If you want to improve your quality of life, how can you turn your balcony into a leisure area?

How should the balcony be decorated? Some people choose to use it to dry clothes (living balcony), some choose to use it to grow flowers and plants (landscape balcony) - but some people don't like secular life and don't like boring flowers and plants. They like the life they have created as it is, and they even love to develop the balcony into a space that belongs only to them.

As a result, the leisure balcony came into being. For sitting, playing and entertaining, there is no place more suitable than the balcony. But the leisure balcony is not just talk. A qualified leisure balcony must at least do the following five things during decoration. 1. Lighting

The balcony space is narrow and long, and no single lamp can guarantee perfect lighting. Placed on living balconies and landscape balconies, since the balcony is rarely used at night, a little light will suffice. But a relaxing balcony isn’t an option – think about when you’d most like to sit on your balcony with a drink? Or, when do you have time to sit on the balcony and have a drink? It’s not night yet!

So it is recommended to create a multi-point lighting design on the balcony - it can be a design without a main light, and install multiple lamps on the ceiling to coordinate lighting to ensure that there are no lighting blind spots in the space.

It can also be designed with the main light combined with decorative lights. The main light should be long and strip-shaped to maximize the illumination range. Decorative lights are installed in blind spots (such as walls, under tables, etc.) to serve as auxiliary lighting and at the same time enhance the balcony atmosphere. 2. Ground

The ground of the leisure balcony must first ensure that it is the same height as the adjacent room. Generally, the floor of the balcony is relatively low. At this time, we need to make up for it.

Secondly, there are two options for choosing ground materials. The first is to be the same as the adjacent room, that is, the floor of the leisure balcony will be the same as the floor of the adjacent room. Doing this can keep the decoration style unified and make the balcony look better.

The second is to build a platform or lay a wooden floor on the balcony (if the floor of the adjacent room is tiled) to increase the comfort of the balcony and make the balcony more in line with the needs and tone of a leisure balcony. 3. Open up

Do not install balcony doors - this is the strongest suggestion for leisure balconies.

On the one hand, the leisure balcony itself pursues comfort. But the environment on the balcony is too harsh, cold in winter and hot in summer. Therefore, instead of installing a balcony door, the good indoor temperature can be neutralized on the balcony and improve the comfort of the balcony.

On the other hand, the balcony door’s ability to partition space is too strong. After installing a balcony door, the balcony must be an independent space - and for the leisure balcony, whether it is adjacent to the living room or adjacent to the bedroom, it cannot be said to be too different from the adjacent rooms in terms of function. 4. Suspended ceiling

If there are no pipes above the balcony, there is no need to suspend the ceiling. If there are pipes, it is recommended to use anti-corrosion wood or gypsum board ceilings - it is not recommended to use common aluminum gusset boards or PVC ceilings.

This is because aluminum gussets and PVC feel cheap and cold in appearance. Placing this kind of textured ceiling on a leisure balcony will directly destroy the beauty of the balcony. 5. Seats

A balcony without seats is definitely not a qualified leisure balcony. The balcony is different from the bay window. It has no inherent height, so it cannot be pretended to be comfortable by spreading a cushion.

If you want to make a leisure balcony, you must have a place for leisure. Seats are an essential tool for leisure.