Balconies (or loggias) are perhaps the most deprived of the attention of the premises of our house, although there are many options on how to turn them into a functional and most useful place. To do this, they will need to be insulated so that even in winter, one could spend time there. Let’s look at the most popular and common options for modernizing this, often empty space.
To make a winter garden from the balcony is a standard way to ennoble this area of the apartment or house. It just so happened that gardening is in our blood, and, if possible, to miss the chance to engage in plants not only in the summer in the country – an unacceptable luxury. With this decision, the most important thing is the correct organization of the surrounding space with the maximum use of floor planes, walls and window sills, as well as the use of interesting vases, bright pots and wall pots. Of course, it is necessary to create a certain microclimate – for this, insulation of the room around the perimeter bordering the street, the installation of a warm glass packet, installation of a warm floor (transfer of heating radiators from the room to the balcony to the balcony is prohibited) so that the temperature is not lower than the rooms.
The working area on the balcony (office) is another common option for arranging the balcony. For such an option, a large area is not required, because everything that needs to be installed in such a place is a table and a chair. Such asceticism even, in some way, will set up in a working way, because it will simply distract you, simply, nothing. The organization of the workspace will require the supply of all the necessary communications-electricity, good lighting, the Internet, so think through all these subtleties in advance, because the sticking wires will not add aesthetics to the appearance of the cabinet-wings.
The creation of a home library on the balcony is not quite a traditional solution. In general, the presence of a library in our time is a rather infrequent phenomenon, and in vain – you should always develop both in the spiritual and intellectual direction. And what can help in this matter, if not a good book? To organize such a zone, again, you will need to warm the premises in the above way, with the installation of a cabinet or at least shelves, if the area of the balcony does not allow to install full -fledged furniture. You can also purchase frameless furniture in order to calmly sit and study literature, or put a standard sofa or a couple of seats.
There are other, less popular, options for the improvement of the balcony – home workshops, recreation areas, but such solutions require a larger area that, unfortunately, not every layout can boast.