Conservatory with a Wooden Fireplace Surround and a Plastered Fireplace Surround Ideas and Designs

Kitchen Renovation and Addition

Kim Meyer

Grey Sectional in Sun Porch with French Doors

Denise Quade Design

A corner fireplace offers heat and ambiance to this sunporch so it can be used year round in Wisconsin. Photographer: Martin Menocal

Blue Heaven

RSZ Design Development

Lake Oconee Real Estate Photography Sherwin Williams

White Rock Condo

ALTER Design Studio

Our clients wanted an outdoor sanctuary in this very unique solarium space. The sliding glass windows, surrounding the space, turn this into a 12 months a year bonus room.

All down to the detail

New Zealand Certified Builders Association

A lovely, clean finish, complemented by some great features. Kauri wall using sarking from an old villa in Parnell.

Cottage Coversion

Nicky Percival Limited

Contemporary garden room with bifold doors and lantern roof

Oak Alley Enclosed Patio

Jackson Construction, Inc.

Brimfield Home

Executive Developers, LLC

View of hearth room out to covered patio

Beautiful Bungalow - Transitionally Designed

Leslie Hutchison Interiors, LLC

Unidos Marketing Network

Voyages, Voyages

WOM DESIGN

Rénovation et décoration d’une maison de 250 m2 pour une famille d’esthètes Les points forts : - Fluidité de la circulation malgré la création d'espaces de vie distincts - Harmonie entre les objets personnels et les matériaux de qualité - Perspectives créées à tous les coins de la maison Crédit photo © Bertrand Fompeyrine

Isle of Palms Lowcountry Modern

Phillip Smith General Contractor, LLC

Sydney House

JRSconsult Architects + Engineers

Mounds View Dream Home

Becker Building & Remodeling Inc.

The one room in the home with that modern rustic feel. With the European mount elk and the cowhide rug as the natural inspiration for the room, the modern feel and warmth makes this place somewhere to be all the time. Oak engineered floors on the walls, vinyl floor, venetian plaster fireplace surround, and black windows and trim.

Coastal Paradise

Tucker Homes

This sunroom is 14'x20' with an expansive view of the water. The Lumon balcony glazing operates to open the 2 walls to the wrap around deck outside. The floors are a wood look porcelain tile, complete with hydronic in-floor heat. The walls are finished with a tongue and groove pine stained is a custom colour made by the owner. The fireplace surround is a mosaic wood panel called "Friendly Wall". Roof construction consists of steel beams capped in pine, and 6"x8" pine timber rafters with a pine decking laid across rafters. Esther Van Geest, ETR Photography

Menlo Oaks Farmhouse

Stewart Associates Architecture & Interiors

The inspiration for this room was the glassed in sunrooms you often find back east. This room has floor to ceiling glass on 3 sides to make it an inviting room even during winter.

John sunroom

Wood Wise Design & Remodeling

The challenge: to design and build a sunroom that blends in with the 1920s bungalow and satisfies the homeowners' love for all things Southwestern. Wood Wise took the challenge and came up big with this sunroom that meets all the criteria. The adobe kiva fireplace is the focal point with the cedar shake walls, exposed beams, and shiplap ceiling adding to the authentic look.

Custom Outdoor Kitchen 2

Johnston Home Interior Design

This is a small parlor right off the entry. It has room for a small amount of seating plus a small desk for the husband right off the pocket door entry to the room. We chose a medium slate blue for all the walls, molding, trim and fireplace. It has the effect of a dramatic room as you enter, but is an incredibly warm and peaceful room. All of the furniture was from the husband's family and we refinished, recovered as needed. The husband even made the coffee table! photo: David Duncan Livingston

Conservatory with a Wooden Fireplace Surround and a Plastered Fireplace Surround Ideas and Designs

A conservatory, garden room or orangery is a decidedly British and Irish home extension: a room that allows us to enjoy our outdoor space without having to brave the unpredictable weather. Originally a type of glass house or greenhouse where plants could be grown in sheltered conditions, the modern conservatory now offers flexible entertainment space. Your conservatory can serve as an additional living area, a garden room, a spacious dining room or an open-plan kitchen; all flooded with the extra light that a glass extension will give you.

What conservatory style should I choose?

A lean to conservatory is the most straight-forward garden room structure with a slanted roof that appears to lean on the original house wall. If you’re looking for a small conservatory then the simple rectangular design of lean to conservatories makes them ideal for bungalows and properties with small gardens. The Victorian conservatory is the most common style, with an elegant shape which features a rounded end wall. An Edwardian conservatory is built similarly, but with a rectangular shape that is perhaps more space-efficient. L or P-shaped conservatories combine the styles of both Victorian and Edwardian garden rooms, and offer a versatile space that can be split into separate areas. Contemporary garden rooms with large glass walls are fantastic additions to modern homes or extensions and can create stunning exteriors. However, designs like these do use a lot of space and could require special planning permission. If you don’t have space for a large, contemporary garden room and you aren’t a fan of the uPVC conservatory, orangeries or sunrooms may appeal more; the structure is sympathetically designed to appear consistent with the style of the house.

What is an orangery?

They are both glass-walled and -roofed structures, but what is the difference between a conservatory and an orangery? The traditional orangery has a longer history ‐ it became popular in the 17th Century when homeowners wanted a place to grow citrus plants (e.g. orange trees, hence ‘orangery’) and so built structures, either stand alone or incorporated into their homes, with glass walls and roofs, similar to greenhouses. The conservatory is actually believed to have developed from the orangery after the fashion for growing citrus plants died down. However, homeowners still wanted a place to grow other tropical, herb or shrub plants that would allow sun and warmth into the house in summer and allow the plants to survive in winter. Today, the real difference is in the construction. Orangeries are considered traditional extensions with masonry walls and more standard Victorian structures, whereas modern conservatories can be more varied and made of a range of materials, including timber, uPVC or aluminium.

What type of conservatory furniture do I need?

Chances are your conservatory furniture will see a high amount of direct sunlight. Keep this in mind when choosing pieces, since some fabrics and materials can quickly fade or become uncomfortably hot. Outdoor furniture will generally stand up well to the heat and light exposure of sunrooms and orangeries, but don’t be afraid to mix and match with indoor pieces as well. Wicker, seagrass and rattan furniture items are good options, while you might want to steer away from metal and leather pieces which will get hot in the sunlight. Installing conservatory blinds or shades that can be drawn when the room isn't in use is a smart way to prolong the life of your sunroom furniture when the space is not in use.

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