Log Cabins – Guest Room Ideas
If you are looking to build an extra bedroom for use as a guest room in your house, have you considered using a log cabin? Is your little box room big enough to accommodate a guest? Can you afford to build an extension? Our answer is to use a log cabin kit to create a guest room in your garden.
Why use a log cabin as a guest room?
A log cabin provides an excellent solution for a guest room. With prices for our log cabins starting at £1200, a log cabin guest room is a seriously cheaper option than building an extension on your house, or adding a conservatory.
Our range of log cabins are constructed using Baltic sourced pine in a tongue and groove style, and wind tight chalet connections, meaning that your garden guest room will be fully protected from bad weather.
Which log cabin makes the best guest room?
Our traditional log cabins are the ideal budget option for a garden guest room. Even the Escape Log Cabins, at 3m x 2.4m are large enough to house a single bed and some small furniture items. However, it is the Retreat Log Cabins that really show their quality when it comes to garden guest room ideas. Available from 4m x 3m and upwards, the Retreat Log Cabins are spacious enough to accommodate a single bed, a double bed, or a fold out sofa or futon, and additional storage items to make your guest room more comfortable.
Heating your log cabin guest room
One important aspect to consider for your guest room is ensuring it is warm enough to be kept as a garden guest room. The tongue and groove cladding, available in 28mm, 34mm or 44mm, depending on which log cabin you choose, is thick enough to protect your guests from the British weather. For additional comfort, especially if you live in an area more exposed to harsh weather conditions, you may wish to further insulate your log cabin.
You can install small electrical or oil heaters in your log cabin, but be careful to position these away from anything that can catch fire.
Lighting your log cabin
A log cabin guest room will be all the more pleasant to stay in if it is lit properly. All of our log cabins are supplied with glazed windows and doors, allowing natural light in to the garden guest room. Additional artificial lighting can be added to a log cabin, such as free standing lamps.
Log Cabin Security
You will obviously want your log cabin guest room, as well as any garden building, to be secure. All Greenacre log cabins are fitted with a cylinder door lock to keep your log cabin, its contents, and your guests secure. Smaller security measures can also be taken, such as fitting curtains or blinds over your log cabin’s windows, or installing security lights in your garden to deter potential intruders.
Build a log cabin
So if you’re looking for guest room ideas, why not consider a log cabin kit for your garden? With the advantage of being substantially cheaper than building an extension or conservatory, and with a range of sizes available to suit both your space requirements and budget, view our log cabin product range and find your perfect guest room idea.