19 Backyard Offices and Studios to Inspire Your Own Work-From-Home Escape

From prefab pods to cozy cabins, these backyard offices make working from home a breeze.

Jan 8, 2021 - 22:00

19 Backyard Offices and Studios to Inspire Your Own Work-From-Home Escape

From prefab pods to cozy cabins, these backyard offices make working from home a breeze.

As people around the world continue to hunker down and work from home during the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s more important than ever to set up a quiet and secluded home office. We’ve rounded up some of the world’s most impressive backyard studios and retreats to get you thinking about how you might devise the workspace of your dreams.

A Shipping Container Office

This shipping container office cantilevers over its concrete foundation by seven feet and draws utilities from the property’s 1930s residence.

Ema Peter

After working from home for over a decade, Canadian architect Randy Bens found himself in need of a little more breathing room to accommodate the growth of his New Westminster–based architecture practice. Rather than rent an office, Randy decided to maintain his no-commute lifestyle by transforming an industrial shipping container into RBA Studio, a cozy 350-square-foot backyard office.

A Timber Workspace

Work-at-home architect Oliver Dang, founder of Six Four Five A, built a cozy backyard studio with cedar panels and a vast storage system. Sunlight streams through the angled skylight, warming the birch plywood interior.

Ashlea Wessel

Oliver Dang, architect and founder of Six Four Five A, typically works from home, but his rambunctious toddler made him recognize the need for more space with fewer distractions. Instead of immediately turning to office rentals, however, Oliver built a 100-square-foot workplace in his own backyard in Toronto, Canada.