The closed balcony, as well as loggia, it not only the place where can be arranged warehouse of unnecessary gifts. The warmed loggias and balconies have number of advantages which open not experienced opportunities. For creative owners balcony are additional useful living space of the apartment where it is possible to equip the room for rest, study, creative workshop or winter garden.
Preliminary preparation
The house with balcony – fine option for creation of the additional living room. Process of transformation of cold balcony of warehouse of unnecessary things into corner of comfort and cosiness, first of all, has to begin with carrying out preparatory work. The first stage – take out all unnecessary from balcony and carry out glazing if balcony open. At the same time the most budgetary option is to glaze balcony double double-glazed window. Double glass and frame from plastic are better protective equipment from street noise, bad weather and wind. Except that plastic is very hermetic and is not whimsical in leaving.
The second stage – warming. For this purpose carefully close the increasing slots, and small - fill with polyurethane foam. The waterproofing will help to protect balcony from moisture penetration. Make framework, using the aluminum shape, and attach to it waterproofing film. Over film lay heater layer. For this purpose mineral wool or polyfoam will fit. Best of all to fix heater to waterproofing film liquid nails.
Completion phase – decorative registration. Hardware stores offer many options: siding panel, lining, ceramic tile and stopper. Very often apply natural materials to interior finish, for example, tree, but here it should be taken into account that wooden finishing of balcony will be slightly more expensive and will demand additional leaving. If you are not going to apply the warming layer, then walls can be covered with decorative plaster which will ideally hide all roughnesses. The main advantage here - available cost. Such option of processing of walls approaches if you want to organize the mini-greenhouse or the gym on the balcony. By the way, the closed loggia demands warming, especially during the winter period too. First of all it concerns warming of floor. Think, it is impossible to equip loggia with heating radiators therefore the most suitable option - warming by means of the "heat-insulated floor" system. The main advantage of this option is that the heat-insulated floor does not influence the general interior in any way. Pay attention: systems can be different and differ by the form: infrared floors, floors with cable heating or heating mats. If you are going to make winter garden of loggia, then in this case floor can just be painted, using weatherproof paints or to lay linoleum. These options quite simple performed by, besides, materials do not demand additional leaving. Pay attention, it is the best of all to dim floor integral piece of linoleum. And here for winter garden – the floor of balcony or loggia can be laid out tile. The listed ways of warming of balconies and loggias are higher and higher do not demand special knowledge and if desired can be made by owners independently. Besides independent repair is the budgetary option and helps to save.
If you have decided to give preference to laminatny flooring, then consider that material is sensitive to temperature drop. By the way, if to put laminate on diagonal, then it will help to expand floor space visually.
Creative ideas of registration of balcony
The cozy interior in many respects depends on creative imagination and not necessarily involves heavy expenses. The most budgetary option is to make out balcony as it is possible more simply. In this case not to be necessary for you the special tool and special knowledge. Plastic furniture will even be suitable for this option of registration, the main thing here is to create cosiness by means of trifles: the window plants, nice blinds and any other things created theby hands which will be in harmony with the general situation. But at the same time you should not encumber strongly balcony again not to turn it into peculiar warehouse. If balcony very small, you do not despair. The cozy design can be created even on the minimum square meters. For this purpose it is worth using small mobile sofas, folding furniture and convenient padded stools. The secret of registration of interior of small balcony is that furniture has to be compact that she could be moved away easily if it is urgently necessary. Walls can be decorated with suspended pots with greens, so you not only will create cosiness, will be able to grow up parsley. If you need the quiet place to work – arrange office on the balcony. The small wooden table and couple of shelves for books do not demand a lot of place. By the way, well warmed balcony – the perfect place and for study. And still, on the balcony it is possible to arrange the cozy room for rest where will pleasantly esteem the book or to communicate to friends. At the same time the interior of balcony can differ from the general stylistics of the house. At the expense of balcony it is possible to expand space of kitchen, having equipped the small dining room there. Everything that for this purpose is required - it is compact kitchen furniture and several suspended shelves. If the space of loggia is more, then it is possible to think over option of registration of the small gym where it will be possible to practice yoga or to install the racetrack. And can be to you more the idea of registration wardrobe where there will be place to all numerous suits, trousers and other clothes is pleasant?
Equip balcony with the fitted cupboards where you will be able to store all necessary.
Actually any balcony is a connecting link between premises and the nature. It does design of the balcony room special. In registration of balcony or loggia there are no trifles, here important role is played by everything: from finishing materials to furniture. And that design which allows to combine original style, functionality and cosiness is considered the most successful.