Sometimes the reality is that you live in a very small house or apartment and you don’t really have a place to rest that is separate from the main environment. In these cases, the only option will be to go out and find a nice place in the city parks, or a bar or library where you can be calm when it’s cold.
But in other cases, what happens is that we don’t really take advantage of the spaces we have.
In these images, the small balconies, terraces, corridors, galleries or internal environments of these houses and apartments, which were not used, were turned into great rest spaces using creativity.
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In these two apartments, there was an internal balcony that their owners did not use. Many houses have this type of space to take advantage of the lighting, but sometimes it happens that the place is not used. In these cases, it was converted into a resting place, and a beautiful desk to work with a view of nature.
Here is another example of a desk set up on a small internal balcony, which was perhaps a corridor that was renovated. In the following, you have an example of how a gallery, which was a transit point in the building, was decorated and transformed into a usable space: it can even be used as a bar!
Here is another gallery that was conditioned to be very welcoming, and was also used to have some green. And in the other case, a balcony that could have been a forgotten space in the house became a magnificent living room.
In these cases, two internal balconies, very well lit, were decorated with some green and pastel colors to become quiet spaces for resting, working or reading.
The terraces can also be objects of oblivion, but this is not the case of these two, which were conditioned as outdoor living rooms.
These are other examples, one of them with protection from the rain, so that the furniture is not damaged and can be used all year round.
A simpler example, for plant lovers, is to give life to the balcony with a vertical garden.
But for the most daring, these balconies turned into oriental gardens (resting spaces with elements such as rock, wood, water and sand) are truly wonderful.
In these cases, the owners knew how to take advantage of the amazing view from their terraces.
Get inspired!