As a rule, the balcony in an apartment is assigned the role of a storage room, in which the owners leave tools, canned goods, old furniture and other things until better times.
Expert of the online publication BelNovosti, designer Yulia Tychino fundamentally disagrees with this approach.
She suggests turning this place into a cozy and comfortable space so that all family members will enjoy being here.
The first thing to do, of course, is to get rid of the junk: say goodbye to old and broken things that should have been sent to the dump a long time ago without regret.
Of course, you shouldn't deal with essentials this way. Instead, create a storage system for them that you'll find convenient to use.
Now that all the preparatory work has been done, you can think about how to visually increase the space of the balcony.
Light colors will come to the rescue in solving this issue.
When decorating a balcony, choose white, beige or sand shades, and as a result, the room will look much more spacious than it actually is.
A good idea is to use mirrored and glossy surfaces in the design of the room.
Very often, design professionals faced with such a need apply the rules of horizontal lines, lay single-color floor coverings, and place spotlights in the center of the ceiling.
In this case, massive furniture is removed and replaced with compact and multifunctional pieces of furniture, such as a small sofa with storage space under the seat.
All this is done in order to visually “push apart” the walls of the balcony, which has an elongated shape.
Expert: Julia Tychino
