Designing for the Weather

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It’s been a hot few months with the weather getting considerably warmer, so here are a few design ideas you can incorporate into your home decor to make it comfortable and cosy.

Using lighter colours on your walls

If you’re considering painting your walls, you should consider how colours affect temperature. Dark colours and hues absorb more energy from the environment, causing more heat. To keep your house cool in hot periods, paint your room with light colours such as white, beige, pale blue, or pink. These colours reflect heat and also make your room look spacious.

Become a plant parent

Incorporate some potted plants into your room’s decor. Plants act as natural dehumidifiers, sucking away all the moist, hot air and giving your room a natural, fresh airiness. And you won’t have to bother about maintenance as well. Some plants like the Peace Lily and the Spider Plant are perfect for growing indoors, and only require watering every once in a while.

Install ceiling fans alongside your air conditioning

Ceiling fans effectively circulate air and combining them with air conditioning will make your room cooler and also reduce energy consumption. You can raise the heating in your home to about 4 degrees F and the ceiling fan will circulate the cool air. You can also install window fans and these don’t consume as much energy as well.

Use heat-dispersing materials for your flooring

Using materials like vinyl, fiberglass, carpets and wood for your flooring is very stylish but does nothing for you cooling-wise as these are all poor conductors of heat, so when the weather gets warmer it retains a lot of heat. 

For warmer climates, materials like natural stone, cement and porcelain would be ideal floor materials as they disperse heat quickly, making your room cooler.

Use UV deflecting glass or film for your windows

Windows let in air, but they also let in sun rays with that comes heat. To counter that, you can go for UV deflecting glass for windows, having low e-coating or double glazing features to prevent the sun rays from heating your house. The low e-coating reflects infrared and UV lights, but allows about 90% of the visible light through. Getting a UV film over your windows allows you to let in sunlight but bounces back the UV energy that heats up your home.

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