Tips to enjoy outdoor living – all year round

Bar­be­cuing with fam­ily and friends, peace­fully read­ing an excit­ing book, work­ing in your home office – the pos­sib­il­it­ies for mak­ing good use of a ter­race, gazebo or con­ser­vat­ory are extremely diverse. Our expert explains how you can make your dream of a “garden room” come true.

Tip 1: Carefully plan the location of your garden room

Nat­ur­ally, the optim­um loc­a­tion of your garden room depends on its use. If you want to set up a stu­dio or a work­shop, you may be bet­ter off on the north side. For social­iz­ing or enter­tain­ing guests after work, south and west sides are ideal. The space could also be used as a break­fast room, in which case it should be facing east. Regard­less of the loc­a­tion – in any case, it is import­ant for ter­race and con­ser­vat­ory to be equipped with a shad­ing device. Oth­er­wise, there will be the risk of over­heat­ing in sum­mer. For enclosed con­ser­vat­or­ies, it is also essen­tial to ensure prop­er vent­il­a­tion in the form of vent holes.

Tip 2: Decide on the type of outdoor area

If you want to spend as much time as pos­sible sur­roun­ded by nature, there are sev­er­al options, for example a ter­race, a gazebo or a con­ser­vat­ory. Nowadays, an open ter­race can be eas­ily trans­formed into an enclosed con­ser­vat­ory by simply cov­er­ing the ter­race with a roof of adjustable louvre blades and screen­ing it in on the sides with flex­ible glaz­ing. Depend­ing on the tem­per­at­ure and your per­son­al pref­er­ences, the space can then be closed or opened up as much as this is neces­sary or wanted. Also pay atten­tion to oth­er details that con­trib­ute to your well-being, such as integ­rated LED-based light­ing. The floor­ing is also a key con­trib­ut­or to com­fort. Usu­ally, the floors of ter­races and con­ser­vat­or­ies are covered with tiles or nat­ur­al stone. But you may also con­sider installing par­quet, lam­in­ate or vinyl floor­ing.