The mostly fair weather in Australia calls for indoor-outdoor living. This is why it’s no surprise that a lot of homeowners are now embracing this concept, not only because it extends their living space but also because it adds to the quality of life they get to enjoy while living in their home.
Now if you want to create the same environment in your own home, here are some tips that you can use to embrace this concept:
Minimise your visual barriers.
When designing a home that embraces indoor-outdoor living, you need to remember that the fewer fixed walls you have, the better. This is because walls usually create that visual barrier that separates your indoor and outdoor living areas. If you look at most modern homes today, you’ll see that instead of the traditional walls, sliding doors are used, and they can be customised to cover an entire wall. So when you open these doors, you effortlessly extend your living space outdoors. Large windows and doors, especially double glazed ones, actually add value to your property.
Extend your roofing through an awning, canopy or pergola.
If you’re going to extend your living space outdoors, you need to make it functional by adding a roof of some sort. Now if you’re on a budget and you don’t want to spend a lot of money on extending that roof, you can opt for an awning or canopy that offers the shade that you need without breaking your bank. But if you’re willing to invest in a permanent roofing solution, you can also do that.
Make your space look and feel more open.
Aside from removing visual barriers, you can also adapt other ways to make your indoor and outdoor living spaces look and feel more open. One good way to do this is by using the same flooring for both spaces for continuity. You can also adapt the same colour palette for your indoor and outdoor living spaces to give the illusion that they are one.
Take advantage of the elements.
One of the biggest benefits of embracing the indoor-outdoor living concept is that you get to take advantage of the elements in creating an ideal living space. For instance, instead of using up a lot of energy on lighting, you can enjoy natural lighting during the day through your glass doors and windows. You can also open up your pocket doors to promote better airflow and ventilation inside, so you don’t need to use your HVAC system.
There really are a lot of benefits to indoor-outdoor living. So if you want to adapt to the same style of living, get started by following these tips. This will allow you to create a space that effortlessly blends the indoors and outdoors to make sure that you take advantage of both spaces and improve your quality of life in your home. After all, you deserve to come home to a space that really feels like home.
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