Taking advantage of the ceiling height by installing a mezzanine is a smart choice, especially when space is scarce. To make it a successful layout, you just need to respect a few essential rules.
A real extra room, the mezzanine is installed high up and remains open to the main room. It is accessed by a staircase or a ladder. Sleeping area, reading area, isolated office or play area: everything is possible, provided you adapt the layout. The only immutable rule: maintain order. Because if you’re not careful, this little hanging nest can quickly turn into a storage room.
Photos of houses with mezzanines for inspiration
Not all mezzanines are necessarily bricked! You can also opt for the mezzanine bed which has a structure allowing the bed to be raised and therefore freeing up floor space. Inexpensive compared to building a mezzanine, it will be ideal in a child’s bedroom or to furnish a studio. Need advice on choosing it? Here’s everything you need to know:
Another pitfall to avoid is to consider the room as an addition and only see the practical side. There mezzanine is entitled to the same consideration as other rooms in the house. We must think about its design, decoration and furniture in accordance with the space to which it is connected. It is not a question of copying, but of harmonizing. So a living room with a cozy atmosphere will go poorly with a mezzanine armed with metal and cold tones. Likewise, choosing to install an office above a kitchen will be unwelcome. How can you reconcile the calm of the study with the noise and nuisance of a meal place?
Low ceiling and reduced or non-existent openings are the two major disadvantages of the mezzanine. To remedy this, avoid overloading the decoration. Limit furniture to the strict minimum and prefer light colorsin order to give an illusion of space and compensate for poor lighting. Do not hang anything from the ceiling, and opt for soft, subdued lighting, favoring angles. It doesn’t take much to make the mezzanine a pleasant place to live.
