what to do with narrow sunroom
kadamo
last year
My sunroom is 8’ x 14’ and trying to decide on what furniture since it’s so narrow and long. I will have a tv mounted on one of the side walls because of hubby. The only furniture I have picked out for the house is a sofa for the den which connects to sunroom. I am purchasing a West Elm Harmony sofa in sand.
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jck910
last yearroarah
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Comments (8)Hi Holly, I've been using oil-filled heaters for years now and I love them. They're inexpensive, easy to operate, easy to move, and will easily heat any normal size room quite nicely. When I was commuting to San Fran I had a medium size bedroom in someone's house and had one in there that worked too well! California people have furnaces in their houses, but I'm not sure why because they NEVER turn them on! It was usually too cold in the room with no heat at all, but I had to keep the oil-filled radiator turned on the lowest setting or it got too hot---I could have turned the room into a sauna if I had set it on high! Obviously a glass-walled room will take more heat, but in that size room I think you could easily keep it warm enough with one heater. I do agree with shudavies, though, that the one problem they have is that there's no circulation system. When houses used to be heated with steam radiators, though, there was the same problem, but they worked---the heat seems to "radiate" quite well, but I think it would possibly be more of a problem in a glass room. Keep in mind that it will be colder against the glass than in the middle of the room, and you'll need to keep the plants from actually touching the glass or some of the foliage--especially on the more tender plants--could freeze when the temps get really cold. Unless you're going to have tropicals, 50 degrees, or even 40, should be plenty warm overnight. Let us know what you decide and how it's working out once you have it finished. Skybird...See MoreGreenhouse or Sunroom? What would you do?
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Comments (30)I go with the sunroom, too, and here's why. You can build a shed for cheap at some point, and until then you'll probably keep one car inthe driveway, and all the bikes and basketballs in the garage along with the yard and snow tools. The sunroom will make a great playroom while the little ones are little. I've seen that sunroom with nothing in it but a low-pile play rug and Lego. Or balls. Or plastic hockey sticks. Or those big Little Tykes (slide, trikes, trains) Or Hot Wheels. Or dollhouses. Or art projects (easy-to-clean tile floor). Usually just one or two of those. But a great playspace, near you but not, outdoors but not. After they are done with those types of toys, it can be dining space and added living space. You don't need the shed until Boy #1 gets a car. Oops, didn't mean to scare ya lol! Upstairs, I wonder if you can steal some space from the game room to make a reach-in closet for Bedroom 2, and use its walk-in closet to expand the bathroom. 5 boys will need more counterspace, more drawer storage, and (I can't believe I'm saying this, I'm usually a 1-sink gal) 2 sinks. Downstairs, consider eliminating the study closet and adding a shower to the powder room....See MoreRug ideas for L-shapes, narrow (but lovely) sunroom
Comments (5)Can you create a wide shelf atop/within ) the windowsill of the pass thru window behind the sofa for the fish tank -- extending into the sun room. If so, do -- better for the fish and for the use of the room. You could still put the chest beneath the tank. Would not put a rug in the dogs room unless it is a small washable one b the door intended for wiping feet and for the dog's use. You might consider a "bean bag" chair for your pooch so he doesn't want/need to sit in your people seats. If you do want a rug in your sun room, instead of one rug, consider two (or three counting the wipe your feet rug)-- one a smaller oval or round or square rug and the other rug (matching or similar) a different shape -- a rectangle for the larger part of the porch. Put a faux grass rug or runner on the primary exterior approach to the porch door and add a rug intended for exterior use OUTSIDE the door to catch some of the dirt. Put a small washable non-slip rug by the door from the left side of the door to the wall on the right side (the wall behind the dog house). If you then put the dogs water dish and food dish behind the dog house, the dog will need to walk over that washable entry rug to reach food/water and, hopefully, catch some more dirt/mud before tracking it across the rest of the porch. You might easily refill a water bowl and dry dog food bowl placed behind the dog house from that pass thru window behind the dog house could. Keeping those behind the dog house could prompt the dog to claim that end of the porch for its own and make it a bit less likely to track dirt elsewhere before checking those food/water bowls (and, by doing so, wiping its own feet on its own rug by walking over it)....See More
amykath
last yeardan1888
last yearIt could make a really good tv room. Put the 77" tv on the right wall angled across the corner opposite the window. Use a long double chaise sofa against the window wall . Add a large matching ottoman that can be pushed up against the sofa. Snacks can go on a tray anywhere.
kadamo
last year
PRODiana Bier Interiors, LLC
last yearHere are three options for a sunroom that measures 7' wide by 15 long, similar to yours. You can use 2-36" wide club chairs at one end, and have room for a desk/chair or a small table at the other end. Or you can go with the third option, with one chair and ottoman at one end and another at the other end (where the desk/chair is shown). Whether the chairs are next to each other depends on who will be using the room. If it is to be used for conversation, then chairs should be closer. If one or two people are simply reading, then having the chairs farther apart would work fine.
As I said, I've done these variations in this sized room many times. Here are photos of my own sunroom, which is the same dimension as yours and has not one but two doorways! It is used for reading and overflow for my office:
Randi Holland
last yearamykath
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