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Making Your Conservatory Homely

11 May 2010

Once your conservatory has been built, the next step is to add those special touches to make it feel like part of your home. Along with the extra space, this room also has extra benefits which can be utilised enabling you to try new furnishing ideas. Here are just a few pointers to get you started.

Using the conservatory

A conservatory may have been built for many reasons – a dining area, a study, a play room for the children, somewhere to just simply lounge or even a small gym! Obviously depending on how you are going to use your conservatory will depend on the type of furnishings that you will use. But however you are going to use this room, remember that you have the advantage of the humidity and natural light that you wont find in other areas of the home.

Furniture

Some of the most popular choices of furniture over the years have been wicker, willow and rattan due to their durability. Rattan can also produce some beautiful designs of furniture. Lloyd Loom is also becoming popular now as in recent years prices have been bought down so able to compete with the more traditional materials. Lloyd Loom can also come in various colours allowing you to choose more specific colours to co-ordinate with the rest of the furnishings. Metal and glass are also suitable. If you are going to use this space as an informal dining room then stone, mosaic and marble top tables are an excellent choice.

Plants

This is a great area to grow unusual plants. Take advantage of this room, where humidity and natural light will be much higher than other rooms in the house.