Conservatories- Naff?

The house I grew up in had what we called the ‘glass place’ on the back. On Boxing Day 1962(?) we heard an almighty crash in the early hours of the morning. A heavy fall of snow had crashed through the roof and destroyed it,

Not sun room - garden room🤦🏼‍♀️

Germanshepherdsmum

No, deadly serious. I’m keeping my eye on Rightmove atm and every ‘single storey residence’ (I refuse to use the B word) has an effing conservatory! Nooooo!

Ah yes, thé B word. 😂
There are bungalows and then….there are bungalows!
My dream bungalow would be similar to one of my favourite styles, sprawling, with character and a wrap around veranda as seen in Out of Africa.
Second choice, the sprawling fabulous bungalow in Something’s Gotta Give. Now we’re talking bungalows.
Haven’t found one in Scotland yet….
kitty, I have glass corridor envy - green

We have a sun room with a solid roof, many windows and glass doors attached to the house which gets a lot of use. Sun in the morning and later in the afternoon. I would find a conservatory in full sun unbearably hot.

We love ours and don’t mind calling it an orangery. We always eat Christmas dinner in it.

We have a glass room which is like sitting in the garden. Not naff at all.

Ive thought of adding a small conservatory so I can do my photography there but I could always call it my "studio" just as my spare bedroom full of stock is "mt warehouse."

I dont give a dogs damn for other people's opinions of what is smart of naff.

That sounds exactly like our old garden room except no pot plants!

Our last house was listed so we couldn’t have one. When we moved to our current, probably naff and reminiscent of the perfect house for “old people” (sorry Germanshepherdsmum [I loved my German Shepherd 😢], just teasing) we built on a garden room which has a proper roof, under floor heating, is full of plants and feels like we’re sitting in the garden at any time of the year. We particularly love it when it’s snowing.

This is what I’d call an orangery. Built to protect oranges (and peaches) during the winter for a stately home. This is Calke Abbey’s orangery, one of the nicest I’ve seen.

Ours is enormous and wehave just had an air source heating system installed in it. It is wonderful .

I haven’t read the thread, but no, conservatories are not naff.
They are lovely and I would love one

I like being in it as it is like being in the garden amongst the birds - doors wide open - but without the pesky breeze (like today).

All the young people that gravitate towards mine certainly don’t think it screams old people. Having a lightweight solid roof put on it was money well spent as it has made it cooler in the summer, and warmer in the winter. The lovely vaulted ceiling and spotlights finish it off nicely.

TillyTrotter 😁
Is your neighbour Mrs Bucket?

I like ours because there is plenty of light for doing craft.
I can watch the birds too, they're busy at this time of year.

Our consrvatory has a glass roof, a bit like prism. What does that make it?????

Cally the Orangery roof is glass, and domed
so almost identical to our Conservatory.

I spend hours in our Conservatory as it does not have a TV in and DH can watch TV in the sitting room. On warm evenings it is nice to light candles in there as it grows dark.
The bottom quarter is brick and the rest glass.
Our new neighbour said over the fence “my wife likes your Conservatory but I have persuaded her to have an Orangery”.
It is now built and I can’t tell the difference !!

The most common questions we're asked about conservatories are "What is the difference between a conservatory and an orangery?" and "What is an orangery?"

A conservatory is a glass structure with a brick base and a pitched glazed roof

An orangery is a brick structure with large windows and a flat roof with a glass lantern

www.everest.co.uk/conservatories/what-is-an-orangery/#:~:text=A%20conservatory%20is%20a%20glass,roof%20with%20a%20glass%20lantern.

rafichagran

What is the difference between a Orangery and conservatory?
It's personnel choice but I don't like conservatories.

An orange tree.

What is the difference between a Orangery and conservatory?
It's personnel choice but I don't like conservatories.

Blondiescot

Callistemon21

Blondiescot

In fairness, there are some very 'naff' conservatories out there - just as there are some very nice ones indeed. I'm thinking of the ones which look as if they've just been tacked on to the house and don't complement the existing property in any way. I'm amazed how some ever got permission in the first place. Others are a lovely space which makes me quite envious (our house is a listed building which wouldn't lend itself to a conservatory anyway).

A friend had a listed Georgian house and she had a conservatory which was in keeping with the house; she had a bouganvillea growing in there and small citrus trees.
It was so lovely to sit in there we decided to have one built.

It's not so much the fact that ours is listed, but the actual design of the house itself which wouldn't really lend itself to a conservatory. Your friend's one sounds lovely. I could see myself sitting in there quite happily.

Sadly, she died and the house was sold.
But yes, it was.

If we had a bigger garden I’d quite like a sun room.

Friends had a fair sized conservatory added - their sitting room had been rather small and dark - it made the most enormous difference - the relative feeling of space and light.

Callistemon21

Blondiescot

In fairness, there are some very 'naff' conservatories out there - just as there are some very nice ones indeed. I'm thinking of the ones which look as if they've just been tacked on to the house and don't complement the existing property in any way. I'm amazed how some ever got permission in the first place. Others are a lovely space which makes me quite envious (our house is a listed building which wouldn't lend itself to a conservatory anyway).

A friend had a listed Georgian house and she had a conservatory which was in keeping with the house; she had a bouganvillea growing in there and small citrus trees.
It was so lovely to sit in there we decided to have one built.

It's not so much the fact that ours is listed, but the actual design of the house itself which wouldn't really lend itself to a conservatory. Your friend's one sounds lovely. I could see myself sitting in there quite happily.

Farzanah

I’ve looked at Orangeries and Conservatories and can’t spot the difference 🤔

I'm going to buy some small orange, lime and lemon trees and put them in there. Then I can upgrade it to The Orangery.
A pineapple plant or too, as well, perhaps?

I think the word ‘naff’ has become naff nowadays
Blossoming 😁

Blondiescot

In fairness, there are some very 'naff' conservatories out there - just as there are some very nice ones indeed. I'm thinking of the ones which look as if they've just been tacked on to the house and don't complement the existing property in any way. I'm amazed how some ever got permission in the first place. Others are a lovely space which makes me quite envious (our house is a listed building which wouldn't lend itself to a conservatory anyway).

A friend had a listed Georgian house and she had a conservatory which was in keeping with the house; she had a bouganvillea growing in there and small citrus trees.
It was so lovely to sit in there we decided to have one built.