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Take a Peek at These 8 Cozy Backyard Sheds and Studios

You may be inspired to find another home for your garden tools after taking a look at these sheds and studios turned into snug backyard retreats. Warm wood, soft lighting, layered quilts and other cozy details set these outbuildings apart from the pack. From a shepherd’s hut kitted out as a guest cottage to a garden shed hiding a hot tub, these retreats may sweep you away and provide inspiration for next year’s project.

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1. Craft Studio With a Porch

Tucked behind a house on Vashon Island, Washington, this mini prefab studio by Modern-Shed provides extra space where the homeowners can work on arts and crafts projects. The sloped tongue-and-groove pine roof extends generously over the studio’s entryway deck, protecting the doorway from the elements and adding a nice architectural touch.

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Turning an existing shed into a studio? Adding a porch, lofting the ceiling or widening windows can make a small structure feel more spacious. Soft elements like an entryway mat, cushy furniture and rugs to cover floorboards can help the space feel inviting.

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2. Covered Hot Tub

Imagine a guest’s surprise when he or she discovers a luxurious hot tub behind the door of this playhouse behind a Welsh holiday home. Plus, the cottage is much more charming to look out onto than a blocky, covered hot tub.

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3. Kitted-Out Caravan

Wheeled straight into the backyard, this gussied-up shepherd’s hut would be an inviting spot for hosting visitors.

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It has a built-in bed, a second fold-down cot and a mini kitchen, complete with a fridge, farmhouse sink, coffee press and toaster — effectively everything an overnight guest would need.

Rustic details, like salvaged wood doors for the underbed cupboard along with mismatched china, add to the charm. Layered patterned quilts, fuzzy throw blankets and vintage touches make the space feel especially homey.

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4. Snug Home Office and Storage Shed Duplex

A wall divides this backyard shed, allowing separate areas for sports equipment and a home office. While the storage space is bare-bones with its unfinished plywood walls, the home office was treated with a luxe finish. The room has warm lighting, pale mint-green walls, shelves and space for a desk.

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5. Fairy-tale cottage. With a steep shingled roof, a Dutch door and raw-edge wood siding, this charming tiny house in Latvia looks like it’s straight out of a storybook.

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Inside, a ladder leads up to the mini sleeping loft, which would be just enough room for young kids to curl up for a sleepover or an adult to relax with a book. The interior of the structure by Bordertown has been kept simple, with some boards left natural and others whitewashed to brighten the living room. Recessed lighting makes the cottage an appealing place for playing after dark.

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6. Rustic Guest Cabin

This little cabin set back from the main house in Pasley Island, British Columbia, Canada, provides space for overnight guests with a snug double bed and lofted single bed.

Quantum Construction, the project’s contractors, gave special attention to the details of the cabin’s exterior, so that it suits the wooded environment. They used wood shingles to cover the sides and natural logs to support the roof of the generously sized porch.

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Inside, the cabin feels like a camp bunk for grown-ups. A lofted single bed accessed by a wooden ladder is slotted over the main double bed below. Not only does this save on floor space, but it also makes the double bed feel extra comfy — like sleeping in a snug nook.

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7. Cozy Art Studio

This light-filled studio space in Corpus Christi, Texas, is just steps away from the house but feels like a tranquil retreat. The building is oriented to receive as much natural light as possible, while also allowing room for a pecan tree to grow up through the roof’s exposed rafter tails.

Elements that warm up the space — like the spotlights washing the warm brown wood ceiling — are highlighted, giving the space a cozier feel.

Jenny Ballantyne

8. Garden Living Room

With striped bunting, comfy furnishings, twinkle lights and pots of flowers out front, this garden room by Jenny Ballantyne Interiors in Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom, could hardly look more festive. Although designed more as a summer house, the garden room could easily become an inviting cool-weather destination with a small space heater and perhaps an electric kettle for tea on hand. Often just adding more light and warmth is enough to make a space more inviting, even in winter.

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How to furnish a country shed: 6 creative ideas

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A country shed does not have to look like a utility block with a bunch of old trash inside. Why not turn it into a cute little house - it's much more pleasant to store garden tools in this way. The walls are painted with Little Greene.

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The summer season is in full swing, and we try to escape from the red-hot city to nature at the first opportunity, and many have long settled down for the summer in a country house. So why not think about arranging your small barn? It can be used to store garden tools, lawn mowers and bicycles, turn it into a cozy summer kitchen or create a comfortable workplace there. And yet, all the children will be delighted with the idea of ​​their secret house in the back of the garden. In addition, it can become just a place to relax in silence, where you can take a nap after working under the hot sun. We tell you everything you need to know to create the perfect country barn

What does the law say?

According to the Town Planning Code, household and household buildings that are not capital construction objects (in other words, any building without a foundation that is easy to move) do not need to be specially approved and registered in the state register. If you decide to build a capital building, it must be entered into the USRN (and therefore, it must meet certain requirements, for example, you need to take into account the distance to other buildings and plots), but permits are still not needed.

Barn as home office

Garden house is the perfect place to work alone for hours or daydream when you want to escape from the hustle and bustle of a big house, but spend time in comfort. If it is not yet possible to arrange a separate office for yourself within the walls of a cottage, a converted barn is perfect for this purpose: it can easily be turned into a summer office for those who continue to work even in the country, a recording studio for musicians or a playroom for children.

Office in a barn on a ranch in Kansas. Project by Forward Design

If you're going for this option, you'll need to consider running electricity and good thermal insulation to make the house habitable. First of all, the barn needs a concrete base. Double glazing is recommended for windows. As for walls and roofs, mineral wool should be used for proper thermal insulation. In matters of electrification, and we are talking about creating a full-fledged room, we advise you to consult with a professional.

Shed as guest house

Garden house can easily be converted into a guest room. Converting a barn into a small bedroom is much easier than expanding a large house and adding an extra room or attic. This option will also help save the budget, although some costs for insulation, insulation and finishing will also be required here. Relatives and friends will enjoy spending time in a secluded garden house, and you will have less daily hassle.

Shed as a workshop

If you like to work with your hands, convert your shed into your workshop, where there is a place for all the necessary tools and materials. Building a separate small house out of wood, metal or PVC will again be easier than attaching a workshop to the main house.

Please note that such a barn should be relatively large in area. Over the years, you may need to increase the storage system, even if it seems doubtful now. Choose a place to place shelves, cabinets and a real desktop - when creating a workshop, do not skimp on comfort.

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One of the most creative options is to turn the shed into a play house. Here you can arrange a bedroom with camp beds and shelves for toys, decorate the walls with drawings of kids and come up with lighting from lanterns that will create a special coziness in the evening.

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In this case, instead of a concrete slab, it is better to use natural wood in the base, and add a reed or bamboo carpet inside as a seasonal touch. In winter, this building can be used as a shed for storing children's toys, sports equipment, an inflatable pool and, if dimensions allow, garden furniture.

Shed with a greenhouse

A shed for those who are passionate about gardening, in terms of arrangement it can be similar to a workshop, but with its own specific features: a greenhouse with convenient shelves and glazing on a wooden frame can be attached directly to the house to provide the necessary lighting for plants. And if you make a concrete slab at the base a little wider than the building itself, you can place a woodpile on it or arrange a mini-terrace with a seating area.

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Oak Springs Manor Garden Pavilion designed by Rachel "Bunny" Mellon.

You can travel half the world, but you can hardly find more perfect examples of garden buildings than in the projects of Rachel Bunny Mellon (Rachel Bunny Mellon). The acclaimed "Queen of the Gardens" truly had an unsurpassed sense of style and her garden pavilions can serve as inspiration and examples of how a simple outbuilding can become a masterpiece of garden architecture.

The example of Bunny Mellon proves once again that even if you are dealing with an ordinary small barn, it can be made into a stylish, cozy and functional space, conducive to gardening and outdoor recreation. And even if your garden house does not have walls with "dummy" murals, like in the Bunny Oak Springs estate, you always have the opportunity to show your imagination and creativity. We hope these tips will inspire you to get creative in your backyard.

Garden Pavilion in Oak Spring, Virginia where Rachel "Bunny" Mellon worked with seedlings. Walls and cabinets are decorated with fake paintings by the French artist Fernand Renard depicting shelves with garden tools.

1. Doors with stained-glass windows

A garden pavilion or greenhouse will look much more elegant and atmospheric if stained-glass doors made of colored frosted glass are made for it.

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2. Painted walls

Paint your garden house bright, cheerful colors? Why not! And not only from the outside, but also from the inside! Intense green is the perfect color for a garden, and combined with sunny yellow, your barn will look bright and inviting in summer!

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3. Beauty in imperfection

What is natural is not ugly, folk wisdom says. Worn brick walls, old pottery with patina, cracked boards have their own magnetic beauty. Emphasize it by turning the signs of the times into the charm of sweet antiquity!

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An old wooden bench in the garden of decorator Irina Glick.

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Picturesque canopy

Complete your shed with a canopy or gazebo covered with ivy, wild grapes, vines. So you kill two birds with one stone: decorate the hozblok and organize a cozy recreation area where you can sit on a bench in the evenings and enjoy the sunset birdsong and the fragrance of flowers.

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5. Decor

Colorful paper lanterns, bundles of dried herbs, or just pretty canvas bags or straw hats hanging from a nail on the walls - all this helps to create coziness in a garden house and turn it into something more than just a country shed.

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6. Not only the utility block

In the garden house you can not only store garden tools, lawn mowers and old junk. It can be turned into a creative workshop, study, children's playroom or summer guest bedroom. Ideas for alternative use of the garden house look in our special material.

Swedish designer and stylist Elin Lannsjo ​​has transformed an old country tool shed into a cozy guest bedroom.

7. Functional furniture

Not only does your main house need functional furniture, but also your outbuilding. Believe me, if your hoses and watering buckets are stored beautifully, and the garden shears and lawn mowers have their place, beauty, order and comfort will reign in the barn.

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sit down." And indeed it is. Arrange a small area near your garden house with compact tables and folding chairs - and you will immediately feel the difference between a barn and a garden house. Because home is always warm and cozy!

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