Love working out but hate driving to the gym or exercising in front of other people? If so, you’ve probably got some gym equipment squeezed in somewhere at home. But if your cross-trainer is used as a clothes drier or your under-desk treadmill has turned into a pile of paperwork, your home gym probably isn’t working as hard as you’d hoped.

Most houses don’t have space for big bulky gym equipment so it’s no surprise that a garden room gym is one of our most popular designs. From small yoga studios to large, machine-filled spaces a garden room gym might be the perfect way to get your fitness (and your lounge floor) back.

Imagine mirrored walls, a sprung floor and wall-mounted ballet barre? It’s the stuff of a dancer’s dream but also impossible to achieve inside your house. Enter the garden room AKA the outside dance studio.

And the best bit? Garden rooms have lots of soundproofing options, so when the rest of the dance trio or troupe turn up and the dancing turns into a Taylor Swift sing-along, you won’t have to get out your earplugs (or deflect evil looks from your neighbours).

Hot tubs and spas are great for relaxation. Unless your garden is overlooked or you have noisy (or nosy) neighbours.

If you’ve always dreamt of an indoor hot tub but your garden is a bit of a goldfish bowl, or you’d love a garden sauna, a small garden room could be the answer. Plus, you get to use it all year round, even when it’s raining.

If you write, play or record music, finding somewhere where you won’t disturbed AND where you won’t disturb anyone else is really hard. Then there’s the acoustics to consider, as well as all your specialist equipment.

Garden rooms make perfect music, sound or recording studios because they can be fully soundproofed, acoustically balanced and insulated to protect expensive equipment, instruments and music.

It’s no secret that it’s getting harder and harder to get on the property ladder. Mortgage rates are the highest they’ve been in years. And the cost of living makes saving for a deposit really tough. So it makes sense to help out your grown-up kids by letting them live rent-free at home while they save up for a deposit. But that doesn’t make living with them any easier, especially if they work from home.

Introducing the garden living room AKA the ‘stop getting under our feet’ space, complete with a lounge, kitchenette and a shower room. Perfect if your son or daughter and their partner come back to live with you but need privacy and independence. Plus there’s always the option to ‘flip, reverse it’ when the kids have moved out and you need a quiet place to  ‘escape’ from your other half.

Garden rooms are perfect for hangout spaces. Your teenager gets a cool space away from the house that they can show off to their friends without being ‘embarrassed’ by you. And you get relax because the house is quiet but you know your kids are safe. Plus you’ll get brownie points and gratitude from all the parents for hosting.

Think comfy seating, a TV or games console and a drinks fridge and snack bar. Or create a full-on garden games room with table football, air hockey, a dart board or pool table. And when the kids aren’t using it, it might just become your new favourite hangout space…

Outdoor bars were probably one of the only good things to come out of Covid but unfortunately the English weather hasn’t caught up. Outdoor bars are great but the reality is it’s rarely warm enough to enjoy them, plus it takes a lot of time to get them clean and cobweb-free after the winter. An indoor bar and games room on the other hand, can be used all year round.

This one comes with a warning though – your house might just become ‘the party house’ and you might struggle to convince your neighbours that it’s time to go home…

A full-sized snooker table is a whopping 12ft by 6ft. So unless you live in a mansion, you’ll probably struggle to fit one in your house.

Introducing the garden snooker room AKA your very own snooker hall. Garden rooms are fully insulated and often warmer than a house, so say goodbye to drafty snooker halls and hello to toasty (but oh so cool) snooker competitions.

The only snag? If you work from home, you might find it hard to stay focussed on work.   

If you’re short on space, you need your garden room to work extra hard. Introducing the everything-in-one multi-purpose garden studio. First thing in the morning, it’s a yoga or cycling studio. During the day it’s an office. And in the evening it becomes a Netflix and chill room. Because our garden rooms are completely bespoke, your garden room can be anything or things you need it to be.

Hobbies have a tendency to grow and spill over into our homes. Maybe it’s crafting materials or crochet wool. Perhaps it’s bike parts or Airfix models. If you’d love a dedicated space to house your hobby (and some ‘alone’ time), a garden room could be the answer. And if your partner has a hobby too, your garden room could be split into two separate areas, so you don’t even have to fight over it.