Dream Spaces: Creative Studios That Delight and Inspire
Energise your day with this roundup of sensational studios, from lofty attics with far-reaching views to garden rooms flooded with sunshine
Whether you are painting a portrait, throwing a pot or penning your first draft, a creative studio space will help you wrestle the muse and develop your art. After all, it can be tricky to feel inspired when you’re working in your spare room, surrounded by drying laundry and a couple of kids’ bikes. Of course, we are not all fortunate enough to have the square footage, or the funds, for a dedicated studio space, but we can all dream. These beautiful studios, designed as creative boltholes, are sure to inspire.
A garden retreat
A simple garden room with floor-to-ceiling glazing makes a peaceful, light-filled space to retreat to for writing or sketching. Leave your mobile in the house and abandon yourself to the creative process.
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A simple garden room with floor-to-ceiling glazing makes a peaceful, light-filled space to retreat to for writing or sketching. Leave your mobile in the house and abandon yourself to the creative process.
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Lots of natural light
Natural light is essential to an artist’s studio, but this gorgeous garden room in Scotland goes one better. Its large doors open the space up, allowing the terrace to become an extension of the studio, and providing somewhere to relax between bursts of creativity.
Natural light is essential to an artist’s studio, but this gorgeous garden room in Scotland goes one better. Its large doors open the space up, allowing the terrace to become an extension of the studio, and providing somewhere to relax between bursts of creativity.
A sloping roofline
The sloping roofline of this artist’s studio gives it a classic attic feel, but in fact it’s on the ground floor, with access onto the beautiful garden, deck and pond beyond.
The sloping roofline of this artist’s studio gives it a classic attic feel, but in fact it’s on the ground floor, with access onto the beautiful garden, deck and pond beyond.
A space for everything
This beautiful studio, with its tall windows, vintage lighting, beams and garden views has a soothing, timeless quality. Shelves provide storage for pots, paints and brushes, so the space feels ordered, leaving anyone using it free to focus on their art.
This beautiful studio, with its tall windows, vintage lighting, beams and garden views has a soothing, timeless quality. Shelves provide storage for pots, paints and brushes, so the space feels ordered, leaving anyone using it free to focus on their art.
A dedicated garden room
Ample natural light is essential in an artist’s space. It’s no good painting your masterpiece under a strip light with the curtains closed. This is another compact but gorgeous garden room, featuring a 4m-long section of French doors and windows. There’s also a large picture window on the right elevation, ensuring this cute creative space is full of natural light all day long.
Ample natural light is essential in an artist’s space. It’s no good painting your masterpiece under a strip light with the curtains closed. This is another compact but gorgeous garden room, featuring a 4m-long section of French doors and windows. There’s also a large picture window on the right elevation, ensuring this cute creative space is full of natural light all day long.
An eco retreat
Building your dream studio from scratch is fantastic. Making it an eco-friendly construction is even better. This studio sits in open countryside, away from the main house, cleverly designed to barely impact on the land while promoting creativity.
Building your dream studio from scratch is fantastic. Making it an eco-friendly construction is even better. This studio sits in open countryside, away from the main house, cleverly designed to barely impact on the land while promoting creativity.
Room with a view
With views this good, it must be hard to get any painting done. But once you’ve spent an hour or so gazing out at them, the light from these huge windows will gently illuminate your next masterpiece.
With views this good, it must be hard to get any painting done. But once you’ve spent an hour or so gazing out at them, the light from these huge windows will gently illuminate your next masterpiece.
A room for all seasons
A large space at the rear of this home in South Australia, overlooking a beautiful bay, has been given over to studio space. The rough stone walls lend some earthy authenticity to the room, while the wood-burner means this spacious studio can be used even on chilly days.
A large space at the rear of this home in South Australia, overlooking a beautiful bay, has been given over to studio space. The rough stone walls lend some earthy authenticity to the room, while the wood-burner means this spacious studio can be used even on chilly days.
Double height space
This lofty, purpose-built artist’s studio has a mezzanine level. Perhaps this is somewhere to recline after a taxing morning’s creativity? On the ground floor, reclaimed stable doors slide across to reveal spacious storage for materials, so the main studio space remains ordered.
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Are you lucky enough to have a studio space at home? Are you inspired by the artistic spaces featured here? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
This lofty, purpose-built artist’s studio has a mezzanine level. Perhaps this is somewhere to recline after a taxing morning’s creativity? On the ground floor, reclaimed stable doors slide across to reveal spacious storage for materials, so the main studio space remains ordered.
TELL US…
Are you lucky enough to have a studio space at home? Are you inspired by the artistic spaces featured here? Share your thoughts in the Comments below.
Artists and writers are famed for creating and composing in their attics. If those spaces all looked like this one, that would certainly make sense. This lovely lofty space is beautifully simple and flooded with light. Even the most unartistic of us might feel inspired to pick up a pencil in here.
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