The 8 Most Popular Garden Rooms on Houzz This Summer
Be inspired to go for a garden room by the photos that had the most saves
Is the coming year the one where you finally get that dream garden room, summer house or posh shed to boost your floor space? Whether you’re after a leafy guest room or suite, a home office (shoffice?), an exercise den or a focal point for alfresco entertaining, check out this countdown of the most popular garden room photos* and get planning.
* Garden room photos saved on Houzz between 1 June and 31 August 2024
* Garden room photos saved on Houzz between 1 June and 31 August 2024
7. Clad it sympathetically
This handsome garden office in West Sussex, designed by
Miniature Manors, is clad in western red cedar, a softwood with warm red-brown tones. Unpainted wood is a great choice for a garden building as – naturally – it blends in well.
The vertical lines of the cladding give the building a contemporary look and it’s been designed to work perfectly as an office, with a window built in at desk height, allowing for plenty of gazing across the garden.
It also has a secret storage area, lined with sturdy plywood, for garden tools and equipment.
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This handsome garden office in West Sussex, designed by
Miniature Manors, is clad in western red cedar, a softwood with warm red-brown tones. Unpainted wood is a great choice for a garden building as – naturally – it blends in well.
The vertical lines of the cladding give the building a contemporary look and it’s been designed to work perfectly as an office, with a window built in at desk height, allowing for plenty of gazing across the garden.
It also has a secret storage area, lined with sturdy plywood, for garden tools and equipment.
Find a local garden designer on Houzz.
6. Create a focal point
The view from the garden or through your back doors is crucial when it comes to garden room design – and there’s an idea for every taste.
Here, in an Owl Garden Studios-designed building, Signature Walls has created a striking bespoke blue Venetian plaster feature wall for the back of the room. This material can be applied to walls or ceilings and comes in a range of colours and finishes.
The room is used as a full-time office during the day and a games/cinema room in the evening, but, come rain or shine, it will conjure up a Mediterranean vista all year round.
The view from the garden or through your back doors is crucial when it comes to garden room design – and there’s an idea for every taste.
Here, in an Owl Garden Studios-designed building, Signature Walls has created a striking bespoke blue Venetian plaster feature wall for the back of the room. This material can be applied to walls or ceilings and comes in a range of colours and finishes.
The room is used as a full-time office during the day and a games/cinema room in the evening, but, come rain or shine, it will conjure up a Mediterranean vista all year round.
5. Give it a glow
Exterior downlights will make this garden bar, games and billiards room, also by Owl Garden Studios, appear to glow once darkness falls.
Lights are buried on the underside of a cantilevered wraparound canopy, which is mirrored by composite decking below.
The sociable project, in Banstead, Surrey, is clad in western red cedar, giving it a lovely warm, textured look that’s enhanced by the soft illumination.
Exterior downlights will make this garden bar, games and billiards room, also by Owl Garden Studios, appear to glow once darkness falls.
Lights are buried on the underside of a cantilevered wraparound canopy, which is mirrored by composite decking below.
The sociable project, in Banstead, Surrey, is clad in western red cedar, giving it a lovely warm, textured look that’s enhanced by the soft illumination.
4. Create a home from home
This garden room by Hawksbeck on the Essex coast is practically a tiny home. Complete with a little kitchen, a bathroom and a living space that can double as a bedroom, you’d have all you need to be comfortable.
The dark wood cladding and clean white walls give a modern look, while large bifolding doors onto its own patio blend the indoors and outdoors beautifully.
This garden room by Hawksbeck on the Essex coast is practically a tiny home. Complete with a little kitchen, a bathroom and a living space that can double as a bedroom, you’d have all you need to be comfortable.
The dark wood cladding and clean white walls give a modern look, while large bifolding doors onto its own patio blend the indoors and outdoors beautifully.
3. Tuck it away
Nestled into the back of this verdant garden designed by GRDN, this outdoor office is almost invisible – which may be what appealed to enough of you to put it in third place.
The planting was designed strategically to create a journey from the house to the office. Pale wood cladding coupled with the spreading foliage ensures the compact building sits lightly in the space, while floor-to-ceiling glazing, as well as a smaller window above the desk looking onto a lush tree fern (not seen), allows anyone working inside to enjoy the greenery.
Tour the rest of this gorgeous garden and see inside the home office.
Nestled into the back of this verdant garden designed by GRDN, this outdoor office is almost invisible – which may be what appealed to enough of you to put it in third place.
The planting was designed strategically to create a journey from the house to the office. Pale wood cladding coupled with the spreading foliage ensures the compact building sits lightly in the space, while floor-to-ceiling glazing, as well as a smaller window above the desk looking onto a lush tree fern (not seen), allows anyone working inside to enjoy the greenery.
Tour the rest of this gorgeous garden and see inside the home office.
2. Connect with wood
Repeating motifs or materials to pull an outhouse into the rest of the garden will make it feel like an integrated part of the design, rather than a feature added on separately.
Here, in a project designed by BCA, it’s the warm-coloured wooden cladding that does the job, popping up in the planters at the near end of the space and on the sofa and table.
The room itself is luxuriously kitted out with a comfy living space, bar and bathroom.
Repeating motifs or materials to pull an outhouse into the rest of the garden will make it feel like an integrated part of the design, rather than a feature added on separately.
Here, in a project designed by BCA, it’s the warm-coloured wooden cladding that does the job, popping up in the planters at the near end of the space and on the sofa and table.
The room itself is luxuriously kitted out with a comfy living space, bar and bathroom.
1. Get back to black
Finally, in at number one is this stunning, carbon-neutral, triangular garden room by Koto Design in collaboration with Garden Club London.
A black fence can really make foliage stand out and this cabin has taken the same idea. It’s been clad in sustainably sourced charred larch, a material inspired by the ancient Japanese tradition of shou sugi ban – the scorching of cypress wood to improve its durability.
The matching black deck juts out across a small pond, which adds a sparkle of magic. Being dark, the building also recedes into the dense planting somewhat, creating an immersive, secluded space to enjoy feeling at one with nature.
More: 7 Style Ideas for the Exterior of Your Garden Room
Tell us…
Which is your favourite out of these garden rooms – or do you have another you’ve spotted on Houzz? Post the link in the Comments.
Finally, in at number one is this stunning, carbon-neutral, triangular garden room by Koto Design in collaboration with Garden Club London.
A black fence can really make foliage stand out and this cabin has taken the same idea. It’s been clad in sustainably sourced charred larch, a material inspired by the ancient Japanese tradition of shou sugi ban – the scorching of cypress wood to improve its durability.
The matching black deck juts out across a small pond, which adds a sparkle of magic. Being dark, the building also recedes into the dense planting somewhat, creating an immersive, secluded space to enjoy feeling at one with nature.
More: 7 Style Ideas for the Exterior of Your Garden Room
Tell us…
Which is your favourite out of these garden rooms – or do you have another you’ve spotted on Houzz? Post the link in the Comments.
In at number 8 is this pleasingly unconventional building on the outskirts of south London. It sits in a garden by designer Melanie Hick, who created an angular outdoor space to reflect the angles of the owners’ new asymmetric garden room. In doing so, she’s turned the idea of a long, thin garden with a boxy building at one end on its head.
The building has masses of glazing that helps to show off the angles, but is well-shaded by large trees, ensuring it isn’t too hot or too bright in the sun (an important consideration) and a generous decked area that’s flush with the garden and, therefore, feels totally connected to it.