Conservatories, or garden rooms, are wonderful additions to any home. Most people use conservatories for entertaining or lounging around but they are also popular for home offices and kitchen extensions. Whether formal or casual, for guests or just for you, conservatories are a really beautiful way to connect with nature, adding tranquillity to the home by bringing the outdoors in.
1. Bring the outdoors in with botanical prints which can be used in curtaining, cushions and statement upholstery. Choose prints on white backgrounds to keep the room fresh and light. Vintage botanical prints and posters are also beautiful and fitting as artwork. Undressed windows are commonly used in conservatories to keep the room at one with the outdoors.
2. Keep it casual and calm with furniture made of natural fibres like bamboo, cane, wicker and rattan. These materials are perfect for indoor and outdoor use and keep the atmosphere unfussy and easy-going. Wooden floors and sisal carpets add to the natural palette, keeping things neutral and tranquil. A mix of florals and stripes create a calm, relaxed outdoor feel and hothouse plants create a relaxed ambience, making the indoor/ outdoor boundary seamless.
3. Make it a personal space with shelving that holds plants and other treasures, display cabinets with collected crockery and coffee tables that hold books of personal interest.
4. There are many uses for conservatories from formal dining rooms dominated by big dining tables and rattan chairs, to relaxed playrooms with deep slip-cover sofas, large coffee tables and televisions. Smaller conservatories may be used as home offices, being inspiring places to work with a garden view or as intimate seating areas catering as a little nook for two with a round table, a bookshelf and a couple of chairs.
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