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One of the things that I’m seeing become more and more popular in the world of remote working are home offices and garden pods.
These are either purpose built rooms or sheds in the bottom of a yard or garden space which are used as a break away room to work from. Trust me when I say that having something as simple as a breakaway room can work wonders on your productivity and let’s face it,it helps you feel as though you are not working from home.
Now I covered all the benefits of these and how to set one up in this post here however as there was quite a lot of recommended gear I thought I would list all the gear you will need for it here.
What gear will you need for your home office garden pod if you are building it from scratch?
Jackson Sledgehammer
Perfect if you need to whack down any existing structures or if you are removing an old she to make use of a new one. My recommendation is the Jackson Sledgehammer as it comes in a variety of weights to suit you and is very good at smashing through cinder blocks. You can get it here.
Base Camp Face Mask
Making a garden pod will be messy work with a lot of dust getting picked up. My recommendation then would be to use the Base camp face mask which is perfect at avoiding any nasty coughs whilst you build up your outdoor office. You can get it here.
Performance tool Crowbar 
This is perfect ripping out any hard to reach surfaces and prying them open. The performance tool is relatively inexpensive and well built. You can get it here.
Little Giant Ladders
Ladders are one of the more versatile things you will need when designing your garden office. This will be used for the roof and ceiling areas but you can obviously use this for general DIY too. My recommendation would be the little giant which is foldable and easy to move around. You can get it here.
Titanbreaker
The Titanbreaker is a great tool when designing an outdoor office if you have a lot of concrete slabbing that needs to be broken up easily. Whilst sledgehammers will do the job eventually, if you are tight on time check out the titan breaker which has been specifically for this purpose. You can get it here.
Concrete blocks
The staple of your outdoor office whereby you use them to help with the foundation of your home office. A few of these will be necessary and so there is no need to break the bank of these. You can grab these one from amazon here.
Screws and Nails
Whilst you might have some of these laying around the house you might need a whole lot more when designing your garden office ( due the walls and roof). You can pick up your screws here and your nails here.
Plywood
One of the things you will be using in spades when designing your garden office is plywood. You can use this for the walls of your office space. My recommendation would be to use the 3mm kind which you can pick up here.
Insulation
Tape measure
So you probably have one of these lying around, but just in case you don’t you will nee
Waterproof sheeting
One of the things you will need to ensure no water ruins the foundation of your garden pod or your roof will be waterproof sheeting. My recommendation is the Roberts 70-115 which comes in a 120 square foot roll which should be more than enough. You can get it here.
What about ready made garden offices?
My recommendation for this then would have to be the Arrow Shed.
Not only is it super easy to build, it’s designed to be UV resistant to rot and insects and UV light meaning it will last you a hell of a lot longer than traditional sheds.
Word of caution though if you do decide to go down this route, you might still want to waterproof and insulate your shed as although it will be easier to set up, it still requires a bit of work.
All you will need to do once you’ve done this is sort out your lighting ( speak to an electrician, they will be happy to set this up for you and boom you will be good to go.
You can get it here.
