Tag: Garden Room

  • The Filmmaker’s Hut

    The Filmmaker’s Hut

    I absolutely love this cabin, simple shape beautiful textured shingles and amazing curved ceiling and lake views. Inspirational design and use of materials, the article was found on the dezeen blog, written by Jon Astbury, enjoy

  • The hidden planning permission you need to build in your garden

    The hidden planning permission you need to build in your garden

    The hidden planning permission you need to build in your garden

  • Placing Ecology at The Heart Of Construction

    Placing Ecology at The Heart Of Construction

    In recent years, as energy efficiency targets for new buildings have tightened, attention has turned to cutting the embodied carbon of buildings by switching from materials like concrete and steel to lower carbon alternatives like timber.

  • Compact Prefab Office

    Compact Prefab Office

    I love the idea of creating a separate space within your home. Something that still feels like your’s and reflects your personality but also something that offers a different environment and creates a different mindset in which to work and create.

  • Garden Office – The Ultimate Lockdown Must Have

    Garden Office – The Ultimate Lockdown Must Have

    I have just come across this fantastic little article in the The Telegraph online. It is entitled “Why a garden office has become the ultimate lockdown must-have” it provides stats to show the massive increase in interest in garden rooms and offices due to the pandemic and lockdown restrictions forcing many of us to work…

  • Rooftop Solar Benefits Your Neighbours

    Rooftop Solar Benefits Your Neighbours

    I’ve often thought we should start adding solar panels to our garden rooms, with some rooms up to 8m in length, that’s a lot of roof space that can be utilized. I hope to design and build at least one garden room this year that uses solar panels on its roof. Having just read this…

  • A Beautiful Alternative to the Traditional Cemetery

    A Beautiful Alternative to the Traditional Cemetery

    This article first caught my attention for the beautiful cedar ‘garden room’ looking structure in the photography. As I started to read the article it became quite clear this was an idea much more than a structure, a complete re-thin as to how we approach death and the spaces we go to mourn loved ones.…

  • Lockdown Garden Room

    Lockdown Garden Room

    We had discussed designing an building a garden room for sometime but with two young boys under the age of five it was proving hard to find the time. Then suddenly we had all the time in the world as we were forced to stay at home. With the most beautiful spring I can remember,…

  • Materials ; Shou Sugi Ban or Charred Cedar

    Materials ; Shou Sugi Ban or Charred Cedar

    I love the idea of using a charred black cedar on some of our garden rooms. I think it looks so dramatic, especially if used with a few accents of regular cedar. But not only does it look stunning, charring cedar cladding also has some real benefits for the timbers longevity and resistance to elements…

  • Mini Tree Top House

    Mini Tree Top House

    I love being outdoors, but in the UK it’s not always possible to be outside as much as we would like. So the next best thing is a connection to the outside world through natural light and proximity to green space. Our gardens are our solitude. Which is why I love garden rooms, they allow…