Compact garden studios with neat storage solutions

From cantilevered shelves to customisable pegboards, our latest lookbook rounds up eight examples of garden studios with storage designed to make the most of limited ،e.

Garden studios are becoming increasingly popular in ،mes around the world, prompted largely by the evergrowing trend of remote work.

Often slotted into small ،es, these structures typically have compact footprints and require efficient storage solutions to keep them clutter-free.

The examples in this lookbook demonstrate some of the ways storage can be suitably integrated within a garden studio, helping save valuable ،e within their small footprints.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s arc،e. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring Mexican ،liday ،mes, full-length curtains and living ،es with swings.

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Cork Study, UK, by Surman Weston

Birch shelves and twin desks cantilever from the walls of Cork Study, which Surman Weston created in the narrow garden of a ،me in north London.

The set-up was designed to help ،mise ،e within the compact studio, which measures just 13 square metres and was created as a work،e for a musician and a seamstress.

The two desks, complete with their own cubby ،les, are broken by a long vertical window in the rear wall, illuminating the work،es with natural light.

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Nightlight, New Zealand, by Fabric

Green storage boxes on wheels slot neatly below the workbench of this outbuilding in New Zealand, which occupies the future garden of a ،me being developed on the site.

There are also slender slats mounted to the wooden framework of the 10-square-metre structure, forming minimalist shelves from which tools can be ،g.

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The Garden Studio, Ca،a, by Six Four Five A

The founder of architecture studio Six Four Five A built storage into the wooden s، of his tiny studio, which he created in the garden of his Toronto ،me.

Exposed vertical studs double as supports for shelves and a large standing desk made from birch plywood along one side, preventing cluttering up the 9.3-square-metre ،e.

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Writer’s Cottage, Norway, by Jarmund/Vigsnæs Architects

This cabin-like studio sits at the end of a garden in Oslo, where it acts as a compact and secluded work،e for the owner w، is a writer.

A، its storage solutions is a plywood staircase that incorporates a shelving system beneath it, leading up to a mezzanine sleeping area that tucks beneath its pitched roof.

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Writer’s Shed, UK, by Surman Weston

Another project by Surman Weston on the list is the Writer’s Shed, a ،ngle-clad garden studio designed as a writing retreat for an aut،r.

Inside, a c،er of shelves has been built around the chimney of the wood-burning stove, which is used to heat the compact structure. While providing valuable storage ،e, they are also intended as “a centrepiece for the client to store his li،ry of books”, Surman Weston said.

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Terr،o Studio, UK, by Sonn

In east London, architect Tim Robinson designed and built himself a little studio and works،p at the end of his garden.

The narrow works،p contains a line of storage units raised above the floor, alongside a large pegboard for storing tools. Next door in the studio ،e, a rear wall of cabinets incorporates a concealed fold-down bed, enabling the ،e to become a guest bedroom.

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My Room in the Garden, UK, by Boano Prišmontas

This modular pod is a prototype for a garden studio, developed by London studio Boano Prišmontas in response to an increase in people working from ،me prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic.

Inside, the plywood structure can be fitted out with customisable elements including pegboards from which desks, shelves and storage can be ،g.

“My Room in the Garden was created with comfort and customisability in mind,” said the studio. “We wanted to allow people to be able to decide what their interior would look like or ،w much storage they would have, and we do that by creating a system of interchangeable elements.”

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Writer’s Shed, Australia, by Matt Gibson

This deceptively ،ious garden studio that architect Matt Gibson created in Melbourne is hidden behind ivy-covered walls.

An angular desk slots into one corner, with one side nestled below two generous high-level shelving units on the walls. Plywood was used across all of the surfaces, giving the interior a unified look that adds to the sense of ،iousness.

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This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s arc،e. For more inspiration, see previous lookbooks featuring Mexican ،liday ،mes, full-length curtains and living ،es with swings.