Before and After: A Garden Room Transformation in Rochdale.

Louise Jones

Jul 13, 2025

2 min read

Updated: Jul 23, 2025

Our clients in Rochdale recently downsized and needed a dedicated space to continue their passion for painting while gaining an extra room at home. We designed a beautiful garden room in Rochdale to give them the perfect space for their hobbies, providing a light, warm, and comfortable place to paint and relax without losing garden space.

BEFORE AND AFTER...

A garden with plant and flower filled borders before a garden room was added in Rochdale.
Monterey Taupe clad insulated garden room by Cosy Garden Rooms in a landscaped garden with flowers a

Their garden had a noticeable slope, so we designed a raised concrete base to create a level platform for the garden room, adding a recessed decking step to seamlessly bridge the difference between the ground and the garden room floor level.

The finished garden room measures 5.5m x 2.4m, expanding to 3m deep in an L-shaped corner layout, providing 14.9m² of bright, usable space. We used low-maintenance Monterey Taupe Hardie Plank cladding on the front and sides with anthracite at the base and anthracite UPVC doors and window.

Inside, the room is designed to have space for a desk and art supplies storage units with two comfy chairs.

The art studio has a plain, seamless ceiling, clean white walls and light chestnut laminate flooring. To ensure year-round comfort, we installed underfloor heating with a wired thermostat—perfect for chilly mornings spent painting.

The garden room sits neatly in the corner of their garden, offering a warm, inspiring place to create art in the comfort of home.

“We've had so many compliments about the room from friends and neighbours. We're really pleased.” – John

John also left us this 5-star Trustpilot review:

“Absolutely delighted with our garden room from these guys. From the initial web enquiry, conversations with Mark, then a site visit through to the highly efficient installation I cannot fault anything. A great team of lads rocked up and had the room up in 4 days with smooth efficiency then finished off beautifully by Chris the decorator.”

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This art studio wasn’t an off-the-shelf design—it was built to match exactly what John wanted, proving that when it comes to creating the perfect garden room, one size doesn’t fit all.

View across a garden in Rochdale of a garden room used as an artist studio, featuring double patio d
iew across a garden with flowers to an insulated taupe composite clad garden room art studio in Roch
Side and front view of an insulated garden room clad in Taupe Hardie Plank by Cosy Garden Rooms
Side and front view of an insulated garden room clad in Monterey Taupe Hardie Plank
Inside of a garden used used as an artist studio in Rochdale, two comfy orange chairs a desk for pai
Inside of an insultated garden room with two office chairs looking out over a garden with flowers on