25 Sunroom Ideas to Help You Create the Ultimate Indoor-Outdoor Retreat (2024)

When it comes to designing a sunroom, it's important to think about its function as well as its location. For example, if the sunroom is positioned just off the kitchen, placing a dining table within the space might make it the perfect spot for hosting weekend brunches or sipping your morning coffee. If it connects to the outdoor terrace, adding a pair of French doors can create a seamless connection between the indoor and outdoor areas. Most important of all, the furnishings need to be comfortable for afternoon lounging and napping.

Ready to make your dream sunroom come to life? We've gathered a list of our favorite sunroom ideas from designers that are as calming as they are elegant. Your new relaxing retreat awaits!

A plethora of windows, sophisticated colors, and textures bring the outdoors into this cover-worthy sunroom by Michael S. Smith. The transition to the lush garden is gracefully bridged by an antique rug from Ingrid Hellman-Knafve, while the faux bois table by Jasper echoes the French artistry of creating "false wood," complementing the room's breezy ambiance.

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Fashion designer Liz Lange carefully restored the diamond-paneled windows in the sunroom at Grey Gardens and paired them with matching sliding French doors. Plaster palms frame the views of the walled garden and add a whimsical touch to the space.

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A once-lonely nook next to Julia Amory's kitchen blossoms into a charming sitting area with a garden views, thanks to the painted cabana stripes tenting the ceiling. An oversize sectional (Amy Berry), covered in Sister Parish fabric, offers the perfect nesting spot after breakfast.

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Inspired by Yves Saint Laurent’s Menzeh Room, this vaulted observatory embraces a bit of a "‘carpenter chic" look with simple materials yet sophisticated taste. Designer Timothy Whealon painted and patinaed the walls to match the inspiration and upholstered wicker furniture in a Robert Kime fabric.

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In Mimi McMakin's Palm Beach home, the sunroom is a vibrant celebration of nature, with upholstery and vintage woven chairs cloaked in a painterly floral fabric ((Brunschwig & Fils). The mint lattice-back chair (Baker Furniture) adds a playful pop against the pink walls.

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Tiffany Home’s Artistic Director Lauren Santo Domingo almost always hosts her dinner parties in the glow of her Hamptons sunroom. A painted Casa Gusto table becomes the backdrop for two of the brand's iconic patterns: the Tiffany Berries, an archival tree of life pattern, and the new Tiffany Crest.

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The sunny garden room designed by Charlotte Moss exudes a collected feeling thanks to the hand-painted Portuguese ceramic tiles that adorn its walls. The room's soulful character is enhanced by a meticulously hand-needlepointed ottoman, a labor of love by artists from Keep Designing that took months to craft.

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Always one for incorporating playful nods into his work, designer Steven Gambrel surprisingly had the piano painted in this New Jersey garden room to match the airy and bright ambiance. He says, “I realize it’s not entirely in the school of good taste. But it’s really interesting and unexpected.”

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Rather than opting for airy tones, designer Renvy Graves Pittman choose to make a deeper blue palette for her California sunroom. Fortuny barkcloth and cotton fabrics dress wicker seating (Bielecky Brothers), giving them a more elevated look.

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It only makes sense that summer dinner always happen on this David Kleinberg-designed screened porch with views of the lake. A cobalt Richardson Allen dining table adds a colorful pop to the medley of rattan Bielecky chairs.

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At her Chicago townhouse, designer Summer Thornton envisioned her ground-level garden room as an extension of her outdoor space. It is tiled with a thinner version of the black and white stone (Exquisite Surfaces) used outdoors and set flush with the courtyard to create a seamless flow both indoors and out.

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Todd Romano's sunroom, with its glass walls and awning-striped ceiling, evokes the timeless elegance of classic lawn parties. The Napoleon III lounge chairs and chaise-style sofa, adorned with bold pomegranate-print fabric from Bob Collins & Sons, offer a luxurious haven for unwinding after a day spent in the garden.

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Designer Miles Redd accented the curved ceiling in this Greenwich sunroom with a trompe l’oeil tent motif painted by Agustin Hurtado. Sanderson’s rose-printed Chelsea fabric carries the verdant tones onto the chair and sofa (the latter from a Sister Parish-decorated apartment).

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Designed by David Netto, this sunroom serves as a seamless connections to the outdoors with its towering windows and bright color palette. The ceiling, painted in Beacon Gray by Benjamin Moore, mirrors the blue skies just outside. The honed Nero Marquina floors are designed to resist wear over time.

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Retractable screens immerse this lakeside sunroom by Cliff Fong into the mountain landscape. By maintaining a minimal palette and using low-slung furniture silhouettes, Fong ensured the breathtaking surroundings remained the focal point.

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This Florida sunroom by Celerie Kemble features retractable glass walls that open to create a breezy loggia with water views. Accented with indigo fabrics and vintage teak furniture, the space perfectly embodies indoor-outdoor living.

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Floral motifs from a Colefax and Fowler print on the drapery and matching cushions weave the garden into this Mark D. Sikes-designed sunroom.

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This newly added Irish conservatory prove to be the perfect place for designer Martyn Lawrence Bullard to sprinkle a little whimsy and wit. While the room may be modeled after early 19th-century orangeries and herbariums, artist Max Le Verrier's plaster moldings of hands and feet and playful flamingoes give the room an eccentric edge.

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Every inch of this Michigan cabin by designer Amy Meier embraces timeworn character including the laidback screened porch. A vintage French chaise offers sunny perch for hours of reading overlooking the water.

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