Sitting, sleeping, cooking - all in a small space? If you set up your garden house according to practical aspects, you can easily overcome this hurdle.
It's the little man's finca, to be found in every allotment garden - the garden shed. Affectionately called Datsche in GDR times, the gazebo has not lost its charm to this day. Owning or renting a garden plot is pure luxury, especially in big cities. By Friday evening at the latest the bags will be packed and off we go with the whole family into the countryside. The children can let off steam while mum and dad forget the stress of work while gardening.
The center of the garden is the garden house, which is a living room, storage room and sleeping berth all in one. Anyone who wants to set up a new home here will quickly reach their limits, because a garden house is known to have only a few square meters of floor space. So before furniture and decoration are bought, it is important to weigh up what is really important and what is needed. Think practical and get inspired by the tips below.
Tip 1: Easy-care floor covering instead of flokati
It would be nice, but unfortunately the sun doesn't shine every day in our beloved country. Even in the high season, from July to August, we have to reckon with one or two rain showers. That means either you take off your shoes every time you enter your garden house, or you choose an easy-care floor covering from the start.
- A concrete surface is very simple, but concrete rubs off and is not particularly easy to clean.
- A vinyl floor is easy to install and cheap to buy. So that the floor covering does not tear as quickly under stress, use a total thickness of at least 3 mm and, for practical purposes, click vinyl, which is just as easy to lay as laminate.
- Tiles with a smooth surface are better - cleaned in no time with a broom or a damp cloth. Stick to the shade in the light area, this will make your summerhouse appear larger.
- As a fourth alternative, I recommend laminate because it is simply "warmer" andlooks more comfortable. Of course, you cannot use just any wooden floor covering in a garden shed. The weather would cause the wood to swell. Special moisture-proof laminate, such as that from holz-direkt24.com, is 100% waterproof, withstands the cold, wet season and, like any other laminate, can be cut to size with a laminate cutter… You should also pay attention to moisture-resistant material when choosing footfall sound insulation.
Tip 2: Mini kitchen, everything you need is there
Once the floor covering has been selected, it's time to set it up. Don't forget that we've focused on the practical here. You can use a single apartment as a guide. If you only have one room available, you have to limit yourself, but not necessarily do without everything.
To keep food fresh in the garden shed or to prepare smaller meals, a so-called mini-kitchen is completely sufficient. If the term doesn't mean much to you up to now, at rundumkueche.eu there is a huge selection of mini kitchen blocks that already contain the most important elements (refrigerator, stovetop, sink). Of course, you can also combine individual elements. The use of existing niches is practical. In this way, the refrigerator can be "built in" with a precise fit, while the sink and cooking surface are in a different position. More tips for choosing kitchen furniture for the summer house:
- Use smooth fronts with recessed grips. This looks simpler and, above all, there is no risk of you constantly bumping into the protruding handles or getting caught on them.
- Sliding doors on the base units allow more freedom of movement because they do not protrude into the room when opened.
- Do not choose dark colours, they make the garden house, which is not large anyway, look even smaller.
Tip 3: Storage space up to the ceiling
If you not only use the garden house as a second living room, but also need it as a storage room, you will quickly reach your limits in terms of space. Putting away small garden tools, the cushions for the garden furniture or the little ones' toys is like playing a Tetris game. This can be remedied by shelving systems that can be adapted to the existing size - there is even a configurator on pickawood.com. So you use every millimeter and still have everything sorted and ready to hand.
Quick tips for practical garden house furnishing
- Folding chairs in the Mediterraneandesign, not only look good, they also save space. If visitors come, the seats can also be expanded in a flash.
- Instead of a sumptuous couch, a comfortable two-seater is enough in the garden shed. The Swedish furniture giant has plenty of suitable designs for the garden shed, including ones with a sleeping function!
- Hooks on the walls are not only useful for the wardrobe, they are also handy for hanging up an onion net, barbecue utensils and even shoes.