The initial months of a new year is often a period when property owners plan a home improvement project or even consider extending their home. Planning to do this early in the year is recommended for a number of reasons, not least of which can be a desire to meet a particular deadline – whether this is the summer holiday period or, perhaps, pre-Christmas, if starting later in the year.
Whatever the case, following the boom in demand across the wider construction sector over the last couple of years, it is better to start planning earlier rather than later. So, with that in mind, we asked our friends at David Salisbury to share 5 home extension ideas to help inspire your thinking.
An Orangery Kitchen Extension
An open plan kitchen extension remains one of the most sought-after types of home extension and is one that is likely to add the most add value to your property. Combine this with an orangery to create a stylish and luxurious new living space – the result is a flexible and functional room, full of natural light, which will become the main part of the home, to be enjoyed all year round.
A Conservatory Oasis
The pandemic and periods of lockdown has accelerated the trend for more adventurous interior plants and greenery, driven in part by the proven benefits for our health and wellbeing of being closer to nature.
A bespoke conservatory can serve as the ideal environment for your indoor plants – create your own oasis of calm and tranquillity from the comfort of inside your own home.
Seamlessly Joining House & Garden
One of the many benefits of adding an orangery or garden room to your home is the link it naturally creates between your house and garden.
Bi-fold doors can be designed to provide panoramic views of your surrounding area during winter and, when the weather allows it, can be opened up to create a seamless link with the outside.
Rustic Oak Garden Room
There’s nothing quite like the natural beauty of oak, making it the ideal material to design and build an orangery or garden room. This rustic oak framed garden room design perfectly complements this thatched cottage in Dorset, looking just like it has always been there.
Wine Cellar – Storage Inspiration
Finally, who doesn’t love neat, well-designed storage solutions – if you’re considering how to accommodate wine storage into a new home extension, how about this spiral basement wine cellar?
Designed into this open plan orangery kitchen extension, this bespoke wine cellar is the ideal storage solution, freeing up living space and ensuring your wine is kept in the right conditions.
If you’re considering extending your home this year, take a look at David Salisbury’s inspirational brochure