A Modern Garden House – mission possible?

A garden quite often is a place to rest after tiring office work. For some, gardening even becomes a favourite free time activity. However, trips to and from the garden might be really burdening as they require a lot of time and energy, and that might lead to losing interest and pleasure. A great solution to that is creating a leisure oasis that fits your personal needs – a garden house is not necessarily supposed to be a simple shed for equipment. Following up-to-date solutions, you can build a practical and convenient garden house that might become a space for your qualitative free time.

Can everything fit into a limited space?

Due to the lack of space, we are not always able to build a big garden house with several rooms. Despite that, even a small garden house can be accommodated to fit the basic needs – to eat, take a shower and get some sleep after tiring physical labour. Building a convenient garden house requires careful projection and design of the space.

It is important to understand that limited square footage should not be appalling. Within small radius, everything is easy to reach and does not cause additional inconveniences. While furnishing the garden house, unnecessary objects should be avoided. A small house should fit the most relevant items: a bed, small closet, stove, shower and a toilet. Owning a lot of furniture, especially the one requiring a lot of space and blocking the way, definitely is not the most practical choice. Having less things in the garden house means less mess. In order to save space, it is advisable to have folding furniture, for instance, chairs and wall mounted dining table. To save the floor space, wall shelves might be a good deal. What is more, day light helps a lot to enlarge the space visually, therefore windows also have several important functions.

Windows are not only for observing surroundings

Even though it is important to let in some sunlight, this is absolutely not the only role of windows. To fully, with no concerns enjoy watching plants and flowers, pecking birds or neighbours shovelling snow throughout the whole year, high-quality windows are a must. During the cold season, “Maestro Cabins” glued wood double-glazed windows will protect from the cold and the wind; during the warm season, double-opening mechanism and high-quality handles will be of use when ventilating the room or just letting in some fresh air. To let in even more light or be able to see who is outside knocking, a glass door would be a great solution.

Charming and practical house exterior

If you are willing to spend time in the garden house during the winter time, it is essential to properly insulate the walls and the roof. The ecological choice for insulation is using a vapour barrier, beams, filler, wind barrier and siding.

To avoid the rain damage throughout the year, a lot of attention should be paid to the downpipes. Qualitative steel and PVC rainwater downpipes will assure smooth water flow, protection of the garden house, aesthetics and effective energy use. Constructing long-lasting wooden buildings preserves carbon and reduces the amount of carbon dioxide emissions. Therefore, a modern garden house can be not only pleasing the eye, but also nature-friendly. If you are looking for more sustainable solutions, investing into renewable energy could be an option. For example, instead of our clients’ favourite usual roofing, such as bitumen sheets, shingles or non-asbestos slates, solar batteries would do a great job generating electricity and heating the water.