Gardens have now been branded the ‘fifth room’ with people taking more time to design and curate their outdoor spaces to become functional rooms. As well as a spot for dining and entertaining, they have become workspaces, living rooms and most recently, wellness hubs. The rich and famous are transforming their gardens into ‘spa-dens’, featuring everything from hot tubs and ice baths through to meditation decks and saunas. And here’s why they could be on to something… Harder-working homes  The coronavirus pandemic forced us inside our homes for longer than we care to recall, but it did make many of us adapt our surroundings to make our humble abodes work a little harder. A bedroom became an office, a living room had a daily reshuffle to make way for yoga, and you best believe that my tiny London kitchen was the greatest cocktail bar come 5 pm. While lockdown may seem like a bizarre, distant memory, its impact on our properties remains. Many of us still work from home, and more people than ever are …