Moviehole-katietreasures: It's Sunroom Time

I've been sitting in my favorite room and it's the perfect season for it.

My dream for this room came from an article I saw in Victoria Magazine years ago. I originally thought that we could make the walls completely out of old French doors.

Bill had something more finished in mind.

We enclosed the space so we would have a quiet place to sit during the kid's teenage years. We finished this project about 10 years ago. We already had the roof. The foundation needed to be beefed up a few inches, but Bill did the rest by himself.

He did the walls and windows and we tiled the floor, together. His brother helped with the electrical.

Sheetrock was the worst part.

This room has gotten some tweaking in the past year.

I painted the walls Urban Putty by Sherwin Williams.

I painted some furniture and recovered the little settee.

I re-did the little school house desk, now a plant stand.

I love this room.

It is a great place to play with decorating styles.

It used to be the family "meeting" room when we needed to have a serious talk with the kids. Our house has small rooms so this space gives us a few more feet to spread out. It's perfect for overflow seating during holiday get togethers.

I usually put a drink station out here.

I am not afraid to embrace my country decorating roots in this space.

It is a little more casual and laid back.

In most of the country this would be considered a three season room. It is not vented for heat or air conditioning and therefore it's not factored into the square footage of the house. But it is about 110 square feet.

It has a window unit for the summer but even with a small air conditioner it gets too warm on July and August afternoons.

We can use it all winter except on days when it is in the teens or below. That doesn't happen too often in Texas. We have a couple of little heaters out here that keep it toasty on other days.