Maybe you do not need to live with memories of the past and it's time to get rid of it. After all, from the balcony you can make a continuation of the room, winter garden or summer "residence". Create a cosiness on the balcony and turn it into a summer flower garden and into a study, everything depends on your abilities and your imagination. What can we do to create a cosiness on the balcony? To begin with, we will remove all unnecessary things in order to get free space for work.
A lot depends, glazed or not balcony. If you want the balcony to turn into an additional room, then of course you need an internal glazing. You need to do some work to warm the balcony, you can put a "warm" floor.
If you have a large balcony, you can turn it into a summer terrace and put vases and wicker furniture. On this summer terrace you can have tea with your family and friends. If the balcony is narrow, you can make a fairly wide window sill, turning it into a bar counter, it will be an interesting solution.
The wall, which is under the window, and which opens onto a balcony, can be removed. Instead of a wall, you can put a double glass door - a French window. It will be able to visually increase the space on the balcony and in the adjoining room. You can make this opening in the form of an arch, then the balcony will be like a continuation of the room.
The balcony can be beaten with wooden lining, wallpapered or painted. Some use plastic upholstery on the balcony. If the balcony is not shaded by trees, it goes to the south side, then this does not have to be done. In an enclosed space, there will simply be nothing to breathe, and the heated plastic in the air will emit toxic compounds and make it toxic.
For non-glazed and open balconies, you can find many design solutions. And the most fragrant solution will be to make a flower garden. You can make it yourself or buy flowerpots of different colors and shapes, wall or suspended attachments.
In whatever style the verandas, loggias, balconies are made out, boxes with plants, flowerpots will become their main decoration. But in order for this to look beautiful, you need to select the right plants and flowers.
1. In order to arrange plants, you need to use all levels of the balcony. If the balcony has grills, then they are used as a support for climbing plants. Rapidly grow and have a rich greenery, the following varieties of lianas: morning glory, echinocystis, Turkish beans, kobei.
2. If you plant seeds already in early May, then in 30 days the vines will curl on the grate and create a hedge that will give your balcony charm.
3. The best climbing plants grow and look in long and narrow boxes that can save space on the loggia.
4. If the balcony is located on the south side, then it is desirable to completely encircle it with lianas. Thanks to this, the balcony will have a pleasant microclimate and a natural shadow.
5. Flowers such as carnations, matthiol, nasturtium and salvia like the sunny side.
6. On the balcony on the north side it is best to plant flowers that like a shadow: fuchsia, tobacco, periwinkle, sirloin, forget-me-nots. From domestic plants it is better to plant cissus, laurel cherry, zebrin, balsam, oleander, Tradescantia. On the north side of climbing plants it is better to plant ivy.
7. Boxes for plants, flowerpots, flowerpots, ceramic pots must match the chosen style, be beautiful and convenient for plant growth. Kashpo with bright and beautiful colors look great if they are suspended on a vertical rack or suspended from the walls of the balcony, as a result, its space will increase.
8. To ensure that the loggia space is evenly filled, the boxes with flowers must be installed on the sides. Along the fence of the loggia, strengthen the shelves for pots or boxes, and then you will get a garden of flowers, several floors.
9. In addition, it is also necessary to consider how plants relate to the sun. From above put plants that love light, and down put plants that like the shadow. Beautifully look boxes that are fixed from the outside of the balcony and planted with fragrant and vivid colors.
10. In addition to the usual pots and pots, you can use sauce bowl or sugar bowl, which you have left from the old service. These containers give the balcony an unusual look and are suitable for young plants.
Now you have learned how to create a home cosiness on the balcony, and then he will be able to please you with his beauty.