Medium Sized Blue Conservatory Ideas and Designs

Elgin home is transformed with this conventional sunroom addition with windows to match the existing home. Trapezoids add additional light.

Culverden Road

Ciarcelluti Mathers Architecture

rear modern extension

Walnut Grove

Murphy Maude Interiors

Farmhouse Renovation in Bucks County

NASE Architects

An existing historic Spring Well and Basement access was preserved with the new addition.

Sunroom Project

Blackstone Construction and Design

Beautiful 225 square foot sunroom addition overlooking mature rear yard garden.

Rénovation contemporaine avec verrière coulissante

Torres Architecture

Nicolas Fussler

Painted Furniture Accents Sunroom

Upcycled Woods

Painted side table accents this sunroom for a french country or beach cottage design.

Conservatory Sunroom

Coastal Sunrooms & Porch Enclosures

Bring your outside in and enjoy the outdoors all season long! Beautifully designed and installed Conservatories enhance any home!

Bilik

PHANTOM RETRACTABLE SCREENS

CR Apartment

Daniele Petteno Architecture Workshop

The glazed Conservatory at the rear Lower Ground floor

Spectacular Sun Room

Morgan Howarth Photography

Conservatory addition interior and exterior with twilight by Kane Landscaping

Three Season Room, Bradford Shores, South Bend, IN

T.L. Jackson Construction

The three season room is easily accessible from the main floor of the house. It has a floor to ceiling stone fireplace with floor to ceiling windows surrounding it.

Sunroom

Garrety Glass / Betterliving Sunrooms

Clayfield Outdoor Pool House, Pool Specification Selections and Furnish

User

Pool House Specification selections and Furnishing

Garden Room Addition

CORE10 RESIDENTIAL

Rear Sunroom Addition

Serene Group Inc

Sunroom addition for one our clients!

Oak framed garden room with roof lantern

Hartwood Oak Buildings Ltd.

Granny Annexe - Self Contained Seperate House

JML Garden Rooms

Lake Skegemog Family Home

Bogard and Sons Construction

Chambre d'hôtes Villa René

Paradizio

L'espace a été entièrement revisité. Le jardin a été redessiné er replanté. Réalisation d'une terrasse et d'une véranda énergétique.

Medium Sized Blue Conservatory 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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