Palmako Garden Magazine

How Long Should You Stay In a Sauna To Get Health Benefits?

Many people often wonder: How long should I stay in the sauna to reap the benefits? Will I gain more advantages from a longer session? These questions are common among...

Garden design ideas for garden buildings
In previous blogs on the Palmako website we’ve talked about the best place to position a garden building and designing a child friendly garden. We’ve also covered timber buildings and...
Budget garden design - creative ways to design a garden on the cheap (or even for free)
In these times of austerity it can be hard to get a foot on the property ladder. However, if you’ve been lucky enough to save up a house deposit, have...
Garden design ideas; taking design inspiration from great British gardens
If you’re considering revamping a section of your back garden, wondering about how to integrate a new garden building such as a summer house, or you have a blank canvas...
How to protect your summer house in winter
In the UK, the greatest enemies of a timber garden building are moisture, rot and wind. And in winter, of course, the nation’s garden rooms, summer houses and sheds are...
Flat pack, self build, DIY kits and self assembly - what's the difference?
‘Flat pack’, ‘self build’, ‘DIY kits’ and ‘self assembly’ are all-encompassing terms. They cover extremes such as a simple piece of flat pack furniture bought from the local DIY store,...
How are large garden buildings delivered?
How are large garden buildings delivered? Palmako have been involved in the design, manufacture, delivery and installation of summer houses, timber offices, log cabins, pavilions and other garden buildings for...
How to keep kids entertained during school holidays
Desperate to get your kids away from the TV this half term? Here are some holiday tips Children of the 1970s and 1980s may remember being forced to watch a...
Build your own shed of the year
There may be too many property programmes on TV, but the annual Shed of the Year competition, just finished on Channel 4, is worth watching. It’s feel-good TV, a tribute...
Unique garden office design
Project Name: Unique garden office design Location: Edinburgh Client Brief: Palmako Log Cabins were tasked to provide a unique version of our 70mm Heidi timber garden room for use as a...
Modern log cabins versus traditional log cabins
Modern log cabin DIY kits take traditional timber designs and make them easier, cheaper and more convenient Friends in the US sometimes talk about their plans to build a traditional...
Timber summer house construction video
Timber summer house construction video Planning to build your own timber summer house or garden room this year? This helpful video from Palmako shows time-lapse footage of how the Claudia...
Bespoke timber office building
We’ve put together some more notes and photos on a Palmako bespoke office build (following the launch of our bespoke garden building design service). Project Name: Bespoke timber office building...
Timber garden buildings: low price versus good value
Most of us in the real world want to keep the price down when we buy a garden building. And because many timber garden buildings look more or less similar...