Beautiful balconies

The modern variety of building and finishing materials allows to realize even the most creative and bright design ideas. This applies not only to living rooms, but also balconies and loggias. Often they are not only a place for storing necessary things in everyday life and household, but also a full-fledged continuation of living space. It is not surprising that most of the owners try to make this home source of sunlight and fresh air not only comfortable and convenient to use, but also beautiful, well-groomed.

An open balcony in its essence is a basis for warming, re-planning and combining a room with a residential part of a house.. It is not insulated and does not have glazing. The balcony remains open to precipitation, low temperatures, insects, dust and city noise.

At the same time, it is a source of solar heat and light, fresh air and a feeling of open space at home.

Design options open balcony is less than its closed counterpart. This is due to the lack of artificial insulation and glass fencing. It can not be fully used as a living space, at least in the cold season. And, nevertheless, it can also be issued no less beautiful and modern.

The design of the outdoor part of the open balcony plays perhaps the most important role in its design. After all, a beautiful balcony or loggia can be seen, above all, from the street.

You can start the design by replacing the old railing with a more modern and beautiful option. It can be a massive fence made of natural wood or a railing, made in the technique of artistic forging. This option is particularly popular in recent years, especially for facades of private houses and country cottages.

Art forging allows you to create hundreds of different options of metal of different colors, strength and cost. The fence can be made in the form of a classic metal lattice or an openwork weave of metallic threads.

Decorate the balcony from the inside can be different. Special requirements should be made to the finishing materials, the most important of which is moisture resistance.

To protect the open balcony from getting there rain or snow will help the visor, made of transparent polycarbonate or galvanized iron.

For the design of the fence you can use durable, reliable, resistant to external influences materials. These are metal, brick, ceramics, vinyl and metal siding and other materials.

One of the most beautiful decorations of any balcony are fresh flowers. You can decorate a metal balcony fence with flowers and climbing plants, place them in pots around the balcony perimeter or place them inside.

To keep the balcony as effective as a hedge, as long as possible, it should be decorated with long-flowering plant varieties: bright petunias, nasturtiums, and bindweed.Such varieties are classified as light-loving plants, therefore, the more open space and sunlight, the more luxurious and abundant will be the floral cover.

For small pots or mounted pots, pansies, begonia, marigolds, and pelargonium are perfect. The curved shoots of ornamental grapes, sweet peas, tunbergia and other plants will help to design the metal structures of the balcony.

To place the plants, you can use wall and mounted pots, pots, pots. They can be placed on the outside of the balcony, attached to the shelves, arranged around the perimeter.

Despite some limited use, an open balcony can be a great place to relax in the summer. You do not need a lot of furniture: a small round table and a couple of chairs are enough. Get a great place to relax in the fresh air, meeting with a girlfriend, morning breakfast.

From here you can watch the beautiful panoramic view of the city or admire your own greenhouse.

In order to decorate the interior space of the balcony in a stylish, modern and unusual way, it is best to follow a particular stylistic direction. Finishing, furniture, decorative elements, color solution are selected in the same style. Such an interior will always look harmonious.

For decoration of the balcony interior, you can choose a variety of styles.

Balcony in this style is soft and smooth lines, blurred pastel shades, elegant finesse and subtle beauty.

The color scheme of Provence contains mostly warm colors: terracotta, lavender, orange, green, beige, sand. As a finishing material most often used natural wood, decorative plaster, textiles.

For interior decoration, live and artificial flower arrangements, wrought ornaments, wicker furniture are used.

The balcony, decorated in a marine or Mediterranean style, gives a feeling of carefree relaxation in the hot sunshine. Yellow sun, white sand and azure sea waves set the basic tone in the design of the room. The color scheme includes all sorts of shades of blue, blue and sand. The interior should be light, bright, airy, filled with light.

For completeness of stylistic conformity, the interior is decorated with textile curtains, light folding furniture (sunbed, chairs, table) and decorative elements in a marine theme (life ring, sinks, binoculars).

Oriental style requires certain colors in the interior. For example, combinations of black and red, sand and dark brown colors.

Oriental style is associated with luxury and lots of jewelry. Original lamps, carpets for the floor and walls decorated with oriental ornaments, low tables, a large number of decorative pillows, themed prints in the design - all this allows you to create an atmosphere of a fabulous East at home.

Modern style does not imply craving for a particular direction.. This style is characterized by the use of modern finishing materials, competent decision of free space, concise, stylish items and interior decoration.

As the furniture can be used compact wardrobes, folding chairs, sofas, ergonomic chairs, footstools.For decoration and decoration are used items made of glass, metal, wood, brick, natural and artificial stone.

Spacious balcony rooms allow you to fully realize the most daring and unusual design ideas. A balcony can become a full-fledged part of the dwelling as a separate study, play area or resting place. A small in size balcony space can easily turn into a no less functional corner. For example, from a narrow balcony you get a great working area. To do this, you need a desk, a chair and the necessary office equipment.

If you use a wide window sill as a countertop, a small balcony will become an original variation on the theme of an outdoor cafe in the open air or a mini-bar.

Each square centimeter of the area of ​​a small room can be used to place shelves, install spotlights, and store useful items.

For decoration of the balcony can be used a variety of materials. Among them:

• natural materials (wood, stone, brick, textiles, ceramics, mosaic);
• plastic panels;
• acrylic, textured paint, decorative plaster;
• wallpaper.

Each of these materials has a number of its advantages and disadvantages over analogues. One of the most unusual and original designs can be created with the help of a block house - flat on one side and convex on the other side of the material, which looks very much like a natural wood house.

Most often for its production conifers of a tree (a fir-tree, a pine, a larch) are used. The log surface not only looks very original, it also has high thermal insulation and performance properties. And the real, incomparable smell of pine or spruce creates a warm, cozy and homely atmosphere. Another advantage of the material is its ease of installation.

Another unusual way to effectively decorate the balcony space is the use of wall parquet panels. Decorative material that imitates the parquet flooring looks great in a classic and modern interior style.

Windows are the main source of light not only on the balcony, but also in the whole apartment. The degree of illumination of the balcony space, the whole house, as well as the appearance of the room depends on their competent design.

You can arrange windows in different ways. Among the most popular options that have been used for many years, there are still curtains. When choosing them, it is worth starting from the characteristics of the room itself. For example, curtains with a horizontal pattern will help to visually expand a narrow space, and with a vertical one - to draw out a low one.

Spacious, bright room allows you to use luxurious curtains with lambrequin, thick curtains and decorate them with complex draperies. For a small balcony, light, thin curtains of light colors with a fine pattern are best suited.

Unusual models, for example, Japanese, Chinese or Roman curtains, will help to approach the interior decoration in a more original way.

Roller blinds, horizontal or vertical blinds will be able to regulate the intensity of solar lighting. They are made of different materials, have a different density, color, size.

Of course, for arranging a balcony or loggia, you can use any suitable-sized furniture. But it is best when choosing to build on the stylistic orientation of the room, as well as its features.

Ideally, the furniture should be made of moisture-resistant materials that are not prone to corrosion or rot. Additional protection from chairs, a table and other furniture from moisture can be special covers, especially when it comes to an open balcony.

It is best to furnish a small-sized balcony with furniture transformers. Another option is the use of built-in or folding furniture. This will allow to use the space for its intended purpose and not to overly clutter it.

Depending on the functional purpose of the balcony space, tables of various shapes, chairs, small sofas, armchairs, poufs, hammocks can be used as furniture for its arrangement.

The stylistic direction in which it will be further shaped will help determine the color scheme of the room.

• For example, for the eastern style is characterized by warm and rich colors: different shades of chocolate, sand, beige, red.

• Japanese style includes elements of red, black, dark brown with the obligatory contrasting accents.

• French Provence "prefers" light, pastel colors: lavender, golden beige, pale pink, lilac, pale green.

• Modern styles (hi-tech, loft) to strict, restrained colors (steel, black, white, gray).

In addition to style, one of the key roles is played by the dimensions of the room. Bright, saturated colors and shades will visually make a small room even smaller and heavier. And light, inconspicuous tones will give her lightness and light.

Even the most inexpressive interior can be instantly transformed by correctly placing a few bright accents. This may be an unusually decorated ceiling, floor, walls or smaller items, such as lamps and decorative items.

If you need to select a particular object, for example, a mirror, a chandelier, a sconce, you can use ready-made metal or stucco decorations that will help you to decorate it beautifully.

Focusing on one of the walls will help photo printing, art painting, mosaic facing, a beautiful picture.

Beautiful cushions, several original potted plants, bright, contrasting furniture, unusual lamps or a chandelier will help to make the light, restrained interior more lively and dynamic.

To make the room cozy, warm and truly homey will help some details and interior items. For example, decorative soft pillows and a fluffy blanket, thrown over the sofa.

Balcony decoration can also play an important role. Soft, smooth lines in the design, light, restrained colors of the facing coatings, natural materials in the decoration make the interior less formal, more relaxed and inviting to rest.

A cozy place has to relax. Artificial fireplace, decorative waterfall, greens, natural stones and wood - all these elements help to relax and recharge with positive energy.

To make the interior more homely will help furniture and elements decorated or handmade. These can be knitted toys, embroidered panels, sewn curtains, original flower pots made with macrame technique and other items.

In order to decorate your favorite balcony in an original and beautiful way, you need to think about its functional purpose..

• If there are many children in a family, then a glazed balcony can be an excellent alternative to a children's room. It does not take a lot of things. Enough warm floor coverings, an open rack or a small cabinet for storing toys and the play area is ready! “Bright” color will be added by bright multi-colored wall decorations, floor covering, and multi-colored curtains on the windows.

• If the area of ​​the balcony allows, then in one of the corners you can make a real hut, put a children's tent or a castle of the princess. The more stylization under a fabulous dwelling, the brighter and more original this room will look.

• You can also turn the balcony into a “Khrushchev” into a convenient place to work in different ways.. A table, chair, computer is a necessary set for an office, but this is not enough for an original and beautifully designed work area.Several open book shelves or shelves will help create a sense of a real library. And you can even more seriously approach the “office” equipment: hang blinds or roller blinds on the windows, work calendar on the wall, decorate the window sill with potted flowers.

• Having decorated the interior with climbing plants, the floor with an artificial lawn and having placed a small decorative fountain decorated with stones on it, you can turn an ordinary balcony into a real Japanese rock garden. Simple and creative!