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Green Detached Garden Shed and Building Ideas and Designs

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Triple L
Triple L
SDG Architecture, Inc.SDG Architecture, Inc.
Bernard Andre'
Rustic detached office/studio/workshop in San Francisco.
The Cottage
The Cottage
Beachy Barns LTDBeachy Barns LTD
Photo of a medium sized rural detached guesthouse in Columbus.
Vermont Gem Wood Shed
Vermont Gem Wood Shed
Jamaica Cottage Shop IncJamaica Cottage Shop Inc
Via our website "This Jamaica Cottage Shop creation was designed in response to the numerous requests for a practical and pleasing building for the purpose of firewood storage and garbage and recyclable containment." Only available fully assembled - with many options to match existing architecture.
Other Rooms
Other Rooms
Martha Stewart LivingMartha Stewart Living
Create a workroom that's as beautiful as the garden outside. Glass-door cabinetry and an extended potting station make for a light, airy, and productive workspace. Martha Stewart Living Ox Hill PureStyle cabinetry in Heavy Cream Martha Stewart Living hardware in Bedford Nickel
Older home Transformation and Addition
Older home Transformation and Addition
Creative RenovationsCreative Renovations
The challenge here was to build a 2-car garage that provides more room for landscaping and lawn on a small city lot. The Garage design allows 2 cars to park inline with space inside for storage, and keeps the garage footprint smaller than a traditional 2 car garage. Visions in Photography
Long Boat Key Shed
Long Boat Key Shed
UserUser
10'x14' storage shed designed to complement a historic 1920s home.
Inspiration for a classic detached garden shed in Tampa.
Badger Hill
Badger Hill
Neumann Lewis Buchanan ArchitectsNeumann Lewis Buchanan Architects
© Gordon Beall
Design ideas for an expansive rural detached barn in DC Metro.
The best Garden Studio in palo alto
The best Garden Studio in palo alto
Alexander F. MarshallAlexander F. Marshall
Inspiration for a medium sized traditional detached garden shed in San Francisco.
Buck's County Bungalow
Buck's County Bungalow
UserUser
Daffodils dress up the garden shed in early spring Photos: Left Bank Home
This is an example of a shabby-chic style detached garden shed in Philadelphia.
Southern Twins: 2 Studio Sheds attached
Southern Twins: 2 Studio Sheds attached
Studio Shed - Live Large. Build Small.Studio Shed - Live Large. Build Small.
Both Studio Sheds contain our signature elements: custom built, aluminum clad clerestory windows, Collins Plank siding and double french doors. All colors can be tailored to your needs...or choose from our standard color swatches online!
Arden Farms
Arden Farms
Walnut Hill Landscape CompanyWalnut Hill Landscape Company
Michael Prokopchak, ASLA
Traditional detached garden shed and building in Baltimore.
Garden Studio
Garden Studio
vendrolinivendrolini
Philippe Vendrolini
Photo of a victorian detached office/studio/workshop in San Francisco.
Furwood
Furwood
Louise LakierLouise Lakier
Louise Lakier Photography © 2012 Houzz
Photo of an urban detached garden shed and building in Melbourne.
My Houzz: An Architect’s 1901 Home in Pennsylvania
My Houzz: An Architect’s 1901 Home in Pennsylvania
Colleen BrettColleen Brett
Colleen Steixner © 2012 Houzz
Photo of a rustic detached garden shed in Philadelphia.
Garden House
Garden House
Virginia Tradition Builders LLCVirginia Tradition Builders LLC
Virginia Tradition Builders LLC
This is an example of a rustic detached garden shed in Richmond.
Vermont
Vermont
TERRIGENOUS Landscape ArchitectureTERRIGENOUS Landscape Architecture
Made from local stone and historic pure lime mortar, this stone coop acts as a folly on the New England Landscape. Scott Wunderle
Inspiration for a traditional detached garden shed and building in Burlington.
Highgate Bowl
Highgate Bowl
Mark Stevens ArchitectsMark Stevens Architects
Design ideas for an expansive contemporary detached greenhouse in London.
National Trust greenhouse in a garden by Darren Hawkes
National Trust greenhouse in a garden by Darren Hawkes
Alitex GlasshousesAlitex Glasshouses
Our clients purchased their fourth Alitex greenhouse, this time a Hidcote, for their garden designed by Chelsea Flower Show favourite Darren Hawkes. Powder coated in Sussex Emerald’, the Hidcote sits perfectly in this beautiful valley, just a handful of miles from the Atlantic Coast. The kitchen garden was designed around the Hidcote greenhouse, which included raised borders, built in the same heritage bricks as the base of the greenhouse.
Berkshire Garden Office and Guest Room
Berkshire Garden Office and Guest Room
The Swift Organisation LtdThe Swift Organisation Ltd
At 8.15 meters by 4.65 meters, this is a pretty big garden room! It is also a very striking one. It was designed and built by Swift Garden Rooms in close collaboration with their clients. Designed to be a home office, the customers' brief was that the building could also be used as an occasional guest bedroom. Swift Garden Rooms have a Project Planner where you specify the features you would like your garden room to have. When completing the Project Planner, Swift's client said that they wanted to create a garden room with lots of glazing. The Swift team made this happen with a large set of powder-coated aluminum sliding doors on the front wall and a smaller set of sliding doors on the sidewall. These have been positioned to create a corner of glazing. Beside the sliding doors on the front wall, a clever triangular window has been positioned. The way this butts into the Cedar cladding is clever. To us, it looks like the Cedar cladding has been folded back to reveal the window! The sliding doors lead out onto a custom-designed, grey composite deck area. This helps connect the garden room with the garden it sits in.
Ten Mile Lake 1
Ten Mile Lake 1
Lands End Development - Designers & BuildersLands End Development - Designers & Builders
Photo of a small rustic detached garden shed and building in Minneapolis.

Green 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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