If it is well appointed and decorated, a small balcony can contribute, beyond the external space in addition, to our inner well-being. How to develop a small balcony of more or less 2 m²? Our answers in pictures.
Long and narrow balcony, spinning balcony, small balcony in length … Even more than the terraces, the balconies are an immediate extension of the interior by the opening of a French window or a bay window. They also offer a perspective on the surrounding nature, while being almost in the apartment. They therefore enlarge the, where the parts, which serve them beyond their simple surface. How to develop a very small balcony in town and for cheap? All our arrangement advice and decorative ideas are there!
By considering them not as external but as an extension from inside to the outside that can be decorated, the problem of the development of the small balcony is simplified. Certainly the plant-with the difficulties of above-ground culture-will take place there and make its indefinable contribution to our well-being but it will be particularly considered here for its aesthetics. Our first recommendation will therefore be give character to your little balconyby affirming a decorative bias. And therefore to make all the choices of its development according to this guideline: materials, shapes, colors, plants, furniture, lights, decorative accessories. Small cocooning balcony, small modern balcony, small flowery balcony, small Zen balcony, small Parisian balcony … The smaller the surface of your balcony, the more rigorous the selection must be made according to the maximum effect criterion obtained. Decorative continuity with the interior is the safest way. The search for a contrast is also a solution as soon as harmony is there. Some points of development require more attention.
What furniture for a small balcony?
If space allows, we can Install some furniture on a small balcony : a bistro table and two chairs, poufs with or without a coffee table, a garden chair or even outdoor cushions to lie down. The choice will be made according to the main access piece: the bistro table and its two chairs will suit a balcony served by a kitchen or a stay than that accessible from the master bedroom and for which a small low intimate living room will be more appropriate to give the whole the status of “parental suite”. We will obviously make sure to size it and only go shopping with a plan with the maximum lukewarm holdings.
It is first necessary to choose containers with little or no grip on the ground! Each will then determine the presence of plants according to its affinity with the plant element. It would be a shame to do without it completely in favor of the only furniture and decorative accessories. The balconies which have no grip on the ground, since they are suspended from the railing, are unfortunately rarely beautiful in the trade and the supports they require do not work. Faced with this deficiency and this defect, we have designed a contemporary balcony in microbilled stainless steel, much more spacious, aesthetic and discreet support. By freeing oneself from a support, the pots and balconies in Bacsac geotextile allow all kinds of clashes. Relatively neutral on the aesthetic level, they will be able to supplement a more significant ground containers on the ground. Similarly, jars (Az & Mut, for example) landing directly on the railings will be preferable.
The ground container system must allowshrink (favor erected or erected ports or the cut shrubs), climbing or grasses. A minimum depth of 50 cm will therefore be necessary. A 30 cm width seems to us to be ideal. Rectangular forms in these proportions will therefore be well suited. Round juices round or square 20 cm in section at the foot and 35 cm maximum at the top over 70 to 90 cm high will easily settle on small balconies. Lower pots (40 cm) will be able to accommodate perennials. Do not multiply the materials (two), nor the forms; Use the format varieties of a manufacturer’s line rather.
What floor for a small balcony?
THE floors of these small balconies Often contrast unpleasantly with that of the adjacent room: greyish coating, unsightly paving, dirty (broom or kärcher to pass) or aged, raw concrete slab. It is therefore crucial to alleviate this unsightly contrast by placing a Coating contributing to the decorative bias sought. Recently, the choice of carpets and outdoor carpet has expanded to offer an effect in there. Think of misappropriation of materials (canisses, mulch) or dare the use of materials for the garden (gravel, pebbles, slate petals) by placing a geotextile felt below and installing by cleaks a rim to contain them.
Protect the small balcony from prying eyes
The question of intimacy and vis-à-vis is a perfectly subjective matter. However, it arises very often. Even if the desire for tapping isolation, avoid completely opaque and too high, a fortiori in a dark shade. Consider the development of the small balcony from a decorative angle leads to immediately repel the current products of large areas, unfortunately very rarely thought according to this concern and therefore particularly ineligent.
Arrange a balcony with plants
Plant can play this role: Charmes, bamboo, photinia, pittosporum, nandina … All of course chosen according to the sunshine of the place and for their erect or erect port or their ability to undergo a size size. Rather, a curtain of climbing will be created by installing trellis in the bins to sting or by planting concrete irons or tutors. A height of 150 cm must be enough to create the protective screen without feeling locked up. In conclusion, the more a balcony, the more you have to bet on its decorative appearance, especially with the containers.
