We tell about the types of veranda and terraces, as well as give advice, how to make space cozy all year round.
The veranda or terrace is a platform attached to the house, sometimes glazed. It belongs to the residential part of the house and stands on one of the foundation with him and can be insulated with full glazing. Consider how to make the interior of the veranda in the country house comfortable, organize a cozy place of rest and show a photo for inspiration.
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Types of veranda
1. With a staircase
When the platform for recreation is located at the main entrance, the focus must be made on the sense of hospitality, so that you always wanted to go to your country house. It is enough to place a small table and chairs, you can put a small sofa. Mandatory decoration should be flowers. Beautifully look at night lamps, suspended to the ceiling, - in the evening they will create a peaceful mood.
2. With an open wall
Such an extension usually turn towards the garden and make with an "open" wall to admire the beautiful picture of nature, feel smells of flowers and plants, listening to birds singing. Since this space is often part of the house and has two or three full walls, then the situation here can be close to home. Here you can make the entrance to the bath.
3. As part of the house
If the veranda in a private house is closed, its design can be like in a regular room. If the space comes out on the sunny side, make additional windows in the top of the walls: such a design, on the one hand, saves from the heat, and on the other, it gives the natural light into the room.
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The interior of such a closed platform can be issued as an ordinary living room: soft sofas, tables and even a kitchen set are appropriate. The main thing - no weather will prevent a great rest!
4. With transparent walls
Such an indoor room will enjoy the garden panoramas from anywhere. An excellent option will be the use of sliding glazing to open the windows and feel uniform with nature. A variant of light and durable aluminum structures is suitable. Windows and doors can be sliding or swinging. The interior of the glass veranda in a private house can be decorated in any style, but the emphasis is better to do on a large number of plants so that the usual space turn into a real paradise garden.
5. Under the main roof
The veranda in the country, the design of which involves the device under the roof of the house, will save from the rain and the sun, but still sometimes the precipitation and bright light will come here. Because of this, ordinary furniture can burn and spoil. Fortunately, today there are special models for the street - they must be used.
6. No roof and canopy
The terrace can be without a roof. This option is more often suitable on the operated roof, which is specially prepared for such use and is a multilayer design, each layer of which serves as a specific purpose. Usually, a terraced plaque from larch or a wood-polymer composite is used as a coating. If larch does not cover anything, then after a while it takes a beautiful silver color. At such a platform, it is better to put out street furniture from special moisture-resistant materials.
How to make an extension comfortable and comfortable?
Now consider how to make the design of the veranda of the private house with their own hands: what to take into account and what to pay attention to.1. Divide into zones
Highlight individual places for the dining area and Relax Zones. The angle, the end or a more extensive platform is suitable for the placement of the table, chairs, benches, and an elongated area for chairs, hammock or a sofa.
2. Organize maximum convenience with furniture
The style of a country house welcomes handmade and natural components. If you want to save on the purchase of furniture, make it yourself from the pallets. Or hush the bed-frame. What could be more pleasant to day sleep in the fresh air?
Fashionable pendant chairs are also suitable, they recently appeared in our everyday life, but have already been greatly popular. By the way, it can also be made with your own hands.
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Different stands, mini-tables, shelves will help to place little things and decor: books, dishes, jug with soft drink and glasses, candlesticks, pymbol with flowers. Purchase them in stores or make from the remedies: boxes, stumps and other natural elements. And finally, place the space of sun loungers. It is not necessary to wait for the train to the sea to buy a tan.
3. Hang a mesh canopy or sun screen
A portion of the canopy can be organized in the form of pergola. Pergola is a lattice canopy from BRUSEV, which does not prevent the passage of the Sun, but holds back its intensity. In such a place, it will be nice to take sunbathing, without fear of burns. On the bars of the canopy, you can put the curly plants that will create an additional shadow.
Another pergola can be used as a zoning of the site, decoration of the recreation area, masking of the shortcomings of the site and other buildings in the country. On the perimeter pergola, you can decorate with container compositions, make lighting, and next to arrange a seating area with a hearth or a decorative pond.
Instead of one of the walls of pergola, you can use a mesh shleler, which can also be plants, creating a live elevation. The sleeper is also used as a decorative part.
There is still an option - make a light canopy from the tent, awning, umbrella.
4. Add a bright color
Traditionally, natural colors of wood are used for street furniture, but it is not strict rule. Color wooden furniture or add a table in bright color to a relaxed atmosphere. Bright paints will raise the mood, but do not require large cash costs.
5. Like Comfort
For the convenience of seating on wooden benches and chairs, use pillows. Get the maximum pleasure from relaxing in nature. For evening or afternoon sleep, prepare the blankets, light covers.
Also now manufacturers produce mats for outdoor use, which are protected from dirt. Long colored paths or small rugs will add attractiveness to your holiday destination, add a color and feeling of comfort. You can use a carpet to focus the zones or as a transition from the dining area to the recreation area.
6. Use colored fabrics
Fabrics for external use should have moisture-resistant and color characteristics, so as not to wet from precipitation and not burn out in the sun. Previously, manufacturers limited the colors of such fabrics with light, natural shades that did not allow to diversify the situation. Now there is a wide selection of colors and patterns. Select the topic and create your own corner of joy and color. Use removable covers, so you can diversify the place of recreation every season or create a new color combination.
7. Hang the curtains
Open spaces involve the flow of a large amount of sunlight. If there is glazed, light fabrics are suitable, saving from direct sunlight. And when there are no glazing, there will be special curtains with mud and water-repellent coating, which are not afraid of strong humidity and are very simple in care. They fabrics are not afraid of rain and a strong wind, so you can not worry about the state of furniture, even if it remains there during precipitation and strong wind.
8. Think out the lighting
An interesting version of the lamp on the open zone of the country house looks unusually and very cozy. Lamps for external use should have protection against dust and moisture, which is determined by the international IP classification system. For street lighting, IP is suitable not lower than 44, but interior lights can be used on closed or semi-closed extensions.
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Wrought chandeliers with glass or acrylic suspensions will create comfort with their contrast to the environment and give a feature outdoor. Ceiling fan lights will give a hot spring evening.
9. Diverse Wall Decor
The verandas adjacent to the outer wall of the house have a large surface of the walls that can be decorated. Use decor, posters, wooden products, old frames, wooden decorative shutters.
10. Add more colors
It seems why add flowers, if it is so space on a green area? But this decor element will create an oasis for relaxation and a pleasant pastime on the street. Pick up the vases, spread or hang sissing, make vertical landscaping. This item is also suitable for decorating a small porch, let's not leave it without attention.
Plants in photographs with foreign sites may not fit in the local climate. To this you need to be ready. Tropical magnolias and wisteria in Russia are not easy. A win-win version for the middle strip will be grape vine or some types of succulents.
11. Add individuality
Also as the inside of the house, the terraces become an expression of the individuality of the owner. Use accent decor, favorite colors, furniture or individual items to express yourself and your style. Use this space for design and place your hobby or hobby. Add the atmosphere - candles in candlesticks, garlands, muted light for evening gatherings.
12. Make a branch of the kitchen
Put the grill if it is with a lid and metallic. The area around the grill must be decorated with fireproof material. Modern devices are quite safe. So you get to combine the dining and mangal zone.
A large table, chairs or a bench with soft pillows will become a dining area - turn lunch and dinner at the cottage in a family tradition with a beautiful dining area. It is not necessary to buy new furniture - for sure you or relatives there are an unnecessary table and a couple of chairs. The fact that they will be from different heads will add a special color, and you can "connect" to the dinner group using textiles.
12. Warm the veranda
A closed veranda will certainly want to use in winter, so designers recommend thinking about installing a furnace or electrical radiators.
