Log Cabin Ideas
If you’ve splashed out on a new log cabin and put the effort in to building your log cabin yourself, then you’ll definitely be looking to get your money (and effort’s) worth back!
You can do this by maintaining your log cabin to a high standard and by using your log cabin to its full potential.
Here are our top ten ways to use your log cabin and get your money’s worth!
Garden Office
This is an increasingly popular option for the self-employed, freelancers, and for workers who are able to work from home.
A garden office is a great way on saving both time and money on commuting, reduce the stress of an office environment, and to spend more time with your family.
Home Gym
Another popular option for using a log cabin in your garden is as a home gym. If you add up the money you will save on monthly membership fees (not to mention long-term contract tie-ins), then a home gym log cabin can work out very cost effectively!
If you are planning on using heavy equipment then do make sure that you strengthen the floor where necessary, and spread the weight evenly between the floor bearers.
Home Cinema
For big movie fans a home cinema is the ultimate dream come true. Save money on pricey cinema tickets and simply relocate your large TV and some comfy seating into your log cabin and watch your favourite films in the privacy of your own home cinema.
Remember to keep your log cabin secure, especially if you are storing high value items such as large TVs and DVD/Blueray players.
Children’s Nursery
If you have young children then a separate room is a must-have in order to keep the rest of your house relatively tidy! With a garden log cabin as a children’s nursery, young ones are free to be as loud and rowdy as they like without disturbing the rest of the household, and your log cabin is a great place to store all of their toys too, rather than having them spread all over the house.
Study Room
Once your children outgrow their nursery, then a study room is a great option for making good use of your log cabin. Quiet and detached from the house, a garden log cabin provides the peace and quiet needed when studying for GCSEs, A-levels and university courses.
This is especially useful if you have a busy family home, perhaps with younger children, and don’t have a spare room to set up as a study.
Teenage Hang-out
If having stroppy teenagers playing loud music or slamming doors for no apparent reason doesn’t quite create a relaxing atmosphere in your home, then kindly offer your hormonal ones the use of your garden log cabin. In this free-standing garden building they can play their own music and deck out the log cabin with their own comfy chairs, beanbags and musical instruments.
Man-cave
Whilst not exactly a new fad the man-cave phenomenon is still growing. For years men have retreated to their garden sheds to spend some time reading the paper, playing cards with friends, or tinkering on DIY projects. The garden log cabin represents the growth of this faze into a fully-fledged man-cave, which can furnish with comfortable chairs, pub games and even a bar and invite your mates round for a night out… in your garden!
Beauty Salon
An alternative to the man-cave is to leave him in the house, and turn your garden log cabin into a beauty salon. This is a great way to use your log cabin, and you can retire to your beauty salon after a long hard day’s work or at the end of the week, or get the girls round for the perfect night in.
Studio
Our final log cabin idea is perfect for those with a creative side. All budding artists, be it with paint, pastel or music need a creative space in which to create their masterpieces, and a garden studio log cabin can provide the peace and tranquillity not normally found in the family home.
With a wide range of log cabins, Greenacre can provide you with the right garden building to suit your needs. Our home office range is designed specifically to be used as a garden office, with numerous windows letting in plenty of natural light. These log cabins would also make great garden studios.
The traditional range of log cabins and the corner log cabins are available in a range of sizes, allowing you to pick the right building depending on the number of children in your nursery, the number of teenagers in your hang-out zone, or the range of equipment in your home gym.