Arbor Interior: Modern Ideas

First of all, a gazebo is a secluded place in a private area for leisure and outdoor recreation. In landscape design, this building is considered as an important element of the composition, a bright accent, a detail that can radically change the visual perception of the landscape. When arranging the site carefully choose not only the shape and content of the gazebo, but also the place for it. The building should be freely connected with the residential house and at the same time be adjacent to the garden. The proximity of trees and plants will create a pleasant atmosphere that will positively affect the mood of holidaymakers. Functionality, reliability, beauty - these are the three main characteristics that a building for recreation should correspond to. The interior of the gazebo also plays an important role: furniture and decor will help to create a cozy atmosphere. Consider the types of buildings, options for their design and zoning.

We are determined with the type of arbor

Before building a gazebo, you should decide on three main features of its construction:

• Functionality.
• The form.
• Material.

Depending on the type of construction, gazebos are classified into three main types:

• Open The construction is very simple: the supporting pillars are covered with a canopy. It is easy to build such an arbor with your own hands. Sometimes the interior is complicated with the help of decorative partitions, if the area of ​​the building allows zoning. In other cases, light, mesh "walls" are erected around the perimeter. This arbor has no windows. It protects from sunlight and rain, is in close proximity to the garden. The disadvantages include insecurity from insects, wind and the ability to use only in the warm season.
• Closed. These gazebos are more like miniature, freestanding holiday houses, pavilions. They have full walls and windows. The main advantage of a closed type building is its ability to use at any time of the year. Walls reliably protect from bad weather, wind and hordes of mosquitoes. However, some consider this type of recreation "refined", that is, a sense of closeness with nature is slightly lost in an enclosed space. Usually they have a fireplace or hearth, which provides a comfortable temperature in winter.
• Live, or pergola. This type of gazebo strikes the beauty of greenery. For the construction of the pergola will need only support columns and frame. The walls and roof in the living arbor are made from climbing plants. Hop, grapes, clematis, ivy, honeysuckle, climbing roses, campsis can play their role. For such a gazebo require special care (cutting, watering). It protects only from the sun and partly from the rain, suitable only for recreation in the summer.

There is another type - gazebos with barbecue. In fact, the unit for roasting meat and vegetables can decorate the interior of both open and closed gazebos. It is not recommended to install a barbecue in "living" buildings, as the smoke and heat can adversely affect the plants.

Pergolas set not only separately solely for recreation, but also directly on the garden paths. Under the shade of the leaves settle small corners for short respites from the benches.

The choice of material for construction

When choosing a material for the construction of gazebos primarily focus on the budget. If it is limited, then you will have to be content with the means at hand. But even in this case, you can build an elegant, beautiful gazebo with neat decor, which will please the eye and become a permanent place to relax.

For construction choose the following materials:

• Tree. Eco-friendly, inexpensive wood is a good option for low-cost construction. For such a gazebo do not need a solid foundation. Collapsible structures can be used as a temporary resting place and, if necessary, moved to another place of the summer cottage.
• Brick or stone. Such a monumental gazebo is built for decades. It is often supplied with a barbecue or barbecue, in the design there is a massive furniture. For brick walls have to use a solid monolithic or strip foundation. In summer, it is replaced by outdoor kitchen for canning. In the gazebo, you can place late friends and use it as a guest house.
• Metal and forged buildings. If competently develop a construction project, the arbor can be built in a couple of days. The design is quite light, therefore it is combined with any type of foundation. It can be used only as a summer option or to warm the walls and relax in the gazebo in winter.

Recently, modern, lightweight artificial materials have often been used in country houses. The leader among them was polycarbonate. They sheathe greenhouses, greenhouses and gazebos. Due to the special structure (honeycomb), the sheets of material are hollow inside, so they perfectly keep the heat, protect from rain, wind and annoying insects, but they let in light. Polycarbonate gazebos are light and mobile: the design is easy to disassemble and re-install next summer. This option will allow you to economize the budget and a couple of days to get a neat building on the site.

The shape and size of arbors

According to the configuration, arbors are divided into the following types:

• Rectangular and square. These are the most simple, conservative options. Such arbors can be built from any material. Approach practically any style decisions.
• Corner. The specific configuration is determined by the location of the arbor (usually in the corner of the fence). Compact version suitable for small areas where there is little free space.
• Round. The form for the construction is very unusual. Arbors are made of wood. They are combined with a ruler of modern styles.
• Hexagonal. The most difficult construction, which is not to build without a detailed plan. Carry out construction only of wood. Such a decision will be not just an addition to landscape design, but its highlight.

In a separate group include gazebos, sheds. They can have a wide variety of forms. Externally resemble tents. For the construction does not need a foundation, just a couple of supports and directly "roof" of lightweight, waterproof material.

Stylistic directions

For decoration arbors use the same styles as for the arrangement of residential buildings and apartments. The most popular destinations are:

• High tech. The modern trend, which is characterized by a strict color range (gray, white and black) and an abundance of metallized, glass, plastic surfaces. The high-tech gazebo looks like a separate living room for receiving distinguished guests. It is immersed in artificial lighting, and a minimum of decor, modern appliances and expensive furnishings will ensure a high level of comfort.
• Provence. One of the varieties of country style. Provence is characterized by the use of wood in the decoration, the old "grandmother's" furniture and an abundance of greenery, decorative elements.
• Loft. Arbor in this style is made of metal, wood or brick. The building must be decorated with a large number of sources of artificial lighting. Furnishing choose concise, but expensive. It will be originally combined with the general carelessness in the decoration.
• Classic. This luxurious destination turns a gazebo into a greenhouse. In the construction they find a place for trees and flowers in pots. The furnishings are complemented with antique furniture. Gazebos are made of stone or brick and decorated with forging.

• Eco style. For the construction of arbors choose only natural, environmentally friendly materials (wood). The roof is often decorated with "moss" carpet. The decor must present branches, stumps, wooden bars, sawn. The original solution will be the construction of a gazebo around a living tree. The barrel will be part of the interior composition.
• Sea style. This gazebo will remind you of summer holidays. It is decorated with sand or small pebbles (pebbles), shells, tackles. The combination of shades of blue and yellow, which symbolize the sea and sand, respectively, prevails in the color range.
• Ethnic. This large group includes English, Italian, Spanish, Russian, Japanese styles. Native ethnic direction for us is embodied in wooden arbors, log cabins decorated with carvings. The decor is very laconic: a couple of shops, a massive table, a buffet. The floor is covered with homemade tracks, and the main character of the composition will be a Russian samovar with a necklace of bagels.

For decoration arbors also use minimalism, chalet, art deco, retro, art nouveau. The main thing is that the direction either matches or harmonizes with the stylistic decision that was chosen to design the landscape of the site.

Variants of design and zoning inside

Like any other room, the gazebo must be zoned. The correct arrangement of the furniture is responsible for the comfortable movement inside the building. The list of main areas includes:

• Recreation area.
• Lunch area.
• Summer kitchen, barbecue or buffet.

In some compact versions limited to only one or two zones. If a gazebo on the square can compete with a small country house, then even dance floors will be installed on its territory.

Recreation area - the choice of upholstered furniture

In the recreation area must have furniture: sofas, chairs, sun loungers, ottomans or benches. When choosing, they are guided by the number of people who will be in the gazebo at the same time. Hospitable owners for large companies acquire wide sofas and sets of light, wicker chairs. "Bed" can be built independently from construction pallets. Pallets are connected to each other with self-tapping screws, draped with cloth, mattresses and a whole armada of pads are put on top. If the gazebo is used only in the summer, then it is better to purchase folding garden furniture. Buildings of the closed type are equipped as full-fledged living rooms. The living room will be the best example.

Dinner Zone

The dining area consists of a table and chairs or benches. It is usually placed near the window or near open walls. If the food is cooked inside the building, the heat from the hearth will heat up the room. To stay in it was comfortable, it is better to put the table closer to the open air. If you do not have the required number of chairs, and it is not very convenient to constantly transfer them from home and back on arrival of guests, then they use benches.

Arrangement of summer kitchen

Summer kitchen completely replaces the usual. Here, not only prepare breakfasts and dinners. In order to free the main kitchen from dirt and “overheating”, the canning and pickling of the garden and vegetable garden products are transferred here. In the summer kitchen put buffet, table (work area), barbecue (stove, fireplace, hearth). If there is such an opportunity, then water is supplied to the gazebo and a sink for dishes and products is installed. The rule of the working triangle in the gazebo to realize will not work (the refrigerator is not set here). However, the furniture should be located in such a way that the hostess could move along a convenient route between the hearth and the work area without obstacles.

The use of textiles in the design / decoration

Fabric gazebos adorned to give the atmosphere of home comfort. As a rule, textiles are needed for curtains and light curtains. They decorate the windows or openings, in place of which they could be. For open arbors, there is enough translucent tulle or “netting” that will save mosquitoes in the evenings. In closed buildings, the windows are covered with full curtains. Classically interiors use massive curtains with tassels and lambrequins.

Communications and lighting

For the most simple gazebos, sheds, as a rule, are limited only to the supply of electricity. Water supply is necessary if there is a summer kitchen zone in the pavilion. The hood is also needed only for barbecue gazebos, otherwise the heat from the cooking food will create an uncomfortable indoor climate and even a summer breeze will not save. If the building has a hearth, then a chimney is required. In the comfortable gazebos of the closed type air conditioners are installed.

Conclusion

It is better to build a gazebo near the garden and the pond, if there is one. The building will be only part of the composition for the recreation area. Approaches to it must be decorated with flower gardens, benches, garden sculpture. Arbors on an elevation, to which stairs lead, with curb clubs on the sides and slender rows of lanterns will look stylish.