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An Oak Timber Structures product boasts quality materials and craftsmanship that'll elevate your home. Whether you're welcoming guests with an oak porch, transforming your home working performance with an office, or making any oak-framed improvements, they offer long-term value and beauty.
We’ve already covered the Garden Structures, now, let’s hone in on the structures designed to transform home living. So, thinking about adding oak to your home but not sure where to start? You’re in the right place. We'll explore your options and help you choose the right oak structure based on your goals and your lifestyle.
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An oak porch is a roofed structure that protects the entrance to your home. It’s a charming feature that’ll be admired from afar or up close when entering the home. With different styles available, there’s a porch to match your home's aesthetic.
An oak porch will boost kerb appeal, they’re designed to catch the eye and make your home's entrance memorable. A characterful addition, it's a misconception that they are for period properties alone. Of course, a porch will enhance the visual appeal of an old cottage-type home, but you can cater the design to work with modern properties too. Oftentimes a lean-to style porch will offer sleek modern visuals.
Beyond the visuals, a porch will also protect doors and entrance ways from the weather. If you've found yourself juggling shopping and keys, you can do so in the solace of a covered porch. Depending on the design, you can enclose the porch, and in this scenario, it becomes a safe space for storage, and deliveries.
As a starting point for your porch design, we offer four main types: Straight Tie, Canopy, Curved Tie, and Lean-To. Each has distinct visuals which can lend themselves to differing properties. Like all our products, we'll create it from scratch, so once you’re set on a style, you can alter the size and features such as the front truss style.
There are two key methods to blend a new porch with your existing properties. Depending on design, the porch can sit on a dwarf wall, building this wall from the same style brick as your home blends the appearance seamlessly. Furthermore, you can add the same tiles on the porch to maintain the theme.
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Oak trusses are beams that form an elegant triangular frame that add interest and wow factor to any room. While they have load-bearing qualities, the exposed beams create a grand visual that elevates interior design offering luxury to all types of rooms from living spaces to dining areas.
By drawing the eye upwards, oak trusses create a sense of space and can work in both smaller or larger rooms. It's also commonplace nowadays to install trusses in extensions to bring warmth to both modern and traditional interiors.
Trusses have become a go-to feature for interior design specialists in open plan designs and beyond. You can read more about the trusses' role in interior design here. The charm, warmth and comfort they bring becomes a focal point. If your space feels like it’s missing something, oak trusses might be the finishing touch that ties everything together.
Oak trusses will create a show-stopping visual. You can match with other elements such as flooring and doors to create an upscale interior.
The craftsmanship of a truss will create interest, many clients have used lighting to highlight the beauty of a truss. We can cater for any size ceiling, but even with flat roofs, you can ask us about framing the room with beams.
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An oak garage is a freestanding building built from oak frames. You can also add oak cladding that fixes to upright beams for a pure, consistent visual. An Oak Timber Structures garage offers flexibility and you can customise the number of bays to increase functionality. While one bay can accommodate your car, you can use other bays for a useful space such as a workshop or storage.
Let’s be honest, an oak garage simply looks better than brick. And beyond the look, it adds serious possibilities to your home, thus elevating the property’s appeal.
Possibilities aren’t just in the bays too, with a gable roof, you can add a roof room to a garage. Simply, they become a multi purpose addition to your property. Not only storing and protecting cars, but you can convert an oak framed roof space into anything from an office to a home gym. An oak garage is a grand and flexible home improvement option.
There's plenty of options on our Online Designer for you to create a garage for your precise requirements. From a wood store, to partitions that'll close off the bays so you can have a separate room.
If you've been considering a structure in your garden for a gym or workspace, you can tie two loose ends at once with an Oak Timber Structures garage. Either partition a bay or add a roof room and there you go, you have a garage and another dedicated space for whatever you want.
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An oak garden room is an elegant way to extend your home. Similar to an orangery or conservatory, you'll have a new room in your home to use as you please. We've seen them used as a lounge, kitchen, entertaining space or a hobby room.
Alternatively, you can place a garden room away from your house and have it as a standalone building. This option is ideal if you want a separate hideaway sun room at the bottom of a garden space.
Thanks to expansive glazing framed by oak beams, a garden room is comfortable for year-round use, whether morning coffee or summer evenings with friends. It’s an elegant way to add floor space to your property with minimal brickwork. You can also use a garden room to extend the space of an existing room, such as a kitchen.
The open plan space will flood the area with natural light and become a favourite room in the property for you and your guests.
First things first, you need to decide whether you're attaching it to your building. If using it as an extension, consider your layout, and where you'd like to extend. You can go from there and stipulate the size and many more features.
If you want, you can add French Doors to the design so that the garden room will transition into your garden. When a garden room is attached, consider it can be easier to add electrics and heating.
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Our oak garden offices are standalone oak-framed structures catered for home workers and anyone wanting a recreational space. They're designed to be away from the home, offering separation from the day to day distractions so are conducive to peak focus to help you become your most productive.
Whether you're running a business, writing your next novel, or just need a quiet room for Zoom calls, an oak office helps you get more done and in style. So, for anyone who wants to reach their full potential, an oak office improves productivity.
While working from home has its perks, it also has its struggles! A separate oak office allows you to close the door on the day's work and leave it in the office.
Not only a dedicated work space, the oak frames offer a glorious visual lifting mood and bring a sense of calm. But of course, it doesn't need to be a hub of day to day work. The flexibility of design also lends itself to relaxation, we've seen our offices turned into pool rooms, gyms, Pilates studios and more.
Positioning is important for an office, tucked away from your main living spaces allows for suitable separation. You can opt to have sides cladded to improve privacy. That being said, glazing makes the most of natural light, improving wellbeing. We'll prepare the frame for glazing and you could consider a soundproofing glass to improve focus.
If you want more tips about how to make the most of your office space, here's an article that’ll inspire.
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Here’s a helpful quick-glance table that compares the five main home improvement options.
| Oak Porch | Oak Trusses | Oak Garage | Garden Room | Garden Office | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Attached or Freestanding | Attached | Attached (Interior) | Freestanding | Attached or Freestanding | Freestanding |
| Purpose | Grand entrance feature | Structural and decorative | Vehicle protection, storage, and functional room | Living and entertaining space | Work-from-home space |
| Best For | Boosting kerb appeal | Vaulted ceilings, open-plan | Practical and prestigious use | Multi-use year-round living space | Professionals and creatives |
| Key Benefit | Weather protection and charm | Adds character and grandeur | High-end alternative to brick | Adds usable square footage | Separation from house |
Oak is timeless, the gorgeous wood grain, the warm hues, it'll never go out of fashion. That's why we see so many properties, both traditional and modern, trusting oak for home improvement.
While you can be sure you want oak in your home, the actual way to implement it often depends on what you want from your space and your lifestyle. Truth be told, each oak structure will bring something unique to your home.
With Oak Timber Structures, each structure is bespoke so you can sculpt it to your lifestyle, your home and your future. While different oak structures have distinct purposes, what remains the same is the quality that you can enjoy for years to come.
Ready to enhance your home with oak? Simply click the links to your chosen structure and start designing. The Online Designer will help you create a bespoke structure that'll provide both function and beauty in your home. Is a design or structure not listed? Just so you know, we can create any oak structure you want, so reach out and we’ll help you turn your idea into an oak kit, however extravagant or offbeat.
