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.
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Maximising Productivity in Your Garden Office
A garden office provides a focused work environment separate from home distractions. Key considerations include size, insulation, security, positioning and utilities. With proper setup and organisation, it creates an ideal professional space while maintaining work-life boundaries.
Focus on the Crusoe Home Office
Crusoe Garden Rooms specialises in bespoke garden offices, offering nationwide installations in the UK. With over 15 years of experience and 300+ projects, they provide customisable, well-insulated spaces with flexible designs and electrical layouts, suitable for various needs and gardens.
Cabin Master: Bespoke Garden Rooms Designed With You
Cabin Master specialises in bespoke garden rooms, offering end-to-end service from design to installation. Their fully insulated structures are customisable to fit various needs, from home offices to gyms. Manufactured in Derbyshire and installed across mainland UK, these rooms feature flexible configurations, durable cladding options, and modern interiors. Cabin Master’s in-house team ensures quality craftsmanship throughout the entire process.
Rustic Realities Garden Office with Storage
Rustic Realities designed and built this garden office with a storage room and log store for clients seeking an alternative to the cedar-clad boxes dominating the market. Founder Lee collaborated with them to create a design tailored to their needs and garden, incorporating the traditional detailing they wanted.
Garden Annexe Office and Gym
This stylish home office and gym in Kent was designed and built by the bespoke design specialists Ark Design Build. It reflects the growing trend of creating fully insulated outdoor spaces that serve multiple purposes within a single, thoughtfully designed structure.
Garden Office Suite with Kitchen & Cloakroom
This two-room office suite, complete with a kitchen and cloakroom, demonstrates that you can create a professional office space in your garden. Executive Garden Rooms offers a turnkey service, handling all the groundwork and connections to the mains services, leaving their clients with a ready-to-use office space.
Garden Room Designed for Now and the Future
Swift Unlimited clients wanted to create a garden room that could be used as a home gym, office, and family space with a kitchen and shower room. They also wanted a room that could be used as a physio treatment clinic in the future.
wudl. Garden Rooms
We are excited to introduce a new range of garden rooms that truly stand out: wudl. Garden Rooms. These buildings are designed with strong eco credentials, using eco-friendly and recycled materials. What excites us most are the personalised options wudl. offers, creating one of the most unique garden room designs we have seen in a long time.
You can choose to add kitchen, shower room and bedroom modules and you can choose to incorporate storage, a barbecue or outdoor shower externally.
An Angled Corner Softens a Garden Studio
Working with Ark Design Build is a collaborative process. When their client in Tunbridge Wells suggested adding an angled wall to soften the building, they were happy to incorporate it into their designs. As we can see, the garden room blends seamlessly into the elegant garden.
Split-Level Garden Room Creates a Great Interior Space
Unusual garden configurations may cause many garden room companies to walk away, but for experienced designers like Timber Rooms, they present an opportunity to create something unique that maximises the space and provides valuable extra living space.
The split-level layout gives the interior a unique dimension, allowing for two defined uses that still work together as one cohesive space.
Garden Rooms Tailored Around You
Crusoe Garden Rooms is a long-established company that works throughout the UK. A key feature of their work is tailoring their designs to meet the unique requirements of each client.
A recent project in Derbyshire is a fine example of their approach. The clients wanted to extend the usability of their garden with an insulated garden room that could be comfortably used year-round. They chose an 8m x 4m building and worked with the Crusoe team to configure the layout and specifications.
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Beyond the Outside
We have recently been introduced to the work of Beyond the Outside, who design and build bespoke garden rooms in Sussex.
Alpaca Garden Rooms
If you are looking for a contemporary-style garden room in North London, you’ll want to check out the work of Alpaca Garden Rooms. Led by designer/carpenter Tim Worsley, they create buildings that are comfortable to use all year round, incorporating eco-friendly materials that enhance the efficiency of the room.
InFrame Garden Rooms
InFrame Garden Rooms specialise in steel-framed garden rooms and living annexes in London and Surrey. Their Vantage and Panoramic ranges provide a well-specified starting point for a customised building, or you can opt for their bespoke design service if you are seeking something unique.
Garden Room for Work and Entertaining
When you collaborate with an experienced garden room designer who understands space and the potential of their chosen building system, a garden room can fulfil two distinct functions while remaining a cohesive space. This project by Timber Rooms exemplifies this dual-purpose approach.
Timber Rooms’ clients sought to create a building that would serve both as a home office and a comfortable entertainment area, enabling them to enjoy time with family and friends throughout the year.
Hully Pods
If you are looking for a garden pod that you can use as a home office, gym, creative studio and much more then you will want to explore the Hully Pod range The three Hully Pod models each offer an attractive price point and numerous options to personalise your pod. Available for delivery across mainland UK, Hully Pods are delivered fully assembled and are lifted into position using the lorry’s crane. They require a firm, flat, level site and come complete with a 16A electrical hookup, enabling quick and easy usage.
Rockwood Garden Studios
If you are looking for a low-maintenance garden room that also has character and style, you’ll want to explore the options at Rockwood Garden Studios. Offering contemporary-style insulated garden rooms, Rockwood utilises a palette of durable materials including natural stone, glass, and metal finishes.
Cosy Garden Room with Bathroom
This 5m x 3.5m garden room by Cosy Garden Rooms has been designed as a multipurpose space. Complete with a bathroom it serves as a home office, family sitting room and occasional bedroom.
A ROOM IN THE GARDEN Unveils World’s First Gravity-Defying Garden Rooms
A ROOM IN THE GARDEN, a pioneer in bespoke garden room designs, is thrilled to announce the launch of an extraordinary innovation in outdoor living spaces: the Gravity-Defying Garden Room. This groundbreaking concept introduces a garden room that levitates a few inches above the ground, creating an illusion of floating on air, a first of its kind globally.
Garden Physio Clinic
This recent project by Swift Unlimited is a fine example of how a garden room can become a tailormade workspace at home. Swift’s client, a physiotherapist, sought to escape the high costs of renting clinic space on the high street and wanted to work closer to her young family. Opting to invest in her own property, she planned to build a clinic at the end of her garden.
Understanding the regulations that are relevant to your garden building project
Understanding the regulations that are relevant to your garden building project Published: 25 March 2024Reading Time: 1 minute 22 secondsGuest Post by: Garden Affairs There are various rules and regulations from different authorities that can influence how to proceed with your garden building project. Typically the first consideration is whether Planning Permission is required and […]
Crusoe celebrates their 100th client testimonial
Reading testimonials from past customers is an important way to get a feel for working with a garden room company. Crusoe Garden Rooms Limited has now received over 100 testimonials, highlighting their status as a trusted, family-run business. Each testimonial offers insight into what it’s like to work with their dedicated team, showcasing the experience each team member brings to a project.
Mixing Exterior Materials Enhances This Contemporary Garden Room’s Style
Mixing exterior cladding finishes adds significant style and character to a garden room. In this project by Executive Garden Rooms, three premium finishes—crisp white render, warm Western Red Cedar, and sleek dark grey composite—are combined to striking effect. These materials enhance the contemporary aesthetic of the building while promising a long, low-maintenance lifespan.
Pent Haus Self-Build Garden Room Kits
Pent Haus offers self-build garden room kits, granting customers significantly more flexibility in size, door and window configurations, and internal finishes compared to other DIY options on the market. They have streamlined the buying process with an online configurator, enabling you to customise your garden room kit in just three minutes. With a delivery time of only three weeks, two people can easily install the building in just three days.
Garden Office and Garage Renovation
Miniature Manors not only designed and built this 5m x 3m home office and family room in East Sussex but also took on the renovation of the exterior of the adjacent garage. This approach resulted in two independent buildings that harmonise perfectly with each other.
Few garden room companies go the extra mile to take on additional tasks like these, ensuring their clients’ visions are fully realised.
Garden Office & Gym Designed to Maximise the View
Garden rooms, with their design flexibility, can be customised to meet your specific needs, seamlessly blending into your garden to enhance the indoor-outdoor connection. This 5m x 6m space, serving as a home office, gym, and entertainment area, is optimised to maximise views without obstructing those from the main house.
Into The Garden Room
Into The Garden Room offers a range of well-specified garden room options that can be tailored to your choices. They also offer bespoke design services that allow them to create tailor-made designs.
Interestingly, Into The Garden Room also offers the option of a garden spa which can incorporate a sauna or steam room.
Swift Unlimited is happy to let designs evolve
A bespoke 4m x 3.5m garden office featuring a kitchenette, designed by Swift Unlimited. Throughout the design process, the concept underwent several iterations, collaboratively refined with the clients until their ideal room was achieved. With Swift Unlimited, garden room design is a collaborative journey.
3m tall garden photography studio
A 7m x 4m garden photography studio by Cosy Garden Rooms. Designed to accommodate the unique requirements of the business, a professional yet comfortable workspace has been created.
For Business or Pleasure and Everything in Between…
Crusoe Garden Rooms Limited tailors each of their designs to meet the customer’s unique requirements. Whether it’s incorporating acoustic insulation for a soundproof music room, crafting a dual-purpose home office and gym, or designing a garden annex complete with a kitchen and shower room for independent living, their bespoke approach is evident in every project. As a family-run business operating across the UK, they specialise in cedar-clad designs featuring plastered and decorated interiors. These rooms are not only aesthetically pleasing but also comfortable for use every day of the year.
3m Tall Garden Gym Building with Hidden Store
This innovative garden gym stands 3m tall, ensuring ample headroom for comfortable exercising. Doubling as a home office, it includes a custom desk offering picturesque views of the garden. The design also features discreet storage, accessible through a secret door that is seamlessly integrated into the wall cladding.
Ex-display 6.8m x 3.6m SIPs annexe
With a guide price of £25,000, this ex-exhibition unit, spanning 6.8m x 3.6m, is perfect for a range of uses from a cosy annexe to a creative workspace. Featuring high-quality SIP construction, thermal efficiency, and modern amenities like a kitchenette and bathroom, it offers luxury at half the usual cost.
Kennedy Garden Retreats
Kennedy Garden Retreats have caught our eye with their range of modular garden rooms that can be personalised around each customer. Their Windsor design particularly stands out amidst contemporary garden room options, thanks to its unique exterior finishes and meticulous detailing.
Garden Room with heritage-style windows
This 5m x 4m garden office and exercise space, constructed in North London by Office In My Garden, showcases a bespoke design. Its stepped front elevation has been thoughtfully crafted to encompass an existing tree. Adding to the building’s distinctive charm is the Crittall-style glazing, which infuses the building with character.
The Crusoe Pad: A Well-Specified Garden Room
At 3.6m x 2.8m, the Crusoe Pad is a garden room that fits comfortably in most gardens without overpowering the space. It’s large enough for a variety of uses, from a home office to an art studio, or even a personal gym.
Unique garden office/mancave with storage
This 4m x 4m garden room is divided up, offering a multifunctional main room that serves as both a home office and a man cave, alongside a separate storage area. The bespoke design features a variety of exterior cladding finishes, while the interior boasts a contemporary cabin aesthetic.
Two garden rooms built in two years for the same client
A quality garden room adds significant value to a home. For homeowners who love their current house but need extra space, garden rooms offer a cost-effective solution to extending their living space without the need to move or embark on major renovations. Then when it comes to selling their home, these versatile buildings can add significant value and appeal to potential buyers.
Recent clients of Crusoe Garden Rooms Limited can attest to this. Within two years, the company has constructed two garden room buildings for one family. This repeat business speaks volumes about the quality of Crusoe Garden Rooms Limited’s buildings and their stellar customer service. It also underscores how integral a garden room can be to a household.
L-shaped office/gym building with a covered seating area
Cosy Garden Rooms tailors each building to the unique needs of the customer. A prime example is this garden office and gym building that seamlessly integrates a sheltered outdoor seating area.
Green Retreats unveils exciting new features
Green Retreats continues to lead the way in innovation with the introduction of several new customisable design features on display at their Wescott showroom. To celebrate the launch of their new features, Green Retreats is having an Innovation event for the whole of October with has a special offer on all garden room orders with an installation before March 2024. Visit their Buckinghamshire showroom to see the latest innovations for yourself, or contact their Sales & Design Team to find out what offers can apply to your garden room project.
Rustic Realities
For those seeking a garden room that perfectly merges contemporary style with rustic detailing, look no further than Rustic Realities.
Transparently priced Sanctum Garden Studios
Sanctum Garden Studios offers four distinct garden room ranges, balancing functionality, aesthetics, and value for money.
They are transparent about their building costs, listing the prices for the different ranges and size options on their website. These prices include the foundation system, building installation, and VAT. The only extra expense, as Sanctum Garden Studios makes clear, is the final electrical connection between the studio and your house, which you would coordinate with a local electrician. Such transparency ensures buyers face no unexpected surprises.
Home gym and office annexe
This bespoke home gym and office building is different to many of the other examples we have shared because it was designed and built to a Building Regulation compliant specification that we commonly see in living annexe projects. Ark Design Build handle the approval process as part of their turnkey service. In this case, this also included obtaining planning approval.
While designed primarily as a home gym and office, the 42sqm L-shaped building—comprising two main rooms, a kitchen, and a shower room—offers versatile future use, including potential sleeping accommodation.
Cosy Garden Rooms
Based in the Midlands, Cosy Garden Rooms designs and builds insulated outdoor rooms for clients across the country. Where many competitors customise their standard designs, the Cosy Garden Rooms team believes in a personalised touch. Each room they build is custom-made, and designed around the requirements of the client and the unique characteristics of their garden.
Work from home in a Crusoe Garden Room
Creating a home office in a garden room has always been a popular choice for these versatile buildings, but these offices aren’t limited to solo desk workers. They can serve as successful business premises, accommodating multiple desks and providing ample storage space for goods and materials.
Crusoe Garden Rooms Limited crafted this 7m x 3.5m building, which has become the ideal workplace for clients in Nottingham. Priced just under £26,000, this garden office is not only functional for business but also enhances property value and offers flexibility for a diverse range of future uses.
Green Retreats: Special Offers & New Features
There’s never been a better time to invest in a garden room from Green Retreats. They’ve just introduced a fresh design element that adds a hint of Scandi flair. To celebrate the Bank Holiday, they’ve unveiled a special promotion. Plus, their newly-released Basebox design comes with attractive 0% finance options.
Garden office and entertaining space
Currently, a trend in garden office design is the addition of a covered area next to the insulated workspace, serving as a spot for relaxation and entertainment. As shown by this My Eco Space project, these two functionalities can be combined seamlessly into one cohesive building.
Work, Rest & Play Garden Rooms
Executive Garden Rooms’ clients in Poole, Dorset, presented them with a unique brief: to create two garden room buildings situated about 25m apart in a woodland setting. The larger of the two buildings was to be divided into two rooms, each with its own external access. These buildings were to serve as a home office, gym, and a quiet space for reading and relaxing.
Garden office, gym, and covered seating area under one roof
This 8.5m x 4.3m garden room in Banstead, Surrey, illustrates perfectly how these versatile buildings can accommodate multiple uses under one roof. Garden Fortress designed and built the space, dividing it into a home office, gym, and sheltered outdoor seating area.
The chosen site at the end of the client’s garden featured a significant fall in ground level. Garden Fortress installed a ground screw base and incorporated steps into the decking, making a feature out of the slope.
Maintenance-free garden office & workshop
This 7m x 3m garden room by Garden2Oiice is split into a home office and a workshop. Built on a steep slope, the room uses two different types of exterior cladding that require little to no maintenance and look great. It’s a perfect blend of practicality and style.