Fall is a magical time of year in Calgary. The heat and bugs of summer are gone but the cold and snow has yet to arrive. With the leaves changing colour and the city sunsets happening earlier in the evening, fall is a great time of year to revamp your sunroom to make the best of this beautiful season.
Explore The Light
The best feature of your Calgary sunroom is the big glass windows that let sunlight and warmth flood your room each day. While there’s progressively less and less sunlight each day during fall, you need to find ways to enhance the light that does come.
Mirror, Mirror, On The Wall
One easy way to maximize the light in your sunroom is to hang a large mirror on the external wall of your home. Not only will this reflect more sunlight into your space, but it will also make your room feel bigger. If your external wall is already filled with artwork or storage, add mirrors between the windows to create a feeling of openness all throughout your space.
Expose The Floors
A slightly bigger change is to swap out your flooring for something that has a reflective sheen to it. While marble might be out of your price range, you could invest in a new hardwood floor or even wood effect laminate. The effect here is to reflect the light off the floor, making your sunroom feel brighter for longer. You can still add area rugs to trap heat and to make things a little warmer under foot.
Face The Outdoors
An easy way to revamp any space is to simply reorganize the existing furniture to make it feel like you have a brand new space. This fall, try reconfiguring your furniture so that it all faces the windows instead of the middle of the room. Not only will this give you the best views out over your fall garden, but it’ll also make your sunroom feel more cosy and intimate – perfect for those colder fall evenings when you just want to snuggle up with a hot drink.
Change Your Color Palette
There’s no easier way to freshen up your sunroom than to change the accent tones in your space. Fall gives you an easy palette to work with in browns, reds and oranges, and there’s plenty of specific images such as scarecrows, pumpkins and apples if abstract art and colour isn’t your jam. Start by swapping out (or adding to) your artwork around your sunroom, and then move on to your soft furnishings. Simple throw cushions and plush blankets are cheap and easy to get hold of, and can make your sunroom feel like a whole new space this fall. Finally, search your local thrift or antique stores for little fall theme knick knacks to put on end tables and bookshelves to finish your fall ready sunroom project.
