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The balcony of an apartment is the most neglected space. It is the last space we are thinking of integrating in the arrangement of the house. He remains in last place.
It is often crowded with storage areas as a kind of pantry and sporadically has apartment flowers.
The balcony at home is rather an open space, often useless.
In today's article you will find below some tips to make the balcony part of your apartment or house.
1. BALCONY ORIENTATION.
The first thing you do when you want to arrange a space like the balcony, you have to see its orientation.
The orientations can be North, South, East or West or combinations of them such as: North-West or South-East. The Northwest will be darker and colder. The South-East ones are bright and like a lot of sun, during the summer, with a lot of heat. The only ones on the North will be very dark, In the East you will have light and sun in the first part of the day, in the West, you will have light after dinner but not much heat because the sun intensity decreases at sunset, and in the South you will have sun after table and heat quite a lot.
2. IDENTIFY WHAT DESTINATION YOU WANT THE SPACE TO HAVE.
Choose how much storage space you need or how much relaxation space you need
In the past, balconies were storage, laundry, and plant storage areas. Now the space of the balcony can be much more. We have to integrate it in the arrangement of the house, in the design of our apartment. You can put parquet on the balcony for a warm feeling on your feet, or you can use tiles. We arranged balconies with parquet and ceramic wall and floor tiles, depending on the wishes of the beneficiaries but also on the appliances we had to put on them, such as a tumble dryer.
The storage space can be closed with doors to have a beautiful, visually clean image.
You can also opt for open storage spaces if you are very tidy and if you are constantly cleaning. The relaxation areas can be very diverse: you can have a bench or two, which are also with storage. You can have a very comfortable stool but it can be moved to another room if needed or you can have a swing or a hammock.
You may need a small workspace, but surrounded by plants to make you feel less stressed. They all have a solution and interior designers and architects can find a lot of ideas.
3. HOW TO CREATE SPACES FOR RELAXATION, EASILY TRANSFORMABLE INTO DRYING SPACE OR WORKING SPACE.
There are many solutions for the tumble dryer. You can opt for a household dryer or a string dryer. Those systems that stick to the ceiling are practical and when you have to dry the clothes, you pull them down, put the clothes on and then pull them back to the ceiling. In the same range, we also find folding dryers that you can put on the parapet, or high dryers, where they have 4 drying sides. All can be folded, and the storage is tight, so that the rest of the space can be used differently.
Relaxing on a balcony full of plants is one of the most effective solutions when you stay at home. It is very beneficial to have houseplants or if you do not know or do not have time to maintain them, modern solutions with lichens and stabilized muscles.
All plants should benefit from light but not from excessive heat. Give them enough moisture to give them back oxygen.
The workspace can be created from a fixed or folding countertop and an ergonomic chair, if you spend a lot of time there or another type of chair that you already have in the house. It is important to have a desk lamp for late hours and don't forget to open the window. Fresh air increases labor productivity, so you'll finish the program faster.
It is often crowded with storage areas as a kind of pantry and sporadically has apartment flowers.
The balcony at home is rather an open space, often useless.
In today's article you will find below some tips to make the balcony part of your apartment or house.
1. BALCONY ORIENTATION.
The first thing you do when you want to arrange a space like the balcony, you have to see its orientation.
The orientations can be North, South, East or West or combinations of them such as: North-West or South-East. The Northwest will be darker and colder. The South-East ones are bright and like a lot of sun, during the summer, with a lot of heat. The only ones on the North will be very dark, In the East you will have light and sun in the first part of the day, in the West, you will have light after dinner but not much heat because the sun intensity decreases at sunset, and in the South you will have sun after table and heat quite a lot.
2. IDENTIFY WHAT DESTINATION YOU WANT THE SPACE TO HAVE.
Choose how much storage space you need or how much relaxation space you need
In the past, balconies were storage, laundry, and plant storage areas. Now the space of the balcony can be much more. We have to integrate it in the arrangement of the house, in the design of our apartment. You can put parquet on the balcony for a warm feeling on your feet, or you can use tiles. We arranged balconies with parquet and ceramic wall and floor tiles, depending on the wishes of the beneficiaries but also on the appliances we had to put on them, such as a tumble dryer.
The storage space can be closed with doors to have a beautiful, visually clean image.
You can also opt for open storage spaces if you are very tidy and if you are constantly cleaning. The relaxation areas can be very diverse: you can have a bench or two, which are also with storage. You can have a very comfortable stool but it can be moved to another room if needed or you can have a swing or a hammock.
You may need a small workspace, but surrounded by plants to make you feel less stressed. They all have a solution and interior designers and architects can find a lot of ideas.
3. HOW TO CREATE SPACES FOR RELAXATION, EASILY TRANSFORMABLE INTO DRYING SPACE OR WORKING SPACE.
There are many solutions for the tumble dryer. You can opt for a household dryer or a string dryer. Those systems that stick to the ceiling are practical and when you have to dry the clothes, you pull them down, put the clothes on and then pull them back to the ceiling. In the same range, we also find folding dryers that you can put on the parapet, or high dryers, where they have 4 drying sides. All can be folded, and the storage is tight, so that the rest of the space can be used differently.
Relaxing on a balcony full of plants is one of the most effective solutions when you stay at home. It is very beneficial to have houseplants or if you do not know or do not have time to maintain them, modern solutions with lichens and stabilized muscles.
All plants should benefit from light but not from excessive heat. Give them enough moisture to give them back oxygen.
The workspace can be created from a fixed or folding countertop and an ergonomic chair, if you spend a lot of time there or another type of chair that you already have in the house. It is important to have a desk lamp for late hours and don't forget to open the window. Fresh air increases labor productivity, so you'll finish the program faster.
