New life of your balcony: original ideas for repair

Spring - a time when the balcony take out a bike, put in a corner of skis and skates, pull on a clothesline... and that instead of drinking tea on the balcony, partying with city views or read a book in the cozy atmosphere among the flowers. On the balcony you can greet the dawn with your loved ones, relax and play sports, create and work. In order to turn a balcony into the room dreams, you need to take a drop of inspiration, a couple of days off and the following tips.

We have gathered the best ideas on the design of balconies and loggias, which could be found on the Internet, and asked Olga Kostyukova, master consultant hypermarkets for cottages and renovation OBI, comment on how and with what materials can be achieved the same result.

Bedroom

Sleep in the fresh air and admire the stars - romance in action. Or solution for apartments with a deficit of space. Sleep well and can be on the balcony.

The first question - warming. Even outdoors in the summer night can freeze. This costly repair: need to establish a good windows, insulate the walls, floor and ceiling. But the new area of ​​the stands. The main problem - the inevitable loss of place, as the insulation should be packed inside, and any insulating materials are selected space. Yield - roller polymer

Bar

Invite your friends at a cocktail party. On your balcony.

In the loggia or balcony to place some chairs around the table will not work. But if you make the bar of the window sill and put a few chairs, the party with a view of the lights of the city you provided. For such an interior need glossy wall panelAnd atmospheric light - LED Strip Light.

Library

In reading books fans gradually become so much that they take up more space than the owners of the apartment. The library is unjustified luxury, and then comes to help a balcony. With an e-book, too, want to find a cozy place to read. Agree, it's nice to sit with a cup of tea and a new story in silence. The balcony is not suitable? Only light in the evening, and in fact before bedtime often we reach for a book.

It is possible to make the wiring to the balcony and make the two-level lighting. Ceiling place recessed lightingThat will not detract from the overall design of the balcony. Below attach several sconces to create a concentrated light in the right place. Original shelf can raise your hands, take cooking furniture details, Screws and glue.

Sports Hall

Some balconies can not fit anything else stepper, but the loggia with the Swedish wall and a pair of trainers - it's almost a full hall. Good to meet a new day, doing yoga exercises from the course and looking at the dawn.

Warm floor on the balcony - the right solution if you need to warm a room for the night after leaving work heaters are not worth it. Pipes carry on a balcony or loggia can not, it does not meet building codes, so the repair technique consists in carrying out the electrical system. The best option - to lay cable floor heating based on the heating mat. First, it required to provide insulation, and then to lay the heating elements in screeds layer. On top of already laid floor covering and carpet of your choice.

Balcony is not needed

Sometimes the balcony is not necessary, and you just need more space. Make! Think about how you embed the extra space in the common room. The fact that completely remove the wall between the balcony and the bathroom is unlikely to succeed. So the plan depends to a room adjacent to the balcony. Use the part of the wall as a support for the worktops in the kitchen or in the nursery.

In order not to redo the entire room, you need to enter the new footage into a finished interior. Determinants - flooring and blinds. And do not forget that all the changes in the area need to agree and get their permission.

Workshop

Light, isolated space and the ability to work quietly - the conditions for the creation of the balcony a good shop for their favorite hobby.

Balcony and so is most often used for storage, and in the studio any instrument should be based on their locations. In the design of such facilities is not important as much beauty as functionality. You can use ready-made shelves and storage containers, or use the detailed instructions on making shelf-ladder.

Garden

Wake up in the morning, go to the balcony to look at the weather, and drowning in flowers. How about starting the day with a walk in the garden? And size does not matter. The transformation of the balcony to the garden - one of the most basic of interior solutions, for which we can do minimal repair. If the balcony is open and you are not going to deal with glazing, the summer garden - your variant design.

For such an interior sometimes do not need to do anything to repair, even defects in the painting of the walls will hide the foliage of plants, located in the trellis and arches. And for the mood light enough garden furniture and a comfortable design, which placed the flowers. benches, wicker chairs, Racks, shelves, pots, soil and foliage - and redecorating ready. If the balcony open, select folding furnitureThat in winter it is easy to remove.

Workplace

Before you - just your desktop. Next - just a chair and file cabinet. Outside the window - the entire city. No distractions, not prevent, and not to wander out of the working mood. This is not a personal account on the 60th floor of a business center, this is your balcony.

Contents workplace on the balcony simple: weatherization tips area is above. To work it is important that sunlight does not hit in the eye, not falling at an awkward angle on the screen and does not interfere with work on hot days. For windows, use blinds, Roman or blinds: Laconic style will create the illusion of a home office, it will be easier to focus on projects.

What about skiing and biking?

More or less like this.

To attach has a lot of special tools, eg bicycle hooks.

What is on your balcony? Share your ideas in the comments!