How To Link Your Indoor To The Outdoor

Whereas before, the distinction between house and garden was evident, nowadays, people want to live as close to nature as possible. To do so, they look for ways to link their indoor to their outdoor spaces.

Through the use of materials, clever styling, interior design coupled with garden design, it is possible to grow your house outside its four walls and make it feel open, luxurious and create a wider view of the garden.

The idea is that you create another room to your house with having the cost and upheaval of an expensive and time consuming renovation. The options depend on your budget and your imagination and both can open up a dream space that you can enjoy all year round.

Creating that perfect indoor-outdoor feel is more than just opening the door and stepping from the house into the garden. Making it feel and look like the pages of an interior design magazine is achievable and affordable.

Here are a few ideas on how to make this happen on your property.

A Healthier Way of Life

The main reason why anyone would want to link their indoor to the outdoor is to let the sun and fresh air inside the home. Once you have created walls of sliding doors and/or glass walls, you will enjoy all of nature’s best attributes like the trees, plants and flowers, without having to move to the garden.

You can even think of turning your roof into glass, as well. Although the feature is more expensive, it will definitely complete the sensation of living outdoors. An architect can help with the design of your vision to bridge that gap between the outside and inside spaces.

Imagine being able to move the dining table onto the patio by simply stepping outside and enjoying alfresco dining in the comfort of your own home. Just the idea of having enough room to entertain large amount of guests without a wall or window dividing you.

Upgrading the doors that give access to your outdoors will enhance the look of the entire house. Making the space bigger to give a more connected feel to the garden and house is an essential way to get that all-important indoor-outdoor feeling.

Aluminium is the material of choice for doorways since it is light, sustainable and can be moulded into the style and colour that you desire.

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Let Your Floor Extend The Path Towards The Outdoor

Visually, extending the flooring that you use inside to the patio terrace outside, will create the illusion that the room doesn’t end at the door. Of course, it means that you will use a tile floor that will be weather resistant.

If you are using matching flooring inside and outside then ensure that they are aligned as the transition from one space to another must look intentional and purposeful.

Weatherproof porcelain is a fantastic option as it can be laid indoors and outdoors and has a great ability to withstand the harshest of conditions. Natural stone paving, whilst functional can give you the appearance that the two spaces are fully connected.

Just simply using the flooring that you already have indoors may not be a possibility. Materials are not always resistant to exterior temperatures and weather conditions so seek advice from your building contractor or landscape designer.

To fully ensure that the effect is perfect, the passage areas between the two environments should not have any visible frame on the floor. This is easily achieved using the narrowest of drain gulley’s that give your indoor space protection from rain whilst not breaking the line of the paving.

The addition of bi-fold doors will enable you to fully open up the space so that the transition from inside to outside is seamless. Tuck them back and out of the way so that guests have the choice of being in the house or out in the garden whilst you entertain.

Add a Canopy

Wanting to be closer to nature shouldn’t necessarily mean only on sunny days. However, leaving the doors or windows open, isn’t possible when it is raining (especially in the UK). However there is an easy solution to this problem.

By adding a canopy, that you can fold and unfold at will, you can cover the patio when it rains and then keep the room open to the outside, without any risk of water coming in.

A canopy is not just for the rain but a fantastic sun shield on those hot summer days when you may need shelter from the searing heat. Canopies are fast becoming a beautiful accessory as opposed to a functional necessity. Colours, shades and designs are there for all tastes so why not try to match it with existing patterns you have in your garden or inside your home.

Also, by using this method, you can still sit on the patio as a family and still have all your garden furniture out such as the outdoor dining table, chairs and other outdoor items, providing that the wind doesn’t carry the rain inside, horizontally.

Conclusion

There is no doubt that the main solution to linking indoors and outdoors is the use of aluminium windows and doors. For example, creating a large length of window panes is the only way to really let the sun come into the house. It will also change the aspect of your home, bringing more life to it. There is no reason to lock ourselves inside anymore, away from the world. We need to open the doors to let in the fresh air so that we don’t accumulate allergens and we get rid of humidity, which can be dangerous for our health.