With limited travel options available during the pandemic, everyone is spending lots more time at home. Many are even looking for ways to incorporate interior design elements from their favorite destinations into their spaces: this lets you feel like you’re traveling, even when you’re not. This project was my own personal quarantine design dream: to create an interior scheme for my sunroom that captures the color, joy and exuberance of those brilliant indoor/outdoor spaces you find in Mexico. My sunroom is filled with sunshine, and sunshine makes my kids think of two beach vacations we took to Cancun. Since we couldn't take them there, or anywhere, I decided to bring a little bit of Mexico home. As a backdrop, I embraced our floor to ceiling windows, great white wood paneled walls, and terra cotta floor tile, and added a soothing blue green paint to the beadboard ceiling, which to me is the color of a pool (Sherwin Williams Waterfall). Over the terra cotta tile, I layered a bright pink rug and pulled out the turquoise and yellow accents for the furniture. The furniture is at least 60 years old and will not fit out of the doors, so I had it resprayed in place and had new cushions made in indoor outdoor fabric (and trimmed it in hot pink tape). On the sofa and chair, I collected brightly colored pillows, including one that is authentic Peruvian craftwork. A teal telescope tempts young stargazers. The piece de resistance of this whole seating grouping is the coffee table. It was originally a stained wood coffee table that inhabited my in-laws’ living room in pristine condition for many years. Then it came to my house, where my son proceeded to bang his trains against it and generally abused and dented it. I had it sanded down and painted Sherwin Williams Green Bay. Over this teal colored base, my mother, who’s an artist, painted the most beautiful design of birds and flowers for me based on the Otomi tradition of Mexican embroidery. Otomi embroidery motifs typically incorporate animals and plants native to the Tenango area in central Mexico.

enclosed sun room
オースティンにある高級な中くらいなおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、グレーの床) の写真

シカゴにある中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、標準型暖炉、石材の暖炉まわり、標準型天井、オレンジの床) の写真

クリーブランドにある低価格の中くらいなモダンスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、茶色い床) の写真

Berkshire Hathaway Home Services
他の地域にある中くらいなサンタフェスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、暖炉なし、ガラス天井、オレンジの床) の写真

アデレードにあるラグジュアリーな巨大なトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、薪ストーブ、ガラス天井) の写真

The mission: turn an unused back patio into a space where mom and dad and kids can all play and enjoy being together. Dad is an avid video gamer, mom and dad love to play board games with friends and family, and the kids love to draw and play. After the patio received a new enclosure and ceiling with recessed LED lights, my solution was to divide this long space into two zones, one for adults and one for kids, but unified with a sky blue and soothing green color palette and coordinating rugs. To the right we have a comfortable sofa with poufs gathered around a specialty cocktail table that turns into a gaming table featuring a recessed well which corrals boards, game pieces, and dice (and a handy grooved lip for propping up game cards), and also has a hidden pop-up monitor that connects to game consoles or streams films/television. I designed a shelving system to wrap around the back of a brick fireplace that includes narrow upper shelving to store board games, and plenty of other spots for fun things like working robotic models of R2D2 and BB8! Over in the kids’ zone, a handy storage system with blue doors, a modular play table in a dark blue grey, and a sweet little tee pee lined with fur throws for playing, hiding, or napping gives this half of the room an organized way for kids to express themselves. Magnetic art holders on the wall display an ever-changing gallery of finger paintings and school crafts. This back patio is now a fun room sunroom where the whole family can play!

Photo: Petra Ford
シカゴにあるトロピカルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、標準型天井、オレンジの床) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなビーチスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、標準型天井、茶色い床) の写真

Geöffnete stützenfreie Fassadenecke (Fotograf: Marcus Ebener, Berlin)
ハンブルクにある小さなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、緑の床) の写真

パリにある高級な中くらいなコンテンポラリースタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、薪ストーブ、金属の暖炉まわり、標準型天井、赤い床) の写真

他の地域にあるお手頃価格の小さなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、グレーの床) の写真

ボストンにある高級な中くらいなトラディショナルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、ベージュの床) の写真

The mission: turn an unused back patio into a space where mom and dad and kids can all play and enjoy being together. Dad is an avid video gamer, mom and dad love to play board games with friends and family, and the kids love to draw and play. After the patio received a new enclosure and ceiling with recessed LED lights, my solution was to divide this long space into two zones, one for adults and one for kids, but unified with a sky blue and soothing green color palette and coordinating rugs. To the right we have a comfortable sofa with poufs gathered around a specialty cocktail table that turns into a gaming table featuring a recessed well which corrals boards, game pieces, and dice (and a handy grooved lip for propping up game cards), and also has a hidden pop-up monitor that connects to game consoles or streams films/television. I designed a shelving system to wrap around the back of a brick fireplace that includes narrow upper shelving to store board games, and plenty of other spots for fun things like working robotic models of R2D2 and BB8! Over in the kids’ zone, a handy storage system with blue doors, a modular play table in a dark blue grey, and a sweet little tee pee lined with fur throws for playing, hiding, or napping gives this half of the room an organized way for kids to express themselves. Magnetic art holders on the wall display an ever-changing gallery of finger paintings and school crafts. This back patio is now a fun room sunroom where the whole family can play!

12Stones Photography
クリーブランドにある小さなビーチスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床) の写真

Alicia Alcaide Fotografía
他の地域にある中くらいなトランジショナルスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (テラコッタタイルの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、赤い床) の写真

This sunroom now all of sudden can be a 4 season room with the addition of this GF370 gas stove. Tucked into the corner as not to invade any space it now becomes a focal point to gather around during the fall and winter evenings.

シカゴにあるお手頃価格の中くらいなエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床、茶色い床、暖炉なし、標準型天井) の写真

他の地域にある中くらいなエクレクティックスタイルのおしゃれなサンルーム (ラミネートの床、暖炉なし、標準型天井、グレーの床) の写真