A sunroom also called as solarium, sun parlor, sun porch or sun lounge is a structure usually constructed onto the side of a house or to extensions which allows enjoyment of the surrounding landscape and sunlight while being sheltered from adverse weather conditions such as rain and wind. As its name suggests this room is designed to admit a large amount of sunlight in the room. Such rooms are all good and benefited for crazy cold winter season and awesome cute spring time. A sunroom is perfect place to relax back while enjoying a view, read a book, enjoy your favorite music tracks, meet with friends, or even to sleep during the day time.
Sun room can be used as family room during day time as well as to enjoy your spring evenings with your dear ones. Create an entertainment zone in your sunroom. Include indoor items such as lamps, stereos, book racks, and TVs. In fact, installing the latter two can help you draw your family and friends to more outdoor-focused areas at nighttime, allowing you to max out sunroom hours and have good time together. Adore the place with fireplace if required. Give in a full smoking and cozy effects to have a warmish time inside.
Let the walls be fully covered with windows and glasses. Pamper the window dressing with adorable cute decent fabrics (curtains, draperies or blinds). Flooded with natural light from large sliding doors and transom windows, sun room breaks down the barriers between inside and outside spaces. Create ample of window space to get all the sunlight into it. If windows placement is a matter to worry, try out skylights at roofs. One of the effective way after window walls to get your desired sun room settings. At times, most of the sun rooms have multiple points of entry. If some of those are used less often, it may be better to steal some space for a divided zone of activity. It gives more of the floor area for rest of the furniture setting and other things. For the real sun room adapt windows as wall space. Give in more the outer view and let the sun rays enter to its maximum.
Indoor plants may be placed at corners to get directly connected to the outer view, landscaping etc. It gives a go green feel and getting good connection with nature. Avoid much of the wall space covered with bricks, wood or any other material. Let it be a room of glass and sun light. Turn a dead corner into a day bed for those relaxing moments. Figure out the amount of furniture to be actually placed in the room. Do not over load the room with extra furniture setting and design. Keep it simple, light and open. But take the advantage of every inch if it’s a small cozy sun room extended to your outer yard or the house.
If you are playing with bigger area, a huge sun room settings then it’s better to establish different zones and divide few activity areas to take full on advantage of the space without a hassle or mess. You may create a separate living and dining or snack zone incorporated with sun room if liked and accepted by all the family members. It’s like taking the multi benefits of the same room in a versatile manner and giving you a good use of space and family togetherness.
Update your sweet cozy sun room with quick and fast changes to come out of monotonous and fatal settings. Keep an eye with fast and easily changing things like – pillow covers, cushion sets, ash trays, flower vases, corner accessories, furniture accessories, painting a wall at times etc. After all it’s a room so full of light, energy, outer view, nature etc. so it’s our duty to keep it pampered and well-designed forever.
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