What would you use your garden room for?
There are endless possibilities for how to use your garden room. The first question you should ask yourself is what the purpose of your garden room is to be. Will you have a specific use for your garden room or will it be multi functional? Is it to be used for business as an office or purely for leisure? Do you need electricity and water to service your garden room? You will need a suitable site in your garden for your room and it is important to take advice from experts here as they will be able to tell you all you need to know and will be able to advise you on any pitfalls that you may not have considered.
I have my own ideas as to what I would use mine for and how I would get the best from it. Ideally, my garden room would have two rooms in it, one for relaxing in and one for exercising in. I enjoy walking outdoors but during the wet and dark Winter days I prefer to exercise indoors, so I’d like to be able to do a variety of exercises in my mini gym. I am not interested in having lots of equipment, I would have a rowing machine and a treadmill and that would be it. There would be a wooden floor and I would have a large flat screen TV and would also like a mirrored wall so that I can see myself performing the aerobic exercises which will be shown on the TV. Depending on how I feel that day, I could either do an aerobic program or a dance program.
The other room would be purely for relaxing in, so soft pastel decor and comfortable chairs would be the starting point. I like to watch my garden and the wildlife that visits it, so a big window would be necessary. I also like to read, so would have a coffee table and somewhere to make tea or coffee. Relaxation is important for everyone and for me, it is vital that I set aside a little bit of time every day to unwind and relax. Sometimes I like soft music playing in the background and other times I prefer silence so that I can enjoy the sounds from outside. It is particularly enjoyable when the birds are singing.
The whole family would be able to use our garden room, however, the children would have to be made aware that if someone was in the quiet room, then they could not use the gym. We all enjoy the garden and the children have their own patch to grow what they want. We also have a pond which attracts all sorts of interesting creatures. During the Winter we will be able to observe the pond from the comfort and warmth of our garden room. That is the beauty of a garden room, you can use it all year round and enjoy it for whatever purpose you want.