I recommend installing a skirting board along with the concrete floor as well, even though you think you may not need it. Just imagine what a dirty mop would leave behind in the crevice where the floor meets the wall if there were no skirting. And it will make your choice look finished and intentional.
For a more modern look, fixed screens as part of your home’s design can do double function – make a statement on the design and provide security so that you can leave windows open. For even more flexibility, mount slatted screens on sliding fixtures so that you can open or shut windows and screens to protect from the breezes or provide shade.
An infra-red radiant heater reaches full operating temperature within a couple of seconds and heats an area of 20-25 square metres, making it a cosy option in an outdoor room. Available as electric or gas, it’s highly efficient as the medium-wave beam is unaffected by wind and has no naked flames or gas emissions. This also makes these heaters environmentally friendly, with an option of being fitted with a separate motion sensor.
Put a doormat made for heavy-duty foot wiping outside the entrance – a boot scraper too if mud is a real problem. A clothes rack and boot trees help dry outdoor clothing faster. Keep old towels handy for mopping the dog before he trails through the house.
love the rural look......
install a sturdy raised hearth around the fireplace. Place a few cushions on top and you have extra options when entertaining.
Love that you can hide away the barbecue!
hang up outdoor curtains - they make any outdoor space feel special.
combines under-stairs storage with timber louvres for a versatile partition that’s good to look at, whether the slats are open or shut. It forms the wall for a staircase, combining drawers with a thoughtfully designed screen
Stepladders make for excellent indoor planter displays or side tables.
love the patterned roof, letting the sun shine through and providing lovely shapes on surfaces.
secure castors on the base of one or two stacked pallets.
Stacking two to four pallets on top of each other makes for the perfect coffee table height for your living room. It also creates a wonderful place to store books and DVDs within the sides of the unit.
Keep a pile of blankets by the door – old wool camp-style blankets, lightweight quilts or fringed throws work well – and pass them around on chilly evenings in the garden.
along the garden bed with half-height windows?
By cutting off the bottoms of the bottles and adding wiring and bulbs, a chandelier has been created.
What an ingenious use of broken chairs and an old bench!
Part of an old water cistern has been repurposed into a media room bar. Very, very cool.
great dividing wall!
wooden table with painted chairs. nice!
room divider made of twigs!
love the colors - great for the patio.
Could we do this along the house once the roof is up? - would be good for visitors too.
love the lighter beams to lift the room
love the bench and metal chairs against the wooden table.
love the light, but nowhere to put it.
screen.
etched glass screens for the other end of the patio - or the bathroom?
modular lounge?
The hearth’s steel backdrop was made by welding together metal plates and bolting the piece to the wall. The raw steel has developed a rich patina from weather and the heat of the fire.
checkout the glass bar behind the lounge!
chairs
pizza oven, bbq and wood store.
wood-burning fire - stainless steel? I like the wood carrier.
wood fire - note the hearth!
vintage daybeds on a 'sleeping porch'.
wooden stump stools
Save floor space and cast an inviting glow over a small outdoor seating area by hanging string lights, lanterns and wall-mounted exterior lights. For this deck in Portland, USA, designed by Whitten Architects, three horizontal wires support a crisscross of cafe lights centred over a small outdoor dining table with seating for four.
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