Russian citizens have finally fully experienced the beauty of the European approach to storing things, or rather realized that it is not necessary to carefully store for decades what was inherited from a grandmother's cousin and it is not worth aimlessly hoarding things that were bought on occasion and have never come in handy in my life. Now people throw away everything unnecessary, good, but unnecessary things are sold. And gradually, meter by meter, balconies and loggias began to free up.
A loggia is an additional useful area, a tiny, and sometimes not so small piece of an apartment. And for every meter of this space, the owner once paid decent money. So do not use them as a banal warehouse of unnecessary things. Moreover, there are many options for arranging a loggia. You can pick up something to your liking and part of the work, or do the entire scope of events with your own hands.
Cleaning
Arrangement of the loggia should start with a major cleaning. It is necessary to endure everything that has accumulated on it for a long time.for years. Good things, for example, skis, a plastic Christmas tree and a bicycle, should go for permanent residence in a garage or pantry (cleaning on the balcony often provokes apartment owners to throw out all unnecessary trash from the pantry, so maybe there is free space there). Whereas all questionable items, like dried paint, old shoes and a cracked basin, should be in the nearest trash can.
Even if later it is planned to store some little things on the loggia, they still need to be removed at least temporarily due to repairs.
Redecoration
Do-it-yourself loggia arrangement should start with a simple cosmetic repair. But first you need to make glazing, if it is not already there. Next, you need to work out a design project and determine how and with what materials all surfaces of the loggia will be decorated.
Walls and ceiling can be decorated with wallpaper, siding, decorative panels, carpet, paint, tiles, etc.
Lay laminate, linoleum, carpet, parquet, carpet with a long pile "grass" or any other material on the floor.
You can work with all the indicated materials alone, especially since the size of the loggia usually does not exceed 3-6 meters, so this front can be mastered with your own hands. But you can also call a team of workers who will make cosmetic repairs, as well as, if necessary, insulate the loggia and make waterproofing.
Extra storage
What can a standard loggia be turned into? Designers advise to tryto return to the origins, namely to present this space as a warehouse of useful things. Just make it more civilized.
After the cosmetic repairs, you can put a closet on the loggia - along one of the side walls. The second can be placed opposite the first. But in order for such furniture not to resemble the former chaos, you should remember the following tips:
- Cabinets need to be purchased modern or well restored, semi-antique, but then they must be part of a certain interior.
- Furniture should be small so as not to clutter up the space.
- Plus will be the use of transformer cabinets, with retractable seats and a folding table.
- Things should be stored exactly as much as it fits inside the boxes and compartments.
- The perfect wardrobe for the loggia can be obtained if you order it according to individual sizes.
Loggia in country style
Country or country style is not so difficult to implement. But you will have to master the skills of a carpenter. The arrangement of the loggia in the country style begins with the fact that the walls and floor are sheathed with clapboard. A bar counter should be made along the length of the side - it is better if it is folding, with mounting on retractable supports. One of the sides is made in the form of a mini-bar - bottles, glasses, mugs are placed, you can put a coffee machine. The furniture is complemented by a pair of comfortable stools. You can also put an armchair or mini-sofa on the free side.
Kitchen
Make fromloggias, a full-fledged kitchen with the removal of the stove and the cooking zone is not worth it - they are still not in vain located in a certain place in the apartment, where there is a good hood and special wiring. But you can expand the kitchen at the expense of the adjacent loggia. To do this, follow these steps:
- Waterproof the balcony with liquid rubber, polymers, bitumen, lay the slab with roofing felt, coat the cracks with water-repellent impregnations and special primers.
- Insulate all surfaces - first make waterproofing, then sheathe everything with a frame, lay insulation and vapor barrier material. The useful area of the loggia will decrease.
- Finish walls, floors and ceiling with decorative materials.
After the work is completed, you can arrange a wonderful dining area in the attached space.
Mini Workshop
Currently, everyone is trying to realize their creative potential in one way or another, and therefore almost everyone is fond of one or another craft - jewelry and pottery, polymer clay modeling, sewing dolls and toys, beading, embroidery, etc. For some, a hobby has already turned from a hobby into a side job or even a way to get the main income. And they are sorely lacking their own workshop.
Arrangement of a loggia in a mini-workshop begins with standard procedures - waterproofing, insulation and decoration. At the same stage, you need to conduct wiring - for power tools and good lighting.
The workplace most often looks likea side tool cabinet complete with a fold-down worktop and comfortable chair.
Smoking room
Everyone knows that nicotine is a dangerous poison. And there are fewer smokers on the streets due to tougher laws. It is dangerous for them to smoke on the street, in porches, parks and other public places it is strictly forbidden. So there are loggias and balconies.
And if there is no willpower to give up this bad habit, then you should at least make a suitable place for this - with a comfortable chair, a good ashtray, and surrounded by appropriate paraphernalia.
Cabinet
A loggia in an apartment can turn into a great office, small but very comfortable. To do this, it is waterproofed, insulated, and a comfortable workplace is arranged along one of the side walls - like a computer desk, with many upper shelves for small items and a comfortable chair for many hours of fruitful work.
A place for rest and relaxation
Arranging a loggia into an additional place to relax seems to be the most obvious and preferred option. It is suitable for those people who do not need to expand their living space, but at the same time do not want to see their loggia as an empty piece of unrealized space.
Space space should be designed according to your favorite interior design style, such as classic, French, high-tech or minimalist. Furnish with furniture, and in order not to clutter up the space, make a folding table on the loggia,put a couple of comfortable chairs. Decorate the walls with your favorite pictures, old records, photos of relatives and friends.
Definitely worth hanging nice curtains or blinds. The design of curtains for a loggia should match the overall style of the interior, but, as a rule, curtains that are too voluminous or long are never hung in such a space.
Garden
The idea of arranging a loggia into a flower garden is not new. This was done by Soviet women, although in those days on the loggias and balconies there was not only a mini-flower garden, but also a small vegetable garden with delicious seasonal greens. If you need to break a flower garden, you must carefully waterproof the entire space and only then order racks and shelves for pots.
If you need to make the garden winter, all-season, you will have to make more efforts - to make not only waterproofing, but also the insulation of the loggia. It will also be necessary to install heating sources.
Combining a loggia and an apartment
Quite often, apartment owners think about the full accession of the loggia to the living quarters. Can it be done? In fact, this way you can increase the area of \u200b\u200bthe apartment, but before starting work, you need to carefully consider the following points:
- Not all houses can demolish part of the wall. And in any case, permission must be obtained for this redevelopment. In some cases, you will have to spend energy on strengthening the resulting opening - this increases the duration and cost of work.
- The financial aspect should be worked out. Redevelopment of this type is an expensive and multi-stage project. It includes registration of documentation and permits for redevelopment, partial or complete formation of a new opening, waterproofing and insulation of the loggia, battery transfer, installation of underfloor heating.
- It is worth calculating whether the game is worth the candle. Due to the insulation, a considerable piece of the area will be removed, so that after all the work is completed, there will not be as much usable space as it was seen at the beginning of the project.
Alternative options
Demolition of the wall during the joining of the loggia is not always possible. Therefore, alternative options can be considered. For example, you can make a good bar counter from an old window sill, which will visually separate the loggia and living space. Or install French windows - two wide glazed doors.
Panoramic glazing
The design of the panoramic loggia depends on whether this part of the apartment is connected to the living space. If the loggia is already connected, then heat-saving double-glazed windows are needed for glazing to minimize heat losses from the facade. If the space is separated from the apartment, heat-saving packages alone are not enough. For a comfortable stay at any time of the year, it is necessary to provide heat sources - electric radiators or underfloor heating.
For privacy, hang blinds or order glass with one-sided transparency.
