When you live in cities like Turin, you often don’t have wide open spaces, and in the summer, making our balcony a habitable space could add a new functional and comfortable environment to our home, especially on warm summer evenings.
Even if the dimensions of the terrace are small, there are various solutions to design and organize any type of space. Also on the market there are different styles of furniture that are able to satisfy every type of request and aesthetic taste.
First of all you have to choose the type of space we want to create. An open terrace without any type of cover is certainly suitable for small spaces since an additional structure would only reduce the living space even more.
If, on the other hand, you have a larger terrace, you can opt for a semi-closed structure, for example with a wooden roof, but there are also other materials to create shaded areas, otherwise you can opt for a parasol or for the use of curtains.
Looking for interesting ideas, we came across this shop that sells furniture in Turin from whichwe have collected a few styles to take inspiration from:
– Shabby chic : this style takes inspiration from the décor of English country houses. The term encompasses the two souls of this style: shabby indicates a worn, worn style and with the term chic, all the charm of a timeless style.
The furniture looks like it’s taken from Grandma’s attics, with sophisticated lines and worn paint. The material is strictly wood. The colors that define this style include all shades of white, beige and dove gray but always in a soft, almost nuanced version.
For lighting suspended lanterns and diffused lights to frame the environment.
Cushions and fabrics complete this furniture, the nuances must be chosen in line with those of the furniture, better to opt for fabrics such as linen and hemp embellished with crochet details, even here the off white is the master.
– Modern design : rigor and minimal taste define this style.
The pieces that make up this type of furniture are reduced to the essentials, the lines are geometric and clean. The colors to choose for the fabrics, as well as for the furniture structures, refer to the palette of neutral tones (light and dark) thus maintaining a certain sense of rigor; as for the materials, this style is certainly more versatile: you can in fact find furniture with wooden or metal structures.
The table as well as the seats are strictly low. For lighting it is better to opt for important lamps (they exist in many materials) and that start from the ground.
– Retro : for the eternal romantics, the retro style is the one to choose. Wrought iron furniture with rounded and harmonious lines and with tones ranging from classic gray to white.
The fabrics to be used point to pastel shades and prefer floral micro prints. Wall lamps illuminate the environment.
– Boho: those who choose this style certainly want to recreate a small corner of tranquility. The pieces that can be chosen to compose this furniture are many. For the coffee table, it is better to choose a low type so that it can be combined with cushions and poufs to be used as seats and a hammock or suspended seat in contrast.
