Adding a conservatory to your home instantly adds more space. Get it right, and you can add value to your home too. But how do you achieve that? These design ideas will inspire you to make more of this inexpensive but important addition to your home.

Get it right and it can be a room that is used all year round. But we need to start thinking of the conservatory as something more than a plastic box. Companies such as projects4roofing.co.uk have multiple years experience transforming conservatories into ‘all year round living spaces’. Once you have made the investment you will want to make the most of your extra space not just use it as an occasional room.

These design ideas show us just how much a conservatory can enrich your home life.

The View

First off it can be many things, a formal dining room, for example, or a space to sit and relax. If you have a view, you need to make the most of that feature.

This glass-festooned conservatory with its bi-folding doors is incredibly simple but appreciate for a moment how luxurious it looks.

The laminate flooring is laid across the room making it feel much bigger than it probably is. The all-glass roof, along with simple design makes this incredibly effective.

Once the eye has enjoyed the minimal, uncluttered design, there is the pleasant view to admire. From the sky to the far-off sea, to the well-manicured garden, this space is more than delightful. Enjoy with sumptuous conservatory furniture, similar to these over-sized chairs and you have an amazing room.

Connecting inside and out

This modern conservatory from Amara is simply stunning. Mixing the old with the new – the traditionally shaped urn pot on the kitchen island with the minimal, modern dining chairs, for example – is cleverly done.

But unlike the other example, the connection between interior and exterior is that the garden has a view that is more of a garden room. relaxed but busy planting means that there is plenty of detail to admire in the garden.

The neutral white walls are the perfect blank canvas, with the orange shade of the floor lap adding a pop of colour.

Balancing the modern with the traditional

This balance between traditional and modern can be tough but the notes of farmhouse rustic make this the perfect semi-formal conservatory from My Unique Home.

Simple, uncluttered and fresh, the hints of detail and the bold light make this the perfect conservatory for the family home. The half-height walls could be the note that changes colour as the season change, but the neutral tones of the dining table mean that it will fit, no matter what the scheme or colour.

The side doors also make for an interesting addition, preventing the longer length of the conservatory becoming a corridor as opposed to a room.

Small but perfectly formed

This small but perfectly formed conservatory room is an ideal use of space for the smaller home.

As a room it doesn’t have to have a massive footprint. What adds value is a good use of the space rather than size.  Hence, the smaller formal dining room that this conservatory has added is far more valuable than a large one that seems to have been added for no apparent reason.

Again, neutral tones stop the space feeling small, but the darker wood dining table and console table add depth and detail. The large round mirror is a decadent ouch but in keeping with the clarity of the rest of the room.

The open roof gives it fantastic feel to the space too, without being overlooked by neighbours. A stunning example of small is sometimes better if done well.

The modern lean-to conservatory

The lean-to conservatory was the original shape and design of many a conservatory.  But the example above is a refreshing change.

The interior bi-folding doors allow the heat to filter into the home.  Whilst the solid wall at the end of the conservatory also gives the space privacy without shutting it down.

The continuation of the conservatory floor outside into the garden is perfect.  It creates cohesion between the interior and exterior of a property. The leather and fabric upholstered armchairs also give an indication that this is a relaxing space.  Having underfloor heating fitted this modern take on an inverse lean-to conservatory is simply perfect for use all year round.

Again, the uncomplicated design of this space is what makes it effective and from looking at conservatory designs hotly tipped for the coming year, this seems to be the continuing theme.

There is no need for complex design for a conservatory in order for it to be effective.  But to add the most value make sure the room has a purpose.

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