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Q We’d like to install something in the garden that works as more than just a shed for storage. Something we can maybe sit in or use as an extra ‘room’. What considerations are there in terms of space and style? Megan Willis, Shrewsbury

A Lynsey Grinnell, head of marketing at Forest Garden, has these suggestions…

In Britain we spend an average of 142 hours a week indoors – that’s 53 years over an average lifetime – so it’s no wonder we’re all tripping over each other’s feet in our homes.

A Forest Garden log cabin can be used as a home office, informal dining area or a games room… one of our customers has turned theirs into a gym. Our new contemporary models have straight, clean lines with large windows that can be single or double glazed, depending on the model, to

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