If you are not fortunate enough to have a conservatory, but do have an infrequently used dining room or study, they make ideal rooms to turn into a garden room. The materials used in a room are very important to the overall effect and the emphasis in a garden room should be on natural materials. Fitting a large patio door or French windows will allow light to flood into the room whilst also inviting your garden into the room. Ensuring the room is always bright is a key factor, so reflecting the light around the room by using pale coloured walls, a large mirror and flooring such as limestone tiles is a good idea. Lots of floral chunky cushions will be appropriate bringing the outdoors indoors, ensuring a mood of casual ease.
If curtains are your choice of window treatment, then keep them light and airy, fitting them to an informal curtain pole such as the Integra Turner 35mm Wooden Curtain Pole Set. Remember grand design is certainly not the keyword for curtaining a garden room. Curtain pelmets and thick interlined curtains should be avoided as they will definitely restrict the amount of light in the room as well as the mood you are trying to create.
Cane furniture and fresco paintings will contribute to creating an outdoor feel to the room as will lots of pot plants. Do try to keep the amount of furniture and pictures to the minimum, leaving the walls plenty of room to breathe - space increases the perception of volume in a room. White wooden venetian blinds like the Alder White Natural Wooden Venetian Blind, will reflect lots of light into the room whilst also being in keeping with the informal look which needs to be maintained throughout the furniture and furnishings in a garden style of decor.
Vertical blinds are ideal in garden rooms, the attractive blades of the blind rising vertically from the shirting board to the ceiling, making the room feel taller, increasing the perception of size. This type of window blind pleats to the side of the windows allowing as much light as possible to flow into the room when the blind is not in use. If they are needed during the day to control light or temperature, they will throw attractive pools of diffused light across the room. Vertical blinds in a light summer colour such as the Avensis Sunrise Vertical Blind, will give a sunny Mediterranean feel even in the winter and will ensure a casual effect at the windows.
