Growing vegetables on a balcony during the Golden Week holiday - just give me one balcony

After buying a home, people also place great importance on balcony renovation. It needs to handle everyday laundry drying, allow for growing flowers and plants to satisfy personal little joys in life; it needs to allow for drinking tea and chatting, enriching daily life, and so on... A balcony has a hundred uses. When renovating, have you also struggled with the following questions?

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If you choose to enclose your balcony

You can transform it like this

| Study

Warm reminder:Friends in the north can add a heating unit on the balcony, and winter will be much easier.

1 Put flooring on the wall to stretch the vertical sense of extension

A typical custom workspace that can be created by converting a balcony. The layout is very reasonable, and the ceiling spotlight design is also very well done.

2 The windowsill is a ready-made desk! The scenery outside may not compare, but the scenery in your heart is not far off.

3 Many old homes in China with balconies can perhaps be transformed like this: a truly spacious workspace, a full-wall bookshelf (glass doors should be added to keep out dust), and ceiling spotlights - absolutely brilliant!

4 For a balcony with a depth of more than 1.5 m, you can use it like this: wooden venetian blinds, shelving, minimalist spotlights, a writing desk, and a wooden side cabinet that can hold many green plants. Wood flooring makes the space look more like part of the interior.

5 A small corner that is both highly functional and cozy. Although it is a rendering, it is really practical. Many balconies in homes from China's 1980s and 1990s can be transformed like this: Roman blinds, a low cabinet under the window, a lamp under the desk... However, in many northern homes the heating unit is under the window, so it can be modified according to the actual situation.

6 If the balcony is large enough, you can move the entire study into it: large-area blinds provide both daylight and shade without compromising either.

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If you choose not to enclose your balcony

You can have more free-flowing air

| Relaxation

1 A rattan chair paired with summer-style throw pillows. A small stool can also serve as a side table for drinks and small plants. With friends, enjoying the warm breeze and basking in the sun.

2 The blue rattan chair is superb, the wooden fence is also very cute, and the black-and-white striped rug is simply versatile.

3 Rattan chairs, a rug, cushions and lots of plants - a botanical garden balcony that melts your heart

4 Build a corner seating box along the balcony railing, add two or three cushions, and it becomes a great gathering spot in the summer breeze, without taking up space in front of the door.

5 If the balcony is not large, use light and slender furniture! Flower pots can also be hung on the railing, and the colorful palette makes your heart feel lighter.

6 It is truly not a huge balcony: wall-mounted plants, cushions, a bright yellow side cabinet... everything is in its most perfect state, yet it feels very welcoming.

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Balcony tiling cannot be done "half-heartedly"

If the balcony tiles are laid well, the aesthetic appeal can rise rapidly too! If your balcony does not look good, it may be a tiling problem. Today I want to sort out for everyone: should a balcony be tiled? How can balcony tiling look better?

Whether it is an enclosed balcony or an open balcony, the floor will be exposed to ultraviolet rays for a long time, or get wet when it is windy and rainy, and there will be standing water when clothes are dried.

Therefore, balcony floor tiles must be wear-resistant and slip-resistant. You cannot just buy and install them casually because they look good.

If it is an enclosed indoor balcony, the tiling material can refer to that of the living room; if it is an outer balcony, you can choose tiles with relatively good slip resistance and wear resistance.

Choose these three types of tiles and you cannot go wrong

The most basic requirements when choosing tiles for balcony renovation are slip resistance, wear resistance and aging resistance. At present, the following three categories are used the most:

1. Full-body tiles

A commonly used balcony tile. The surface is not glazed, and the material and color of the front and back are consistent. Its wear resistance and slip resistance are the best among all ceramic tiles. However, the design of its patterns cannot compare with glazed tiles. It is more suitable for plain-color interior design environments, and is mostly used for floors and less for walls.

2. Glazed tiles

The surface has undergone glaze firing and has rich colors and patterns. While being slip-resistant and wear-resistant, it also has a relatively good stain-resistant effect.

They can be divided by raw material into ceramic glazed tiles and porcelain glazed tiles; by gloss, they are further divided into matte and glossy types. If they are to be installed in spaces with water and oil such as balconies or kitchens, choosing glossy glazed tiles will be better.

3. Polished tiles

Polished tiles are full-body tiles after grinding and polishing. Their brightness is higher than that of full-body tiles, and their hardness and wear resistance are also very good. Polished tiles treated with the infiltration flower technique can also have various stone-like and wood-like grain effects.

Friends who want to install wood flooring/stone tiles on their home balcony but are worried about insufficient wear resistance and corrosion resistance can choose polished tiles with wood grain or imitation stone grain. The decorative effect is good and they are also very durable.

Overall, tiling a balcony is truly a design that greatly boosts its appearance. Which type of tile will you choose for your balcony renovation?

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