Space-saving ideas for your outdoor areas

From super sheds to sensational storage, longer days offer room to roam. Kya deLongchamps steers us in the right direction

Tripping over haphazard piles of logs to fire your BBQ or fire pit? Clean up your act with a good, strong store for similarly sized logs. This model cleverly bundles the kindling at the centre, something you could replicate in a homemade model banged up out of offcuts; €540, limelace.co.uk. For other contemporary classics, from €330, see mysteel.ie.

Cabin fever

Outdoor studios are becoming increasingly popular, and as long as they are not too high, overwhelm your outdoor space, or are over the 25sq m exemption threshold, you generally do not require planning permission to introduce one. In the past, they could only be used as an adjunct to everyday activity for the house, not as a permanent residential solution.