A garden Room Kitchen completes a home. It almost becomes an essential part of valued family time as it brings the family closer together and allows mum and dad to interact with the children or keep an eye on them while they do homework or play in the garden. This is not the only reason why … Read more
When you picture a garden room, you likely picture one that is square or rectangular. Different shapes, such as a hexagon or an octagon have been around for a while, but they are not always the first shape one thinks of when visualising this bonus space. Also known as summer houses, these rooms offer the … Read more
Garden rooms have become one of the most popular trends of recent years. Homeowners everywhere are adding these extensions to their homes and using them for a variety of functions, including yoga rooms, dining rooms, home offices, gyms and more. There are many materials that can be used to build a garden room but plastic … Read more
The Corner garden room is a building designed to fit into a smaller garden or to take advantage of a corner where nothing grows. In smaller gardens, where you want to maximise both the garden room and the space in your garden, a corner garden room is ideal. They’re particularly useful in situations where the garden isn’t perfectly square … Read more
On the surface, steel frame garden rooms differ from traditional garden rooms in just one way, the primary building material used to construct the frame. Traditional garden rooms primarily use wood, whereas steel frame garden rooms, as the name suggests, use steel. However, this one difference is so important that it impacts many different avenues … Read more
Our physical environment is something that affects our lives greatly. It has a considerable impact on our mood, behaviour and the way we interact with other people. By affecting our productivity, it plays a role in the accomplishment of our goals, be it our work-related achievements, fitness goals, or on a small scale, daily life … Read more
You’ve pulled the car into your garage, closed the garage door and carried your shopping to the door linking your house and the garage, only to find it locked! You try the garage door and it won’t open, it seems that no amount of tugging, pushing, pulling, cursing and kicking is going to have any … Read more
The increasing popularity of garden rooms during the last year surprises no one, whether for work or leisure, they are part of the new normal. But for how long will this new normal be around? How convenient is the new routine that you developed in the last year and a half for you? Are you … Read more
Garden rooms are a terrific addition to any home, they boost the value of the property and provide additional space for you and your family to work, entertain and spend time. Despite what people might think when hearing the term “garden room”, they are not spaces where you store plants! If you are planning on … Read more
Garden rooms are pretty much the perfect setting for any type of therapy: counselling, massage therapy, acupressure, podiatry, chiropody, hypnotherapy, acupuncture, reflexology, reiki healing, cognitive behavioural therapy, psychotherapy, art and music therapy, to name just a few. Surrounded by nature, your treatment room offers more than your skills and professional equipment; it offers the subtle but always present benefits that nature … Read more
Garden utility rooms are experiencing a renaissance over the past few years, due to the increasing need to compartmentalise. Most contemporary homes these days are open plan which maximises the use of space. However, aesthetically, some homeowners might not prefer to show the “unsightly” features of the house, namely, the utility section. Some homes are … Read more
Garden rooms are used for all kinds of purposes, from studio space for arts and crafts to multipurpose rooms for the whole family to enjoy. One of the most popular uses for a garden room is as an office for those who are working from home, it seems that home working is here to stay … Read more
Garden rooms have never been more popular than they are right now; we live in difficult times and the need for solitude is great, just a quiet space in which to escape the noise and general mayhem that is so often part of family life. As we find ourselves seeking distraction from the threat we … Read more
Insulating the floor of your garden room could be a great way to keep the room warm in the depths of winter and cool when the heat of the summer arrives, it can also help prevent draughts and reduce your energy costs. The majority of garden rooms in the UK are built upon a concrete … Read more
Is a garage not a garden room? It is in the garden and it is a room so we are going to include it in our array of different garden rooms and conversions. The Covid-19 pandemic has changed the property market in many ways, with significant numbers of buyers seeking to move away from cities … Read more
Cladding is a material that is used to cover the structure of a building; it can be fitted to the exterior or interior, or both! Although vertical and diagonal external cladding is becoming more widely used these days, external cladding that runs horizontally remains the most popular choice for homeowners in the UK. Today we … Read more
Many people, when asked to describe a luxury garden room, would think of a magnificent and sumptuous abode set in large grounds, overlooking the sea or next to a lake, or perhaps amongst rolling hills with mountains in the distance. It seems that location is an important aspect where luxury garden rooms are concerned, with … Read more
Most people consider a garden room to be a completely separate building from the main house, it may only be situated a few feet away but they feel it should still stand apart to be a true garden room. Garden rooms attached to the house have actually been very popular with home owners for many … Read more
Rustic generally means simple, natural, unsophisticated or relating to the countryside, to many of us it is associated with nature and this makes it a very popular style for both the interior and exterior areas of our homes. This article will explore the rustic garden room, inside and out. We have all heard the phrase … Read more
So, you have this space in your garden, and even though is an important part of your property you feel it’s kind of dull. Yes, it’s been said again and again that a garden is a collection of possibilities, but how do you realize those possibilities? What can you do to reach the full potential of … Read more