Sharon's Zen Room | Radiata Garden Room from Gillies & Mackay

Описание: Read Sharon's story on the Gillies & Mackay website: https://gilliesandmackay.com/case-stu...

Sharon’s bungalow in Tayport is full of life, with a husband, two dogs, and two cats. Sharon loves her home, but in retirement, somewhere along the way, she longed for a quiet TV-free space that was just hers.

The idea of a garden room had been sitting with her for a long time. She’d been following Gillies & Mackay for years, quietly watching, dreaming – “coveting” in her words – and they were always top of her list. So, when the moment finally came, there was no weighing up of decisions and choosing manufacturers – it was simply about giving herself permission to do something for herself.

“It feels like a tiny little house… it doesn’t feel like a garden room at all. It feels like an extension of our home.”

Fully insulated and designed to be used through every season, the Radiata garden room didn’t sit apart from Sharon’s life – it wove itself into it.

The process of getting there was easier than she’d anticipated, too. No pressure, no overwhelm, no lengthy back-and-forth. The Gillies & Mackay team arrived, got to work, and transformed an empty patch of garden into something real in just a matter of days.

“Gillies & Mackay did everything. All we needed was a clear space and they made it happen.”

Now, she uses it every day. It’s where she does yoga, where she finds stillness, where the noise of the rest of the house falls away. Her husband comes in occasionally, but this space really belongs to Sharon – and that’s exactly what makes it so right.

“It’s my Zen room.”

Beyond the stillness, there’s something else the room has given her: a closer relationship with her own garden. Surrounded by plants and birdsong, watching the cats pick their way through the borders, she finds herself outside more than she ever was before — without giving up the warmth and comfort she needs to linger there.

It wasn’t a small investment. Sharon is honest about that. But she’s equally clear about what it’s given back.

“It was expensive… but it’s absolutely worth it. It’s an asset to the home.”

The garden hasn’t been swallowed up either – there’s still space to breathe around it, still room for everything else she loves out there.

If you’re thinking about doing something similar, Sharon has one piece of advice drawn from experience:

“Go as big as you can — you’ll get so much more from it.”

Because what you’re really building, in the end, isn’t just a room. It’s somewhere to rest. Somewhere to reset. Somewhere quiet.

Somewhere that, in the middle of an ordinary day, feels entirely like yours.