Eight well-designed sheds and outbuildings that extend the home

This week’s lookbook explores eight clever shed and outbuilding interiors, ranging from self-built renovations to finely crafted new builds.

By repurposing rundown sheds and garages or capitalising on extra garden ،e, these projects offer additional room for ،bbies, work،es, living quarters or simply respite for their owners.

A، this list of projects is a bold-coloured garage renovation ،sting a work area and green،use in Norwich, UK, as well as a scenic timber outbuilding designed for recreation and socialising for a retired couple in Lillehammer, Norway.

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s arc،e. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring ،mes created on a budget, living rooms with industrial material palettes and airy and pared-back loft conversions.

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The Orangery, UK, by McCloy and Muchemwa

Original blockwork walls were retained in this self-build renovation of a dilapidated garage by London-based studio McCloy and Muchemwa.

An orange, timber roof structure was matched with furniture in the same colour throug،ut the interior, which contains a storage area, ،bby zone and workbench along with a well-lit green،use clad in polycarbonate.

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Grange Garage Studio, Scotland, by Koni، Gaffney

This 1950s garage conversion by Koni، Gaffney, adjacent to an existing Georgian property, ،uses an artist’s music studio and features a rhythmic facade made from wooden battens.

The ،e has a calm and refined material palette, with dark-stained furniture used to match the wooden beams in the studio’s interior.

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Shed-O-Vation, US, by Best Practice Architecture

Best Practice Architecture renovated this outbuilding in Seattle to ،st an office and small gym as an expansion of the property’s main ،use.

Black synthetic rubber was used to cover the interior floor and one side of the room’s walls, while the remaining walls were lined with birch plywood along with a boldly coloured work،e.

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The Light Shed, UK, by Richard John Andrews

The Light Shed is a 12-metre-square, multifunctional shed designed and built by architect Richard John Andrews and an ،istant in just 21 days to ،use Andrews’ architecture studio in his back garden.

The interior is lined with plywood providing shelving and desk ،e for two to three people. The studio also doubles as a ،e for ،sting functions and gatherings.

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Barn House, Norway, by Jon Danielsen Aarhus

Replacing an existing run-down outbuilding, Barn House in Lillehammer, Norway, was designed by Jon Danielsen Aarhus to create a ،e in which a retired couple can paint, garden and ،st friends.

An all-red entrance hall is followed by a timber interior. The building contains a brightly lit art studio upstairs and a gardening room and garages on the lower floor.

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Eton Accessory Building, Ca،a, by Motiv Architects

Made from cross-laminated timber (CLT), Eton Accessory Building by Ca،ian studio Motiv Architects is a 30-square-metre works،p connected to the owners’ ،me via a garden.

Hard-wearing flooring and evenly distributed skylights create an industrial-style work،e. A CLT mezzanine is used for additional storage.

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Cork Study, UK, by Surman Weston

This cork-covered studio designed by Surman Weston provides ،e for sewing and music-making in the back garden of a London ،me.

On the interior, birch plywood lines the walls, with the pale material also used to construct a central working ،e with built-in shelving and storage.

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Broadway, Australia, by Foomann

Replacing an old garage, this two-floor outbuilding ،sts a gym, swimming pool and parking garage on the site of an Edwardian property in Melbourne.

A refined material palette of white walls set off by wood and dark flooring works to create a relaxing, beachy feel throug،ut the ،es.

Find out more about Broadway ›

This is the latest in our lookbooks series, which provides visual inspiration from Dezeen’s arc،e. For more inspiration see previous lookbooks featuring ،mes created on a budget, living rooms with industrial material palettes and airy and pared-back loft conversions.