How to make an inexpensive winter garden

How to make an inexpensive winter garden

When the cold arrives, spending time in the garden diminishes, causing a time when you can hardly spend a few minutes outside to take care of them but not to enjoy it. So if you have the right space, how about we show you how to make an inexpensive winter garden?

Here we will give you a series of tips and ideas so that you can have an inexpensive winter garden, whether you have a large space or a small one. Let's do it?

Make a winter garden in a large space

Make a winter garden in a large space

If you live in a single-family house, or one with a garden, then the space you have can be more spacious. In this case, An inexpensive winter garden can be created using part of the garden and the house.

We explain it to you:

  • It tienes a patio in the garden, you can choose this to close it and thus enjoy the contact with the plants. You do not need a very large space, just one in which you can feel comfortable and have the plants by your side.
  • Another option is that have a room in the house that overlooks the garden. In this case, it would be to transform that room into a link between the garden and the home.

This would be the cheapest way to have a winter garden, since we use what we have. In the first case, that of using the patio, it would have to be closed, but you can use mother and glass for this or, even more economically, aluminum and glass.

What if I want a bigger structure?

Another option you have When you have enough space, it is to make a winter garden attached to the house, or close to it. We are talking about making a closed structure, with a roof, walls, etc. That can be next to the house (for example, making a door to enter the house, or from the outside), or somewhere in your garden if it is large. Of course, be careful what you do since later it can be considered a habitable structure and pay more than the real estate tax.

What it takes to build an inexpensive winter garden

What it takes to build an inexpensive winter garden

If you opt for this option because you have more than enough space, in addition to choosing the way you are going to create your garden, you have to think about the materials you are going to need.

These are basically:

The structure

Will be formed mainly by wood or aluminum and glass. Aluminum is cheaper and also lightweight, which helps to build the structure much faster and without spending too much. Wood has to be treated and is more expensive.

As for the crystals, it should be of good quality, since they will go as windows or sliding doors so that, if you want to use it in summer, you can also do it. And speaking of summer, consider putting mosquito nets on it to avoid insect problems (and thus protect your plants as well).

Furniture

In a winter garden, as in a summer one, bet on timeless furniture, that do not look very modern or super old.

You can choose to recycle furniture or even DIY with others you have.

The lighting

Although the perfect location to make a winter garden has to be a place where the light is very present (and it could be the morning sun), at a certain time you will need some light to be in that place without staying blind.

You can choose in this case a pendant lamp or even garlands or led strips through the ceiling that illuminate the whole place.

We do not recommend candles or chandeliers, unless these are led lights since, if they fall or something, they could cause a fire with the plants.

A fireplace or similar

If you are going to use the garden to be in it, you will most likely be cold. To avoid this, you might consider having a fireplace, a radiator or something that allows you to have heat for yourself. Of course, be careful with the plants then, you will have to place them in such a way that they are not affected by having a little heat in the room.

Plants

Obviously, a winter garden without plants would not be a garden. In this case, being closed, you could consider certain species somewhat more delicate if you cover their needs.

Keep an order in this place, to avoid that, in the end, the garden is just a garden, and you cannot use it to stay inside for a while.

winter Garden

How to make an inexpensive winter garden if you barely have space

Let's now think of a winter garden in a place where you hardly have space. For example, a flat, or a small house without a garden. Here you can find two options:

  • Have a balcony or small patio.
  • Not having a balcony or a small patio.

If you have a balcony or small patio

If your apartment or house has a balcony or small patio, you can think about closing it. To do this, you could opt for aluminum or wood and glass for the windows. But if it's still too expensive, how about plastic? Today there is clear plastic that you could use to cover the open area of ​​the balcony or patio so that you can use it.

Once it is closed, you can place the plants you want and a small armchair or a mattress so that you can sit and spend a while outside, either reading, writing or even teleworking.

If you don't have a balcony or patio

Now we get to the worst. That you do not have a balcony because your apartment is indoor, and that you do not have a patio in your house either. No problem!

Take a look around you and find which is the place that has the most illumination. Once you find it, you just have to transform that space into a green place with some plants to keep you company.

It will not be the same, and you can certainly be very limited, but at least you will enjoy the plants in winter. For example, you might think of vertical planters or vertical gardens for the walls.

Do you dare to make your winter garden inexpensive? How would you do it?


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