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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From bomb shelter to garden office
Where once stood a WWII bomb shelter, a fully insulated garden office with secret storage room, by eDEN Garden Rooms now sits. The bomb shelter was only discovered once work on-site started, but the eDEN team project managed a swift solution so work could continue.
Outdoor office with shower room
This outdoor office with shower room has been designed for business use. Swift worked closely with their client to create a professional space for welcoming clients, complete with coffee bar.
Narrow garden office with shed
eDEN Garden Rooms created this narrow garden office with storage shed which at its deepest is just 2.5m.
Garden office with composite cladding
Miniature Manors have created a garden office that will need little maintenance to stay looking like new thanks to the use of composite wood cladding. The stone grey boards look great mixed with darker grey uPVC doors and windows.
Garden office designed for IT business
This 3m x 3.6m contemporary garden office has been designed around the needs of an IT specialist. The electrical spec includes USB charging points and data cabling for a reliable internet connection.
Temporary site office
Building a house or undertaking a large renovation project, you’re going to need a site office. Some garden office designs lend themselves to being temporary site offices and are a great alternative to a Portakabin. Being fully insulated and pre-wired, they offer a warm, secure workspace.
Your trusty contractors can help build your garden room
Do you have a trusty plumber or ground worker that you would like to work on your garden room build? Well, no problem, the eDEN Garden Rooms team are happy to work alongside them. If on the other hand, you’d like to work with just one company from start to finish eDEN can handle this for you.
Garden office with hidden storage areas
The beauty of working with a bespoke designer is that a one-off building can be created to cater for your specific needs. In this case, a garden office with shower room and inside and outside hidden storage areas.
Office for a long thin garden
Many a suburban garden is long and thin, but this need not stop you having a garden office. Swift Garden Rooms designed and built this 3 meters wide home office which fills the end of this London garden, making use of every inch of space and actually making the garden look wider.
Triangular home office and Pilates studio
This triangular garden room has been designed as a home office and Pilates studio. It takes skill and expertise to build a room this shape, but the eDEN Garden Rooms team relished the challenge!
A garden room to both work & relax in
This 4.6m x 3.8m building by Executive Garden Rooms has been designed as a place to work and spend time relaxing. It has been designed to sit in the corner of the garden with lots of glazing to create a great inside/outside connection.
Cedar clad homework room
Garden offices are not just spaces for we adults to work, they can make great spaces for children to do their homework, free from distraction. This recent project by Dore Garden Offices has been designed as a homework room for two children.
L-shaped office fits along the side of the house
Bespoke design came into own on this garden office project. eDEN Garden Rooms was commissioned to design a building along the side of their client’s house. eDEN’s client wanted to utilise the space to the side of their house to create a home office, and a storage shed.
Garden room with seamed metal roof
Garden2Office is one of the few garden room companies who offer a seamed metal roof on their pitched roof buildings. They specialise in Swedish garden rooms and their Malmo range which is a contemporary barn style building, features this durable and attractive finish.
Garden hair salon
A successful hairdressing couple from Cheshire, approached the Swift Garden Rooms team to create another salon in their garden. They wanted to create a modern space that could house two more cutting stations, in their garden.
Save money on rent by setting up a hair salon in the garden
Garden rooms are a popular option for hairdressers wanting to create a salon at home. This hairdresser swapped a High Street rent of £800 for a salon in her garden. Her new salon will pay for itself in just a couple of years.
Quirky bespoke size garden studio
In many cases, a garden studio needs to be a bespoke size to maximise the space available. Sanctum Garden Studios created this quirky 3m x 4.65m studio so that it could fit snuggly within the three boundaries.
Smart beauty studio in the garden
Garden rooms lend themselves to be premises for home based business. All sorts of enterprises are being run from the end of the garden, one of the most common uses being a beauty therapy studio.
Pretty garden office meets planning brief
This garden office was built in a tough planning area. The Timeless Garden Rooms team worked closely with the Local Authority and the customer to design a traditional style garden office that fitted the bill.
Miniature Manors garden office a year on
Last year we explored a pitched roof garden office by the team at Miniature Manors. We were therefore delighted to see photos of the building one year on, pop up in our inbox.
Split your work time between the city and a garden office
A garden office is a great solution for people looking to split their work life between the City and home. This bespoke design by Swift Garden Rooms is a striking example.
Hairdresser creates salon in a garden room
Looking to run a business from home? A garden room can make a great HQ for your business as this hairdressers salon proves.
Pitched roof garden office & entertainment space
A pitched roof garden office & entertainment space that has a sleek contemporary twist by White Peak Design & Build.
3.6m x 2.4m garden office building
3.6m x 2.4m is a good size for a one person garden office. It’s spacious enough for a desk and storage space but doesn’t steal too much room in the garden.
Upgrading to a larger garden office
Twenty years after buying their first Timeless Garden Room this customer upgraded it for a larger one with kitchenette and cloakroom.
Beauty studio slots into the corner of the garden
Garden rooms are becoming a popular option with beauty therapists who are looking to create a professional workspace at home but create a clear distinction between work and home zones.
A professional garden office building
Guest post from the team at The Garden Office explaining how a garden office is a professional workspace for a growing business
Tailor-made garden office
Are you looking for a tailor-made garden office? Well, you need to talk to the team at Swift Garden Rooms who like nothing better than to implement their client’s wishlist of features into their contemporary designs.
Garden office by Bridge Garden Rooms
Bridge Garden Rooms have recently built this good sized garden office based on their Derwent Range. The Derwent has a striking form with a corner of glazing and covered veranda area on the front elevation.
Garden room designed for beauty business
Many buyers are realising that a garden room makes the ideal premises for a business. For instance, we are seeing more and more garden rooms being used as beauty studios.
Garden room built into a hill
Minature Manors recently completed this garden room built into a hill. As bespoke garden room designers, the Minature Manors team were able to tailor their design to make use of the space available.
Large Garden Office
Executive Garden Rooms have recently completed a large garden office for their clients to work from home in. At 6.4 meters x 5.5 meters this is a sizeable office creating just over 35 square meters of work space.
Pentagon shaped garden room
What happens if you have an unusual shaped area of your garden and you’d like to place a garden room there? You contact a bespoke garden room designer like Executive Garden Rooms
Work from home Swift style
Swift Garden Rooms spotted a feature on the BBC news looking at the benefits of working from home. The report showed that the average Londoner spends 1 hour 15 minutes commuting to work and thats each way so two and a half hours a day!
‘Don’t waste money renting space, create your own….’!
A garden room makes a great place to run a business from. Crusoe Garden Rooms show us some garden rooms they have built for clients who run a business from home.
New England Style Garden Office
Timeless Garden Rooms have recently built this garden office which oozes the charm of New England style buildings.
Garden office with toilet facilities
Executive Garden Rooms have recently completed this bespoke garden office with toilet facilities in Exeter.
Designated workspace in the garden
Garden office by Executive Garden Rooms which is clad in low maintenance Cedral weatherboard which retains its colour.
Garden Office & Garage Combo
We’ve seen garages converted into garden offices, but we haven’t seen a new build garden office and garage under one roof before
Double Office Celebrations ….
Swift tell us about a recent garden office design where the client wanted best value and a good return on his investment.
Garden office design tailored to the customers needs
We look at how Smart Modular Buildings and their customer worked together to create a room that worked as a professional office and a garden retreat.
Creating a therapy room in the garden
Booths Garden Studios have created a multi room building for use as a therapy suite.
A Top Class, Bespoke Gym / Home Office Combination
Swift Garden Rooms offer some background to a building that combined a garden office and a home gym under one roof.
Bespoke garden room design by Swift
A look at some of the unique garden rooms designed and built by Swift Garden Rooms in 2014.
Bespoke Gym / Home Office Combination
This home gym / office combo by Swift Garden Rooms shows how by working with a bespoke designer you can design a building that meets all your needs.
Project managed garden office build
Executive Garden Rooms are a supplier who handle every aspect of the build project for you. This means they organise the initial site clearance, assemble the building and manage the finishing touches like the decoration and the connection of the electrics to your mains supply (not all suppliers do this).
Compact Garden Room
The Compact Range from Crusoe Garden Rooms offers lots of popular design features on a small footprint. In addition Crusoe can tailor the standard specification to your needs.