Detached Garden Shed and Building Ideas and Designs

Modern glass house set in the landscape evokes a midcentury vibe. A modern gas fireplace divides the living area with a polished concrete floor from the greenhouse with a gravel floor. The frame is painted steel with aluminum sliding glass door. The front features a green roof with native grasses and the rear is covered with a glass roof. Photo by: Gregg Shupe Photography

10x12 Americana Photographer's Studio

Studio Shed - Live Large. Build Small.

10x12 Studio Shed home office - Lifestyle Interior plus our added height option. The standard height of most models is 8'6" but you can choose to add 1 or even 2 extra feet of ceiling height. Our small kit "Pinyon" sits perpendicular to the office, holding garden tools and other supplies in a 4x8 footprint. The concrete pad, which extends to serve as the interior floor as well, was poured and stained by the home owner once the design phase of his project was complete.

Exterior

John Bynum Custom Homes, Inc.

This is an example of a medium sized classic detached barn in Atlanta.

ROB ROY Sliding Barn Door Hardware

Krownlab

These homeowners added a great flexible space by adding this great little unit in the back yard. Is it a studio? An office? A guest room? All of these and more! The interior opens directly into the back yard and garden by using Krown Lab's ROB ROY sliding barn door hardware on a wall of moveable windows. By designing in this flexibility they really blend the line between living spaces and bring the outdoors in.

Traditional Garage And Shed

Design ideas for a traditional detached garden shed and building in Minneapolis.

Deck House Shed

Buchanan Custom Builders

Inspiration for a contemporary detached garden shed in Boston.

Richards Drive 1

Connelly Construction, LLC

This a later shot of the "little house" -- a wonderful guest quarters with a bath. This space has served as an temporary workspace/studio for an artist displaced from New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina, a virtually sound-proof music studio and a Mancave. Photo by Chad Chenier

Henry Woodshop

Kala Performance Homes

Photo of a rustic detached office/studio/workshop in Other.

Design Build: Mediterranean Estate

The Design Build Company

Inspiration for an eclectic detached garden shed in San Diego.

Great Design Plants

Le jardinet

In fall the warm foliage of the paperbark maple plays beautifully of the cedar siding od this rustic garden cabin Le jardinet
Photo of a rustic detached guesthouse in Seattle.

Ox Lake 1 Garage

Lands End Development - Designers & Builders

Inspiration for a rustic detached garden shed and building in Minneapolis.

Modern Detached Garage

Mosby Building Arts

A renowned St. Louis mid-century modern architect's home in St. Louis, MO is now owned by his son, who grew up in the home. The original detached garage was failing. Mosby architects worked with the architect's original drawings of the home to create a new garage that matched and echoed the style of the home, from roof slope to brick color. This is an example of how gracefully the detached garage echoes the features of the screen porch the architect added to his home in the 1960s. Photos by Mosby Building Arts.

Custom Guest Cottage

User

Custom designed 14'x16' Guest Cottage to complement a historic home in Tampa www.HistoricShed.com
Design ideas for a small traditional detached guesthouse in Tampa.

Shire Stable

Birdseye Design

This is an example of an expansive rural detached barn in Burlington.

My Shabby Streamside Studio

Sandy Foster

Design ideas for a vintage detached garden shed and building in New York.

Shoreline, WA Modern-Shed Art Studio

Modern-Shed

The owner decorated her space with useful and space-conscious equipment.
Inspiration for a small modern detached office/studio/workshop in Seattle.

Garden Room / Summer house makeover

Placeshaper Interiors

lisa durkin - New summerhouse interior
Small scandinavian detached office/studio/workshop in Manchester.

Contemporary Garden Shed And Building

robertrhodes.co.uk

Photo of a medium sized contemporary detached office/studio/workshop in London.

Pergola Renovation

Quizhpi Carpentry Corp.

Photo of a large beach style detached guesthouse in New York.

Garden Room 3

Modular Designs

Compact 2.5M Garden Room used as a home office.
This is an example of a small modern detached office/studio/workshop in Hertfordshire.

Detached Garden Shed and Building Ideas and Designs

Our garden sheds and outdoor buildings don’t have to be dumping grounds for tools, bikes, bins and all the extraneous items that haven’t found a home inside the house, instead they can be whole new spaces that you can turn your design eye to, just like any other room of the house. If you’ve lived in a small house or flat with no outside space, you’ll appreciate the added bonus an additional structure can give you. Homeowners across the UK and Ireland are transforming garden sheds, building garden offices and extending their homes to create garden rooms to really make the most of the space we have, because as we know, in some places in the UK and Ireland, space is like gold dust.

Which garden building should I go for?

It always makes sense to work with what you have, so if you have a garden shed already, think about how you could use it if you cleared it out and gave it a lick of paint. If you have nothing to work with apart from space and a budget, then the logical process is to think about what you need the space for. Garden sheds only need to be as big as what you need to store within them, so they could be an easier and cheaper alternative structure to a full garden building if you just need to store garden items, tools and bikes somewhere. If you have loftier ambitions and dream of a garden building that will be an additional living or working area, a separate garden room could be the answer. Large converted garden sheds or purpose built garden rooms can be used for separate work offices, studios, creative spaces, living areas, pool houses and so much more. With luxuries such as wireless internet and underfloor heating, and endless paint and decor options, the possibilities for your garden building are boundless. For the environmentally-conscious, eco-sheds featuring solar panels are an energy-saving solution that could benefit your household, and garden pods – prefabricated pod buildings for use as an office or extra living space – are easy, ready-to-go garden structures that are usually eco-friendly and energy efficient. Working from home often calls for a dedicated home office away from the distractions of the rest of the house, so garden offices or studios offer the ideal set-up: completely separate from the main house but close enough for emergencies, food supplies and bathroom breaks. They will also hopefully offer a peaceful and focused environment in the tranquility of your garden. Buildings in your garden don’t always have to be about practicality. You could let your imagination run wild and escape to the woods with a treehouse, and then your garden would certainly be the envy of all the children in the neighbourhood. Rope walkways, ladders, turrets, slides and firemen's poles are enough to keep any child occupied for hours on end. Even if you don’t have children yourself, an elevated wooden shelter attached to a tree is a good a place as any to enjoy your outdoor space, and isn’t that usually what garden buildings are all about? Besides the extra space they give you; garden rooms, summerhouses and converted garden sheds are wonderful for their location – outside in your garden. When the summer months come around, and we hopefully enjoy some good weather, all you want to do is spend as much time outside and with a garden building it’s possible to do so without compromising on furniture, shelter and all the amenities of indoors.

What design should I choose for my garden shed or garden room?

Sheds come in a full range of materials – metal and plastic garden sheds may prove more durable and weatherproof but classic wooden garden sheds offer the most opportunities for creative expression. If you’re thinking of a bigger structure, and appreciating your garden or outdoor area is important to you, large glass bifold doors can transform your garden room into a light-filled sunroom that opens right out onto your garden. For eco-lovers and those that want to retain a lush garden look, grass covered walls and roofs will help your garden room to blend in with its surroundings or wooden cladding will also give a natural look if you don’t want to to go all out with the grass. When it comes to your interior design, a habitable, high-spec garden room is really no different from any room in your main house, so the decisions will come down to personal style, taste and needs. Whatever outdoor structure you’re thinking of building or converting, be it a garden shed, treehouse, garden office or summerhouse, you’ll be able to find inspiration for all of them by browsing the photos on Houzz. Define your search by area, style or size to find what you want more easily.

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