Garden building made from reclaimed materials
Garden rooms have become very popular in recent years, but almost all seem to be cut from a very generic, uninspiring cloth. We love to create truly bespoke, one-off garden rooms that complement and take advantage of their surroundings to truly make a difference to their owner’s lifestyles. We’re bursting with ideas of how we can create innovative designs and use alternative methods and materials to create something truly unique.
Most of the materials used to create this garden room were left over from a house build. We needed storage and just couldn’t justify throwing insulation, timber concrete moulds, old double glazing units and pallets into a skip - so we put them to good use.
The higher ground level of neighbouring gardens allowed us to create a design that featured a sloping roof high enough at the south side to hold a hammock. A flat, rubber coated roof is supported by timbers strong enough to support a sedum roof. Rain water run off is collected in a recycled fruit juice drum for use throughout the garden.
The children have made bird boxes for friendly nesting wrens, nuthatches and robins who come for the bird feeder, but stay for the free accommodation. We ran armoured cable to a separate junction box to provide power and lighting, giving the structure purpose beyond mere storage.
garden office