Luxury Coastal Conservatory Ideas and Designs

All season room with views of lake. Anice Hoachlander, Hoachlander Davis Photography LLC
Inspiration for a large coastal conservatory in DC Metro with light hardwood flooring, a standard ceiling and beige floors.

Beach House Three Season Room

Lasley Brahaney Architecture + Construction

With floor to ceiling windows on three sides, this enclosed porch brings the shore views inside. Tom Grimes Photography
Large beach style conservatory in Other with porcelain flooring, no fireplace and a standard ceiling.

Hermosa Beach Beach House

Design + Build by Lazar

Small reading nook in the hallway just outside the elevator provides a small space to read or catch some sun. Thoughtfully designed by Steve Lazar. DesignBuildbySouthSwell.com Photography by Joel Silva

Modern Sconset Retreat

Isle Designs

This is an example of a medium sized coastal conservatory in Boston with medium hardwood flooring, no fireplace, a standard ceiling and beige floors.

The Heron Gate - Screened in Porch

Gordon Tobey Developments

Large four-season sun room; with floor to ceiling windows, bead board ceiling, heated slate floor, and an uninterrupted view to the close shores of Lake Ontario. Photo by © Daniel Vaughan (vaughangroup.ca)

San Clemente

Blackband Design

AFTER: LOFT | We removed all of the etched glass that was on the windows and doors and replaced it for a cleaner look. We turned this area into a seating room with two occasional chairs overlooking the ocean view | Renovations + Design by Blackband Design | Photography by Tessa Neustadt

The Cove- Water View Delpino Custom Luxury Coastal Dutch West Indies Style Home

Delpino Custom Homes

Library tower equipped with a rolling ladder.
Inspiration for an expansive coastal conservatory in Charleston with light hardwood flooring and a standard ceiling.

Weekend Escape on the CT Shore

Sally Scott Interior Designer

A sunny sun room with soft colors and a comfortable, inviting slip cover look damask linen sectional with decorative throw pillows. A vintage wood and glass cocktail table and end table provide places for a coffee, and the sleek swivel chair in a tweed chenille allows views of both the kitchen and exceptional water view.

Stilted orangery with glazed balcony and seaside view

Mozolowski & Murray

Stunning stilted orangery with glazed roof and patio doors opening out to views across the Firth of Forth.
Photo of a medium sized nautical conservatory in Other with ceramic flooring, a wood burning stove, a stone fireplace surround, a glass ceiling and multi-coloured floors.

Roaring Rock

Fiorentino Group Architects

Rob Karosis
Photo of a medium sized beach style conservatory in Portland Maine with medium hardwood flooring and no fireplace.

Saint Johns Tower

Bob Chatham Custom Home Design

Saints Johns Tower is a unique and elegant custom designed home. Located on a peninsula on Ono Island, this home has views to die for. The tower element gives you the feeling of being encased by the water with windows allowing you to see out from every angle. This home was built by Phillip Vlahos custom home builders and designed by Bob Chatham custom home designs.

Boat House

Artful Styles, Inc.

Small coastal conservatory in Minneapolis.

Island Retreat

Bromley Caldari Architects PC

Inspiration for a medium sized coastal conservatory in New York with concrete flooring, no fireplace, a standard ceiling and grey floors.

Oceanfront Home in Mantoloking, New Jersey

Falcon Industries

Motion City Media
Photo of a medium sized nautical conservatory in New York with a standard ceiling, grey floors and ceramic flooring.

Cottage Retreat

Hendel Homes

Medium sized beach style conservatory in Minneapolis with medium hardwood flooring and a standard ceiling.

Delavan Lake Cottage Receives a Face 'Lift'

Stebnitz Builders, Inc.

This quaint little cottage on Delavan Lake was stripped down, lifted up and totally transformed.
Design ideas for an expansive nautical conservatory in Milwaukee with medium hardwood flooring, a standard ceiling and brown floors.

Hilltop

Roberta Wilson

Mark Pinkerton - Vi360 photography
This is an example of an expansive nautical conservatory in San Francisco with dark hardwood flooring, a standard ceiling, brown floors and feature lighting.

"Best Conservatory / Screen Room / Sunroom" - 2015 Detroit Home Magazine Award

Cottage Company of Harbor Springs

Design ideas for a nautical conservatory in Other with painted wood flooring, a standard fireplace, a stone fireplace surround and grey floors.

Oceanfront Home in Mantoloking, New Jersey

Falcon Industries

Motion City Media
Inspiration for a medium sized nautical conservatory in New York with ceramic flooring, a standard ceiling and grey floors.

Saint Johns Tower

Bob Chatham Custom Home Design

Luxury Coastal Conservatory Ideas and Designs

A conservatory, garden room or orangery is a decidedly British and Irish home extension: a room that allows us to enjoy our outdoor space without having to brave the unpredictable weather. Originally a type of glass house or greenhouse where plants could be grown in sheltered conditions, the modern conservatory now offers flexible entertainment space. Your coastal conservatory can serve as an additional living area, a garden room, a spacious dining room or an open-plan kitchen; all flooded with the extra light that a glass extension will give you.

What conservatory style should I choose?

A lean to conservatory is the most straight-forward garden room structure with a slanted roof that appears to lean on the original house wall. If you’re looking for a small conservatory then the simple rectangular design of lean to conservatories makes them ideal for bungalows and properties with small gardens. The Victorian conservatory is the most common style, with an elegant shape which features a rounded end wall. An Edwardian conservatory is built similarly, but with a rectangular shape that is perhaps more space-efficient. L or P-shaped conservatories combine the styles of both Victorian and Edwardian garden rooms, and offer a versatile space that can be split into separate areas. Contemporary garden rooms with large glass walls are fantastic additions to modern homes or extensions and can create stunning exteriors. However, designs like these do use a lot of space and could require special planning permission. If you don’t have space for a large, contemporary garden room and you aren’t a fan of the uPVC conservatory, orangeries or sunrooms may appeal more; the structure is sympathetically designed to appear consistent with the style of the house.

What is an orangery?

They are both glass-walled and -roofed structures, but what is the difference between a conservatory and an orangery? The traditional orangery has a longer history ‐ it became popular in the 17th Century when homeowners wanted a place to grow citrus plants (e.g. orange trees, hence ‘orangery’) and so built structures, either stand alone or incorporated into their homes, with glass walls and roofs, similar to greenhouses. The conservatory is actually believed to have developed from the orangery after the fashion for growing citrus plants died down. However, homeowners still wanted a place to grow other tropical, herb or shrub plants that would allow sun and warmth into the house in summer and allow the plants to survive in winter. Today, the real difference is in the construction. Orangeries are considered traditional extensions with masonry walls and more standard Victorian structures, whereas modern conservatories can be more varied and made of a range of materials, including timber, uPVC or aluminium.

What type of conservatory furniture do I need?

Chances are your conservatory furniture will see a high amount of direct sunlight. Keep this in mind when choosing pieces, since some fabrics and materials can quickly fade or become uncomfortably hot. Outdoor furniture will generally stand up well to the heat and light exposure of sunrooms and orangeries, but don’t be afraid to mix and match with indoor pieces as well. Wicker, seagrass and rattan furniture items are good options, while you might want to steer away from metal and leather pieces which will get hot in the sunlight. Installing conservatory blinds or shades that can be drawn when the room isn't in use is a smart way to prolong the life of your sunroom furniture when the space is not in use.

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