A garden shed does not only have to serve as a storage room for garden tools and bicycles. You can also use it to conjure up a living room in the countryside in no time at all.
A garden shed can take on many functions: It can accommodate garden tools and bicycles, provide space for toys or storage space for garden furniture. If you want to use the garden house as a cozy retreat, you need a little more than four walls with a roof and a door. A private garden house can offer space for a convivial coffee table or provide the necessary protection at the barbecue in the evening. With the following 6 tips, we will show you how to turn a drab garden shed into a wonderful retreat.
Tips for a cozy ambience in the garden house
Tip 1 - upgrade the kit house:
Actually, it's quite simple. You go to a hardware store, choose the garden house and assemble it at home. If you're clever, you'll already think about the possibilities of upgrading a simple kit house with a little work yourself when you're shopping for the garden house. Do you want to turn a spartan summer cottage into a winter quarters? Then you can additionally insulate and clad the house from the inside. It is also important to think about the flooring. Kit houses sometimes have no floors, so you have to take care of that yourself anyway. Why not plan a great paving right away? This makes your garden house a very special place.
Tip 2 - Plan for larger windows:
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Some garden houses have a suitable floor space and are also suitable for use in winter, but the lighting leaves a lot to be desired. Small windows may look cute from the outside, but anyone who spends many hours a day in the garden house is grateful for generous glass surfaces. If you decide to provide one side of the garden house with a large window, this increases the utility value considerably. Alternatively, it is also possible to upgrade the entrance area with a large glass patio door. Depending onYou can add insect screens, lockable handles and roller shutters to this version.
» Tip: For more convenience, you can also equip your roller shutters with a roller shutter motor so that they open and close at the push of a button.
Tip 3 - Furnish like a living room:
A garden shed is all the cosier the more comfortably you set it up - starting with the floor covering and the wall hangings, right through to the lighting and the furniture. Anyone who uses the garden house regularly should pay particular attention to the choice of furniture. Of course, the choice also depends on the temperature and humidity conditions in the garden house. If the garden shed is not well insulated and is only intended for summer use, then easy-care garden furniture with comfortable cushions should be the first choice. Furniture made of robust polyurethane with correspondingly hard-wearing seat covers in beautiful patterns looks inviting. Equip the seating with comfortable cushions. Then it looks even more homely.
Tip 4 - Select lamps:
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Garden lovers are close to nature and treat the environment with care. If you want to equip your garden house with electricity and install light sources, you should decide in advance on energy-saving light sources. The Federal Environment Agency provides tips and shopping aids on the subject of lighting technology with a low environmental impact. When selecting the light colour, you should ensure that the proportion of white is not too high. Because a high proportion of white means a sterile atmosphere. It depends on the light color and it should have a friendly, warm tone in terms of the coziness factor.
Indirect lighting works best in the relatively narrow garden houses. A simple trick with a big impact is to use typical sauna lights. There are beautiful models with hand-carved motifs that provide coziness and soft lighting. Our article "5 lighting ideas for your garden" provides even more tips for lighting in the garden.
Tip 5 - The wall design:
A simple garden shed has raw floorboards as wall cladding and that really doesn't look very inviting. But if you put some effort into it, you can turn an unspectacular garden shed into a small garden paradise. The hardware store supplies large-format drywall elements for cladding. These are applied to the substructure and then serve as a surface forfurther processing - bumps are smoothed beforehand with a drywall sander. Always keep in mind that the log cabin “works” because it is exposed to the elements. Therefore, it is not advisable to completely plaster the surfaces, as the formation of cracks is then inevitable. In a garden shed, it therefore makes sense to install the dry construction elements with great care in order to keep the joints as even as possible. Paint directly onto the elements, smear them, or opt for a different non-uniform texture.
If that's too time-consuming for you, grab fabric and an electric stapler, because you can cover the walls generously with fabric. Depending on which pattern you warm to, give the garden house an oriental look, create a more rustic or filigree impression. Light-colored fabrics with woven gold threads look classy, while fabrics with bold color patterns look more Mediterranean.
Tip 6 - Create an inviting atmosphere in front of the door:
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A garden shed blends particularly harmoniously into the garden when it has grown in. That's why it's a good idea to set up a few potted plants right next to the garden shed and create a bed in which pretty shrubs provide the necessary framework. Flowering plants in the entrance area also have an inviting effect. A door wreath or decorative elements on the outer walls also ensure attractiveness. But beware: less is more! If you dig too deep into the decoration bag of tricks, you will overload the little house and it will look kitschy. It is better to decide on a few things and use them purposefully.
Conclusion:
You can see how easy it is to turn a simple garden shed into a feel-good place. Even if you only implement one of the tips mentioned, you will ensure a clearly noticeable improvement. With the goal in mind of soon sitting in a garden room flooded with light and air with a feel-good atmosphere, the next spring can come quickly.