10 Entertaining Ways to Use Your Garden Room this Summer

Entertaining friends and families can always be quite challenging in your everyday space, from trying to hide your family’s clutter to trying to find enough seating, it’s never straightforward. Garden rooms offer the perfect space for you to create a really fun and exciting area for you to socialise away from everyday life, providing plenty of space for additional seating and tables.

We’ve rounded up a list of fun, playful ideas which you could do in your garden room this summer to create memorable moments with your family and friends.

1)    Garden Room with a Hot Tub

The ultimate summer luxury, getting home from a long day at work and being able to take a nice relaxing soak in a hot tub. However, due to the great British weather and unpredictable climate, you may not be able to use your hot tub as much as you like. An alternative way of being able to use your hot tub for longer is by placing it in a garden room which will offer shelter from the elements whilst still making you feel like you are enjoying your outside space.

Garden rooms can be built with special foundations and flooring to allow the extra weight as well as being constructed using materials that are moisture resistant into the floors, walls and ceilings, protecting your investment.

This solution also makes it easier to clean too, as you don’t have to worry about insects, birds and other debris falling into your tub. With Urban Escapes studios, we can create separate rooms within your studio so we could create a changing room also to avoid having to walk from and back to your house.

2)    Garden Room Bar & Outdoor Kitchen

The ultimate enjoyable space for summer would be to create a bar within your garden studio. It’s an ideal way to have a separate social space away from the mental and visual ‘to-do’ lists within the home. They also ensure you can use your garden all year round in ultimate comfort and style while enjoying the sights and smells of each season.

You can have lots of fun designing your bar from different styles and sizes of bars as well as the interior design and theming choices. Garden rooms can also have electricity and WiFi, enabling you to still include a mini kitchen area with a sink for washing glasses and a fridge for keeping the beer and wine cool or even an ice maker for cocktail-making nights.

Why not include decking around your garden room to extend your entertaining space so that on a warm summer night, your doors can be open, bringing the outside in. You could also place your BBQ and/or a pizza oven on the decking, creating a delightful outdoor kitchen space too.

3) Garden Room Games Room

There are many games which are simply too big to have within a house, such as a pool table, and so 3rd on our list is to create a games room in which to have fun with your friends.

Whether you play pool, snooker or billiards, a garden room could be your answer to creating a large enough space to accommodate them without the space feeling small and cluttered and enabling a large enough walkway around the table too. If you are more retro and have some arcade cabinets that need a home then they could also fit your garden room space nicely and could leave you with enough room to create a small bar or a table area to play simple board games or cards.

4) Garden Room Playroom

A playroom doesn’t just have to be for adults. A garden room makes the perfect place for kids to play safely while making as much mess as they like because it is theirs. At home, children’s toys can rapidly take over a dining room or lounge, leaving a messy, cluttered look all day long, so providing a joint space of their own for siblings to play together, alone or with friends gives you your house back. They can also be fitted with a wide range of windows and doors, such as bi-folding doors, enabling you to keep a close eye on them.

If you also want to still use the space then you could divide the space with a partition wall so that have half and you have the other half.

Creating a playroom not only means they can enjoy the garden all day long in summer safely, but they can use it all year around also. They can be fitted with a range of heating options ensuring they stay dry and warm even in cold winter. They also make a great place to host an outdoor party for your little ones’ birthday too! It provides extra space for guests and also means you can keep the mess separate from your house.

5)    Garden Room as Extra Living Space

It can sometimes be hard switching off from work and your responsibilities when you sit down in the evening when you’re surrounded by reminders. A garden room can make a perfect living or lounge space for you to chill in during the evenings or on weekends which is separate from the chaos at home.

You could furnish them with a range of really cosy and comfy furnishes from armchairs and sofas to televisions, you can create a homely feel to enjoy alone, together or with friends and family. There is a range of heating and lighting solutions which can help you to create a really relaxing space for unwinding.

6)    Garden Room as a Guest Room

Many people don’t have extra bedroom space to accommodate guests overnight due to family life or needing that extra bedroom as an office or storage room. So garden rooms provide a brilliant way for you to create a lovely guest room for when you have short term guests staying for the holidays or catch-ups.

You can design it to your needs and specifications and create a cosy space with a bed and seating area, and you could even decide on adding a small kitchen, toilet or shower. Having a guest suite not only removes the pressure on space inside your home but also provides

privacy and space for your guests.

7)    Garden Room as a Music Room

Garden rooms can be constructed using soundproofing, creating a space that can be used for noise without annoying the neighbours! What better way to enjoy the summer than jamming with your bandmates or learning some new music? With a garden room music studio, you can be out of sight, and out of sound! So no one has to hear the deafening beat of your drum kit or those same chords being played over and over as you practise. You can have a dedicated space for playing in peace whilst still also having light and nice views of the garden… no longer does your drum kit have to be put in a padded cellar or some other dark and dingy space.

8)    Garden Room as a Cinema Room

The popularity of outdoor cinemas playing new and classic films is on the rise. If you are a film fanatic, then creating a home cinema in a garden room could be the perfect way of creating fun social gatherings this summer.

Studios can be constructed using soundproofing so you can enjoy the privacy of a home cinema ad blast your films as loud as you’d like without disturbing anyone else in the household or your neighbours. Your home will no longer have to be a storage site for all your film paraphernalia and DVDs either. You could design your garden studio with suitable storage solutions and shelving to suit your needs You don’t ever have to miss something you want to watch again either… no more fighting over the TV remote.  A home cinema means your space and your rules.

9)    Garden room as a potting shed

If you are green-fingered and keen on everything green, you could utilise your garden room as a luxury place to potter about and try flower arranging. You could choose a design that allowed plenty of natural light to allow things the best possibility to grow whilst also making you feel like you’re still in the garden. You could treat yourself to a comfy chair and coffee bar for a combination garden room getaway. The ideal place for an afternoon tea break after a morning’s hard work.

10) Garden Room as a Pool House

Probably the highest garden feature on anyone’s wishlist, and that’s a swimming pool. If you’re lucky enough to have one or thinking about getting one put in, why don’t you finish it off with a stylish pool house?

Not only can it provide storage for all your swimming pool equipment and supplies it can provide a private space to change or freshen up after a swim without having to go back to the house. It can also be a really lovely space for you to have a drink with family and friends.

You could also create the ultimate relaxation space by including a sauna or steam room, providing a tranquil place to unwind after a long day at work or in the garden and to entertain guests any time of year.

A pool house will make a great addition to any property, providing a warm and dry space as well as a place to seek shade, comfort and refreshment.

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Garden rooms are a very versatile space offering you a way to extend your living space without the hassle and costs of an extension or moving. We have a range of garden room styles that we can customise to suit you and your needs and help you to design a space that will really enhance your life. As a starting point, we recommend downloading our brochure to browse our ranges.

Please note that we currently supply and install garden studios in Brighton, Shropshire, Cheshire, Montgomeryshire, East Sussex and West Sussex.