WINTER GARDEN

what is the winter garden?

The winter garden is a multifunctional space that allows you to expand the rooms of both a home and a public space, giving a classy tone. The name Wintergarten or solar greenhouse also knows it. Still, it indicates a space that can become both a garden and an area used differently as part of a veranda or solarium.

A place bathed in sunlight and surrounded by plants that allow you to make a home refined and extraordinary by creating a little corner of paradise at home.
The winter garden is a more versatile greenhouse. The orientation of the windows towards the south allows the house to radiate, contributing both to heating and the natural lighting of the building.

By versatility, we mean specifically the possibility that the winter garden must be an independent building rather than an extension of other existing structures such as a veranda.

The dimensions are uncritical, as it can be small and act like a greenhouse or cover considerable dimensions in size and height.

A winter garden can be created either by referring to more classic designs, therefore with materials such as wrought iron or wood and by designing structures with a more contemporary design, therefore with even more innovative and technological materials such as aluminium.

The winter garden is part of biocompatible and eco-sustainable architecture because it puts the exact balance between construction and nature first, both in the implementation of the project and in the materials used to complete the construction.

The winter garden is an idea born in Roman times, which we then find in the 16th century in the homes of wealthy lords. In particular, in Italy, the role of greenhouses for producing citrus fruits was reserved for winter gardens.

However, the most beautiful winter garden works date back to the Victorian era; the Art Nouveau style makes the winter gardens decorated and full of stained glass windows.

At the end of the eighteenth century in England, it was trendy to extend the residence in the greenery and the terraces, a sort of living room-greenhouse. It was possible to grow plants, even exotic ones.

Advantages of winter gardens

The advantages of a winter garden are different; this can extend an inhabited space making the entire surface more open and bright. For example, in tiny houses, the winter garden can make it possible to recover the area as a dining room or living room.

On the other hand, it can serve as a place where hobbies such as gardening, painting, and music develop in already large homes. Indeed the first advantage of a greenhouse garden is to obtain natural light and heating immediately through the windows and make an environment from outside to inside.

The arrangement of the winter garden becomes essential to ensure the diffusion of heat in the rooms. A point in favour is energy-saving, useful both for protecting the environment and for saving on the bill. Quality insulating materials must be used for the winter garden to offer the best possible thermal comfort.

Through the glass, there is an excellent heat dispersion for this it is necessary to minimise this problem to be able to use the space both in winter and in summer.

There are different types and uses for the winter garden. In the cold winter garden, the structure is mainly used for the care and conservation of plants, so it is kept stably at a temperature of a maximum of 12 degrees or a maximum of 19 if you want to cultivate plants that grow in a milder environment.

On the other hand, when the winter garden is defined as warm, it takes on a different function; it becomes a thermal comfort that can be used both for plants and to expand one’s home, creating a sort of extra room. It can take on various functions, such as a relaxation area. However, the winter garden refers to domestic homes and is also used in public places such as hotels and restaurants.

The Wintergarten offers the rooms a suggestive, intimate and scenographic aspect, enhancing the aesthetics of the structure and the commercial square footage, thus increasing the property’s value.

 

 

 

How to design a winter garden

There is no standardised plan to design the winter garden, but there are different solutions according to your needs. However, there are several aspects to be evaluated in the design phase. The winter garden structure comprises glass and metal elements that must withstand the elements, give warmth to the house, and provide the proper lighting.
To create a solution that allows you to take full advantage of all the benefits, you must first decide the orientation of the winter garden to capture the sun’s exposure and take advantage of the sun’s rays in the most appropriate way possible. The various directions should be evaluated. The best choice is the orientation towards the South to take full advantage of both the light and the heat emitted by the sun’s rays during the winter, but in the summer months, a sound ventilation system will be needed.

On the contrary, if you choose a northern exposure, in summer you will not have the problem of excessive heat while in winter it will be cold and you will need an adequate heating system. Since the comfort of an internal garden comes more from the complex problem, the best choice is the exposure to South East or South West to enjoy the sun from dawn or until sunset.

In any case, it is essential to ensure adequate ventilation to avoid greenhouse problems or the onset of humidity and condensation that would ruin the winter garden.
After organising these aspects, it will be necessary to understand which part connects the winter garden. The most chosen areas are the living room and the living area, as they allow you to expand the space of the living area by exploiting the brightness of the rays through the windows and creating a warm environment. Some always choose to make a winter garden near the sleeping area to create a friendly but more reserved and used for rest.

What to consider when building and constructing a winter garden

The glass chosen must guarantee good thermal and acoustic insulation and must be durable over time. A thermal break is usually selected for such structures as it retains heat more by isolating the environment from both excessive heat and external noise. The pavement must also be considered to be inclined to the point that it allows the water to flow correctly.

Once the position phase has been passed, you can lay the tiles or other covering material. The frame must be made of materials ranging from wood aluminium to iron.

The most used is aluminium wood, an excellent thermal and acoustic insulator. It offers excellent performance even if the costs are not very low. A good solution, which comes close to choosing a modern and beautiful design like wood-aluminium, but which has lower prices, guaranteeing the same insulating action, is PVC, a material widely used for the construction of frames to design-build winter gardens.

It is also essential to define the shape of a winter garden to extend the inhabited space in the design phase. The square footage can be square, rectangular or polygonal in shape. The winter garden can be found close to a building or independently, isolated from the rest of the house. As for the style, therefore the furniture depends on personal taste.

Ideas for the design and style of a winter garden

The winter garden is a luxury to keep at home, certainly an area of ​​comfort and well-being for anyone with enough space to allow for its construction. It can be accomplished in several ways. The living area will serve as friendliness, allowing the house’s living room to be extended. In this case, it can be embellished with sofas and tables that enhance its function.
An environment that is well suited to the winter garden extension is the dining room. You can take advantage of ​​the room to eat to have a panoramic view through this solution.

The kitchen would be enlarged in a certain sense, gaining more space to spend time in the company at the table. The atmosphere in this place would be comfortable and natural, as warm as possible.

The winter garden is also well suited to the conversation area or the living room. This solution is undoubtedly suitable to spend intimate moments with loved ones without giving up the feeling of being in an outdoor space. Having a tea or a coffee with friends, staying in the garden, but staying at home, is not a luxury that everyone can offer.

The Wintergarten can also be exploited as a place in its own right, so not as an enlarged area of ​​the house, but as an ad hoc place dedicated to something in particular such as a hobby. It can be used to listen to music, watch TV on larger screens or perhaps recreate a small gym area and rehearsal room if you have a passion for musical instruments.

In the winter garden, you can create a playroom for children if there is not enough space available in the house for the needs of the little ones. Natural lighting would be perfect for setting up a games room.

This solution can also be ideal for creating a study area, much appreciated by those who study or those who need to work at home or continue work that has not finished in the office. Another use that can be made of the winter garden is to create a recreational area for the older ones, perhaps set up in the evening with adequate lights and background music.

However, one of the most chosen solutions is undoubtedly using the winter garden as a solar greenhouse, a bioclimatic greenhouse. It is a choice that increases the livable space of the house in favour of the exploitation of sunlight to create an area in which to recreate an outdoor garden not being able to have an outdoor space available.

Winter garden furniture: furniture ideas and what to evaluate

The winter garden has a table in its own right from the rest of the house, even if it doesn’t have to be completely different from the other rooms, but instead find points of continuity. We must not forget that it represents the junction point between indoor and outdoor.

When you think about how to furnish small winter gardens, you immediately have in mind the scenarios of outdoor spaces. This thought is neither wholly wrong nor right, but we must never forget that the winter garden extends the house itself.

The space must be furnished in a welcoming and harmonious way.

In practice, this is nothing more than a veranda or a covered terrace that allows, through exposure to the South and the sun, to grow plants as if they were outside through an adequate ventilation system.

Usually, three materials are preferred for furnishing these spaces: wood, iron, and wicker. Being natural, materials make the atmosphere more similar to a natural garden.

 

 

The choice of wood for furnishing accessories is made to make the environment as natural as possible. You can choose different shades of wood ranging from bleached and bright to darker and warmer colours of walnut or cherry to match gazebos, chairs and tables.

It all also depends on the style of the house; if it is modern, then the colours of wood that go in grey or towards very dark shades are preferable; if it is rustic, solid wood is fine.

On the other hand, Wicker is usually used in outdoor gardens, but it can also be chosen for a winter garden as long as it is combined with more design and modern furnishings. A good idea may be to cover the wicker seats with light-coloured fabrics or choose precisely the same colour used for the interior accessories.

Wrought iron is another viral material among winter garden lovers. This is used to create a more excellent solution that is somewhat reminiscent of French gardens. Wrought iron furnishing accessories are usually chairs, coffee tables, low tables, in short, elements that make furniture but can also be functional. You can combine a ceramic floor with pastel-tone decorations to make the environment sweeter.

The choice of winter garden furniture is critical to making the environment a welcoming place where you can spend a pleasant time relaxing, reading a good book, dedicating yourself to some passion or simply resting. To make everything harmonious, aesthetically beautiful and functional, it is necessary to create harmony between the outside and the inside.

One way to make the garden harmonious with the rest of the house is to use the same colours to reduce the perception of detachment, which will be even more concentrated if a window separates the two rooms. If you choose to make the kindergarten a greenhouse, then put some plants, an excellent solution to create harmony with the interior could be to put some plants in the house, perhaps close to the outdoor space.

You can arrange the plants on the floor or keep them suspended in planters of different sizes in the garden. The plants that climb, such as bees, are lovely wherever a wall is. Instead, you can place small fruit trees in the corners, such as citrus fruits that do not require very particular care and are within everyone’s reach. Also very delicious are the decorative plants such as viola and cyclamen.

Indeed the choice of winter garden furniture depends on personal tastes. Lovers of the industrial style can choose wood (in particular iroko and bamboo) for furnishing accessories. In contrast, those who prefer the Provencal style can consider a lighter type of wood, perhaps combining it with ceramic or ceramic accessories. White lacquered wrought iron. For those who have a modern home and want to create continuity with the outside, the ideal solution could be to choose furniture with square lines and opt for wenge among the different types of wood.

The winter garden decor will also have to consider the problem of air and, therefore, the arrangement of access doors that can be left open or vents in vertical walls. Especially when the room is used as a greenhouse, it is essential to keep the humidity rate in mind.

Therefore, furnishing a winter garden is not an impossible task; recreate a stylish environment in your home and reproduce the dream area you have always wanted. A room to welcome guests in a magical place, a place to gather the family, an extension of the house that becomes a garden, a space in which to carry out any recreational activity we can think of; this is what kindergarten can be if you live in an apartment and you do not have the space of an outdoor garden or a terrace.

 

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