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Backyard bars and summer entertaining

A backyard bar, a poolside retreat, a place for long lunches, or all three. Here’s how to create an outdoor entertaining space designed around the way you actually entertain, ready for summer, the festive season ahead and every season after.

Don’t close the door on your garden this winter

A Melwood garden room is built for year-round use, from quality materials with a Colorbond® roof and a choice of single or double glazing. Add insulation and heating to suit, and it stays comfortable right through winter.

Top Tips for Designing Your Backyard Art Studio

The right backyard art studio is always there, always ready, and always a source of inspiration. Here’s what creatives who’ve built studios with Greenspan consistently get right – from natural light and wall linings to plumbing, power and storage.

Room to grow – in more ways than one

A cubby house outgrown. A corner of a North Bondi garden waiting for something more. Fred and Deborah’s Melwood Mod has been growing with their family – and into its surroundings – ever since.

Backyard Music Studios: Play, Practise, Teach

A backyard music studio gives students a dedicated space to practise for exams, teachers a professional environment for lessons, and musicians the freedom to play without compromise – all without leaving home. Here’s everything you need to know to plan your own.

An at-home podcast studio 

No one understands the elements of a successful partnership as well as Phil Hayes-St Clair. So, when he needed the right partner to bring his at-home podcast studio to life, it was Greenspan that he turned to. “The process was excellent…it’s been a great experience.” The at-home podcast studio dream As a strategic partnerships expert […]

A small home solution to supersize space 

In the heart of Sydney’s inner west, where space inside and out is at a premium, Christine got creative. The result is a clever small home solution. One that has considerably expanded her usable living space and added significant property value as a result. “The design process was easy and the team was just so […]

A garden studio wellness retreat

Dianne needed more space, fast!  After sifting through countless granny flat and cabin offerings on the market, and even considering extending her house, everything was proving too hard, too costly, and too long. Then she discovered the Melwood range from Greenspan. “It’s a beautiful space for me to de-stress and decompress.”  An urgent need for […]

The missing puzzle piece

For Nick and Charmayne, a Melwood didn’t just create extra space; it reshaped their entire home-buying journey. And it allowed them to secure a dream home they would otherwise have to forget.

The shed upgrade game-changer

What if you could transform a dull old space into stylish storage, an inspiring home office, or a vibrant hangout space for the kids and their friends. What if you could add visual appeal to the backyard and increase property value?
Better still, what if you could achieve all of the above?

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