Bringing the Outdoors In: Indoor Plants and Tiled Floors

Bringing the outdoors in: indoor plants and tiled floor. The public area of a family home deliberately uses outdoor materials indoors: the floor is paved with 200x200mm plain outdoor tiles with wider grout lines; the lower part of the walls has a 1200mm high glazed tile wainscot, and the upper part is white painted finish. A continuous planting trough, 400mm deep, is set by the window, planted with large-leaf indoor plants whose leaves extend into the circulation path. Furniture uses outdoor furniture vocabulary: metal woven chairs, concrete round tables. A large ceiling fan with wooden blades is installed on the ceiling. The light is diffused daylight, no direct sunlight. Avoid: using artificial plants, choosing wood-look or stone-look tiles, adding rattan or tropical resort-style decorations, using heavy fabric curtains.

Translated from Chinese by AI.

家庭住宅的公共區,刻意用戶外的材料做室內:地坪鋪 200x200mm 的素色戶外磁磚,填縫較寬;牆面下段做 1200mm 高的釉面磚裙,上段是白色塗裝。窗邊設一道連續的種植槽,深度 400mm,種的是室內能活的大葉植物,葉子伸到通行動線上。家具是戶外家具的語彙:金屬編織椅、水泥圓桌。天花裝一支大型的吊扇,葉片是木頭。光線是白天的散射光,沒有直射。避免:植物使用假植栽、磁磚選仿木紋或仿石紋、加入藤編或熱帶度假風的裝飾、窗簾使用厚重布料。