- Location
- Tunbridge Wells
- Type of work
- Garden room
- Completed
- 2024
The brief
A quiet, sound-insulated room in the garden for making music. The clients then asked us back to fit as much book storage into the house as possible.
What we built
We built the garden room and fitted it out as a music studio, with acoustic insulation and plasterboard throughout and vertical sho sugi ban cladding outside, the traditional Japanese technique of charring timber to protect it. Returning to the house, we built floor-to-ceiling book storage framing a new opening and a bespoke bay window seat with a liftable lid for storage.
During the build
How it came together.
Photos from site as the work progressed.
- 1
Bay window
The bay recess plastered, ready for the window seat.
- 2
Window seat
The seat and slim niche shelving fitted into the bay.
- 3
Liftable seat
The seat top, which lifts for storage underneath.
- 4
Book storage
Shelving built around the new opening.
- 5
Decoration
The shelving around the opening painted.
- 6
Base cupboards
Panelled cupboards along the base of the second wall.
- 7
Full height
Shelving taken right up to the ceiling to fit as many books as possible.
- 8
Cornice
A cornice fitted to finish the top of the shelving.
Finished
The completed work.
