If you have already heard the expression “conversation pits,” then you know that this is what Americans call in-depth recreation areas or living rooms. This is a fairly new, yet to become traditional, design technique that is popular and used to create luxury cottages. Special recreation areas, located below the level of the main buildings, are arranged not only in the courtyards, but also in the pools, as well as in the large internal premises of the residential building.
These cozy sites most often have a rectangular or round shape. The zone itself, within which people find themselves close enough to each other, is conducive to an intimate informal conversation. The trusting atmosphere is good for warm family leisure and for receiving guests.
This zone can be considered multifunctional. It is intended for a large company, it offers a wonderful view of the coast
If you place a similar zone in the courtyard, directly in the open air, the appearance of the site becomes much more spectacular. Even in the most minimalist versions, such living rooms look incredibly luxurious. Please note that no chic furniture is required to decorate this original structure.
Safety First
It is tempting to make a flooded living room in your yard, but this structure has some features that you need to consider. After all, the suburban area, as a rule, is visited by representatives of the family in several generations at once.
- Young children, playing dangerously close to the building, may fall down due to negligence and be injured.
- Inside the zone are steps that are not so easy to descend, and then climb, the elderly members of the family and the disabled. And it will be quite difficult to help them if the steps are traditionally narrow. Together, they can not fit in any way.
These design flaws are unlikely to make you abandon your plan. But you will take them into account when planning the steps, and in the process of decorating this room. It should become not only amazing, but also a safe structure, attracting universal attention. And this is the most important.
This living room is not yet fully completed, but it was made taking into account the interests of all family members. Its entire interior is made soft, and the steps are wide enough
In areas with windy weather and a dry climate, the use of buried areas is undesirable. There in a building of this type, a large amount of dust can quickly accumulate, which will have to be continuously fought. For particularly humid climatic regions, such buildings are also not suitable, because they will constantly be flooded with water.
Choose a shape in accordance with the style
Most often, the site for the zone is made round or rectangular. We have repeatedly said that each structure on the site should be successfully inscribed in a single style chosen once. Recessed living rooms are no exception to this general rule.
The sunken living room is fully consistent with the style of the plot. For this reason, it looks very organic. Pay attention to the hearth that forms the center of the site
If we create a modern site, and the chosen style is minimalism, then the construction of a rectangular shape will be most appropriate. For the Art Nouveau style, it is preferable to use a round contour. Art Deco or avant-garde may require not only a polygon, but also a living room of irregular shape.
Outdoor Living Room Furniture
There is one general rule for such a structure: the height of the furniture that is inside the building should not exceed the height of the steps. Then she will look especially harmonious. And the height of the steps is determined by the proportions of this original room. An area of this type should not be overloaded with furniture.
Even this trendy building can be inexpensive. And no one will be able to say that such an option for furniture in the buried living room is not good
It is optimal to have cozy upholstered furniture with pillows and an elegant coffee table, which is placed in the center. Sometimes a TV is also located here, but it should be borne in mind that the place for conversations should be separated from the site where the home theater or television is located.
A fireplace can be a nice addition to traditional furniture. Usually this bio fireplace is not a very complicated structure. However, the open space allows you to install and gas equipment, and even an open outdoor hearth. If you put a fireplace equipped with wide sides, it will be able to perform the additional function of a coffee table.
But not a small amount of money was spent on creating such a living room. It is very comfortable, and can perform its functions in any weather.
So that everything you need is at hand, you can integrate drawers into the hollow base of the furniture or into the steps of the stairs. Banquets that extend from under the sofas also look original. Upholstery is usually made plain.
The choice of a specific color of furniture depends on the environment and on the preferences of the owners. There are no specific recommendations in this regard. The necessary color accents are placed using pillows. If there is such a desire, you can lay rugs or mats under your feet.
In this case, the furniture was not used at all. Her role is successfully played by the flooring, on which mats and pillows were simply placed. Very comfortable in case of bad weather
Burial zone directly in the water
The most spectacular can be called a deepening platform, if it is equipped inside the pool. Of course, this option can be used only in the warm period. But for a hot summer, such a living room may seem just a salvation. This idea is amazing. You can equip a summer living room directly in an artificial reservoir, equipping it with soft sofas, light garden chairs or chairs and a comfortable small table with refreshing drinks, fruits, snacks.
If this living room looks so attractive in the daytime, imagine how good it will be to relax at night, when the stars will shine from the sky, and their reflections from the water
The recessed area is located in the very basin of the pool and is slightly covered with water. This option is only relevant in very hot climates, when staying for some time on the ankle in the water will bring rest, not a cold. In fact, the living room was moved to that part of the reservoir, which can be called shallow water.
Guests will appreciate this innovation, but a full dinner in these conditions cannot be served. Food crumbs can ruin pool water. But a variety of drinks will be very welcome. Above the site, it is appropriate to build a removable canopy. During the day, it will protect against direct and reflected sunlight, and at night you can enjoy the starry sky.
The living room combined with the pool can be used during the hottest time, when even evening does not give the body the relief it needs, and water in shallow water can provide such peace
Another option is an isolated option inside the bowl. Here, the living room can be built in such a way that strong walls separate its interior from the water. This interesting option can also be used only in the warm season. Inside the living room it will be much cooler due to the fact that its walls are washed by water. Moisture does not penetrate into the structure itself, because it is reliably isolated. This circumstance creates a special feeling of comfort.
Such an isolated living room is a real reservoir of coolness. It should always be fresh here. And this is exactly what is so necessary on a stuffy summer evening
A path was drawn from a deepened zone to one of the sides of the pool. As a rule, this is the side that is closer to home. This is a convenient solution because it facilitates the task of delivering products from the kitchen. Depth parameters are left to the discretion of its owner.
If the living room is lowered lower, it will not block the view of the water surface for those who are on the shore of an artificial reservoir. In addition, the deep guest rooms seem the most isolated from the rest of the courtyard. In the heat, they seem to concentrate in themselves the coolness.
In the afternoon it’s good to go down to the buried living room and spend the hottest hours there in the cool, but there is a danger of suffering from sunlight. To prevent this, you need umbrellas or awnings
Such a room with glass partitions looks very impressive. Of course, special material is used for such purposes. Glass provides the necessary insulation and, at the same time, allows you to see the inside of the pool. An isolated zone can contain all conceivable attributes of comfort. This evening lighting, and an open fireplace or hearth, and a music center or home theater.
Such a pleasure is worth a lot, given the level of complexity of construction and engineering installation. But such facilities give the opportunity to get a completely new experience. This is exactly the new and the unusual that so far few can boast of.
Outdoor living rooms located on the water are used mainly in the warm season. But, as you can see, there are no rules without exceptions.
For those who want to imagine all the advantages of such a platform, we offer this video. We are sure that it will cause you only positive emotions and a desire to bring this miracle to life.
