Arrangement of a modern living room with a balcony has many options. Due to competent zoning, you can visually expand the central part of the apartment, increasing the access of light. The entrance to the balcony can be transformed in various ways, to transform it or even combine the living room with a balcony or loggia, and also remove into the partition or arrange the army in the form of the arch.
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Benefits and disadvantages
An important role in creating a comfortable atmosphere in the apartment is given to the thoughtful design of the living room. Until recently, if there was no storage room in the apartment, the balcony was used to store the working tool and seasonal use things. Today, the loggia or the balcony is insulated, remove trash from there and equip the built-in wardrobes, and the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe living room is expanded at the expense of these freed square meters. Leading interior designers have developed many interesting decisions on attractive and stylish living room design with a balcony.
Reference to the living room with a balcony involves a complete or partial alignment of two functional spaces into a single whole. However, it is important to remember that the partitions cannot be removed entirely, especially when the bearing wall, and in most cases it is required to permit from the architect and local utilities management. However, if the output to the insulated balcony is to change the minimum - cut the top in the form of the arch or remove the space adjacent to the balcony door under the window, such a reorganization of the space will be optimal. So if your apartment provides a living room with a balcony, will undoubtedly, it will be a big plus when there is a need to expand the useful area.
Advantages of a living room combined with a loggia or a balcony:
- visually space of the living room seems more;
- there are more opportunities to zonify a large space of a common room, where you can additionally organize another functional area - a working area or a workshop, a computer desk, a place to rest or classes of hobby in the evenings;
- the original interior in the living room with a balcony is easier than separately to reorganize the useful area of \u200b\u200bindividual premises.
Disadvantages of the independent association of two adjacent premises:
- costs will be required for the solid insulation of a glazed balcony or loggia;
- we will have to go through all the obstacles to the design of resolutions for redevelopment of the living room;
- there is a possibility of a general reduction in temperature in the apartment in the winter;
- with significant changes, there is a possibility of the collapse of the facade of the house and emergency situations.
Tip: Whatever the execution of a balcony adjacent to the living room, it is important to organize a free passage to the balcony, since many forget about the main function - an additional emergency exit in a fire and emergency situations. Therefore, the balcony should always be easy to go through and make a seriously sick person. It is important that at least one wide window will be opened.
Classic version of a divided living room with a balcony
With a typical layout, the living room with a balcony is divided by the capital wall. The competent design of the design of the guest zone involves decoking the passage to the balcony and the jamming windows with the curtains and curtains, in which they will pass the maximum light. Do not use heavy fabrics that create a feeling of filling the useful space. The choice of color is very important, since dark shades are known for its ability to absorb space.
The use of mirrors on the opposite balcony door wall visually will expand the room and add reflected light. It should be borne in mind that double double glazed windows on the outer window, plus the glass of the balcony door and the windows hold a certain percentage of the transmitted light. Therefore, you should not use the curtains on the balcony, even if it is the first floors. It is better to use sliding eaves on remote control to visually limit the personal space in the evening. A good option is horizontal blinds, raised to the upwards. Directly in the living room is sufficiently light curtains. Dense curtains can be delayed only with the need of blackout during the daytime.
If the living room is located on the southern or southwest side in the warm climatic zone, then in the summer, an excess of direct sunlight is noticeable. The best option is light translucent light color curtains to avoid unnecessary darkening, covering the passage to the balcony. This will limit too bright light, because finishing surfaces are gradually fade from direct rays in the living room. For a visual interior union of the living room with a balcony, it is worth staying on a single color and stylistic solution.
Zoning residential space with this layout should be so that the passage to the balcony door is free, especially in the summer - for frequent ventilation. There should be no bulky furniture and household furniture, which at least partially blocked the window. You can install a wide written or computer desk close to the window work, but the monitor should not be across the window, besides, it is harmful to vision. It is better to use an angular option, and another furniture can be adjacent to its surface, such as a rack and chair. This option is very relevant for pasty one-bedroom apartments with a balcony.
The window adjacent to the output is also permissible to put the sofa with a low back, it is the back side to the balcony. It should be bright, light and compact, on thin legs, so as not to absorb space. The choice of color scheme during the design of the living room depends on the preferences of the owner, but it is important that dark surfaces occupy no more than 1 \\ 3 common space. Very elegantly looking close by the range of colors, for example, if the general living room background is a dairy or light beige, then black, purple or dark blue contrasts are not appropriate. It is much more interesting to look all the shades of wood or chocolate.
With the placement of furniture, it is important to comply with the principle of functional zoning, while the shade of each zone may be slightly different. It is equally important to consider the general and local lighting in the living room and on the balcony.
Tip: It is impossible to demolish the entire partition before the balcony, because this is part of the carrier wall, one method remains - to adjust the adolescent shape. For example, you can significantly expand the area of \u200b\u200bthe window, leaving the high threshold instead of the wall segment, and the top cut the oval arch. It looks very original. Remember that this wall is involved in the attachment of the balcony slab, while holding the weight, and the consultation of a specialist on this topic is needed.
Living room design combined with balcony
In the apartment of a small square is important every square meter, especially if there is a combined living room with a balcony, design and functional zoning here should be thought out to the smallest detail. The union of these premises in a single space not only makes it possible to get a little extra area, but also a chance to show their fantasy. You can achieve a stunning effect if you use ready-made designers as a hint.
If you correctly approach the combination of living room with a loggia or a balcony, then the expansion of the space at least 2-3 meters will add a feeling of non-standard planning of the apartment, where there is an additional functional zone. It seems to be easily changed by the form of the balcony, which can be issued in the form of half the hexagon, slightly adjusted the balcony area. And even with the minimum transformation of space, you can get impressive results.
To the living room, with this approach, it was not cold, the balcony should be glazed by double double-glazed windows, which have not only excellent thermal insulation qualities, but also noise insulation. Fully glass in plastic can be made of the entire outer wall of the balcony, for example, on one of the upper floors. But this will still be not enough to maintain normal temperatures, especially in the northern regions, where such redevelopment is not recommended.
Specialist advice:
- well insulate all surfaces related from the living room balcony, including the ceiling slab;
- it is better to make a "warm floor" with the thermocabel "Nexans", to enjoy thermal insulation side walls and bring the battery of steam heating to the balcony;
- sometimes a sufficiently warm floor, high-quality balcony insulation and the sheltered layer of thermal insulation of all its surfaces;
- if on the sidewalls of a warmed loggia or balcony to equip wooden pantry, it will still be warmer;
- sleeple, where they removed the door frame, it is desirable to replace with glass doors in the form of a solid partition - this is enough for insulation in a zone with a soft and warm climate.
In a well-equipped balcony area where a lot of light and heat is appropriate to organize a mini-greenhouse or a dining area. In comfortable conditions, art workshop can also be located. It is very convenient to store all the paints and canvases or tools for wood thread and unfinished work in one place.
The occupation of your hobby in a remote corner of the living room will not attract other family members. On such a balcony, it is also convenient to put a sofa and equip a folding shelf for a laptop to study or communicate in your free time. You can also put a stationary computer to the built-in table.
If any option, take into account that now the living room and the balcony is a single whole, so the design of the design must be designed in one way. No less important and competent approach:
- in the zoning of the living room and the balcony;
- in general and local lighting;
- in color solutions;
- selection and placement of furniture.
When choosing the basic idea of \u200b\u200bthe arrangement of the living room combined with a balcony, find a stylish solution for one room is easier than for two adjacent. Unlike a separated balcony, in the embodiment, when there is no partition or there are glass doors, the furniture on the passage is not put in general - an example in the photo.
Some designer techniques
An excellent stylistic option - decorated in the form of part oval output to the balcony zone, it is not necessary to close by partitions or curtains. It is better to use only horizontal blinds on the balcony, and the front wall is sheltered shelves, with built-in wardrobes and racks, for example, for the collection. Visually it will look like a single living room space with fashionable zoning.
In the absence of curtains, a bar rack or a large plasma panel on one corner and a large aquarium will also help to distinguish between the wallspace at the wall in the other.
If, when zoning the combined living room, it is planned to use textiles or original curtains, designers recommend decorating with string curtains or single pendants from decorative materials. It can be:
- beads (glamor style);
- shells (ecosil);
- bamboo sticks (oriental style);
- the twine with nodules (avant-garde);
- clips with fragments of color postcards (retro), etc.
Advice:
1. Design combined with a balcony or loggia of the living room, with partial dismantling of part of the wall, it is best to entrust the specialists - the architectural bureau or a design company. They will find out the permissible load and importance of this wall for the overall structure and holding the balcony. To find out the degree of wall transformation and obtain allowing documents will also help them.
2 Professional designer thinks to the smallest things in the living room combined with a balcony, reversing the shortcomings of a small room in advantage. However, before you entrust the specialist to develop your project, it is recommended to revise illustrations and take into account these recommendations in order to avoid redevelopment errors.
3. It is difficult without visual examples to leave your choice on a certain style of interiors. Specialists also know the most fashionable trends and the latest innovations in modern design during redevelopment, but the final decision takes, of course, the client itself, based on its taste and the possibilities of the room.
4. Regardless of which style is chosen, the total atmosphere and comfort of the living room comes to the first place. Multifunctional furniture will help the most rational use of the useful area of \u200b\u200bthe combined space, which is impossible to arrange without comfortable upholstered furniture and a small coffee table of the original form.
5. In any design, the living room is important all the details, including shades of finishing and upholstery of sofas and chairs, bright color accents and a common background. An important role is assigned to accessories and type of lamps that complement local zoning:
- ceiling (chandeliers);
- outdoor (lamps);
- wall (s);
- point (diodes);
- ribbon (diode tape) around the ceiling perimeter or along the windows.
The combination of different types of lighting will not only add the convenience of each functional zone, but also create an original design in your living room with a balcony.
