning isn’t needed if a garden’s room primary use is not a dwelling space and generally it is considered acceptable if it is a home office, gym, studio with a sofa bed which could be used very occasionally for visitors.]
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