Decorate A Garden Studio
Posted By Houston Decorator on December 31, 2010
Unlike in the case of a whole house, when decorating your garden studio, you are more limited in your choices because you have practically just one room to alter. Besides, your choices are also governed by the function of this one r oom at the moment of decorating it. You would not decorate an office like you would a summer house. Usually, garden studios come ready down to the coats of paint, and the latter could meet your specifications. But, of course, given that your garden studio is to last as long as your house, and you do redecorate your house once in a while, you may want to change the style of your garden studio as well. Or, as it is more often the case, you have to redecorate your garden building when switching to another function. For instance, your kids no longer need a games room (they left for college), but you need a reading room. If you have a penchant for the Victorian era, a patterned wall paper, a long mahogany table and a few chairs plus the matching lamps from some antique shops could give you that feel.
If you intend to paint the studio, do it in summer when you can just move the furniture items outdoors. Besides, you could keep the windows and doors open to avoid paint smells and have your walls dry in no time. At least you will not need as many dust sheets as for your house; basically, you have to protect just the windows, doors and the floor. While you’ll find the basic instructions regarding the process on the paint can or on the internet, the hardest thing is to choose the color and to match it with the function and, possibly, the style of the room, when completed with furniture and accessories.
If you intend to use the garden studio for living in – as a summer house or a guest room -, then comfort is the main objective you should have in mind. Either wallpaper or paint, preferably in soft pastels, would work well for a cozy atmosphere. Given the limited space, you should reduce the furniture items to a minimum. Your grandmother’s cumbersome wardrobe, no matter the craftsmanship of its carvings, would surely not fit in here. Comfort is provided by something to lie or sit on. For a living function, a rustic style would be perfect, pillows, rugs and fabrics increasing that snug feel and matching perfectly the timber components of your accommodation.
If the garden studio is to be used as a working space – office, workshop, artist’s studio or music room, then it should be first of all practical. Your mind should be helped to remain active or creative. Painted walls in neutral hues in the first two cases or in bright colors in the last two should be preferred over any wallpaper, which could get smeared or torn accidentally. As to furniture, obviously, you don’t need anything for creative spaces like the last two, but just the items specific to the activity to be carried out; for the rest, all you need is as much space as possible. If you need to run a business here, naturally you’ll need a desk and chairs and, as importantly, the adequate light fittings (the most effective on rainy or winter days). Apart from the office that would require a modern style, you don’t have to worry about style in the other cases.
And if you intend to decorate your studio for entertainment purposes – a games room, a movie room or a ‘party’ room, while you could use wallpaper in the first two situations, it would be better to choose paint for the last function, considering a bunch of boisterous teenagers drinking a lot of beer and dancing the night away. All these amusements would call for dark colors, either by their nature or for the sake of ‘hiding’ stains. As to the style, when furniture and accessories are not a must, the minimal style needed is that matching the function of the relevant room.
A garden studio is a perfect solution for extra living space, this multipurpose space is also adaptable and flexible over time.
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