How to furnish this conservatory?

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We are looking to buy a house but the only stumbling block is how to make the conservatory work for us. Ideally we would like sofas or chairs or a corner sofa. We would like a TV on the large wall on the left. Where the photos were taken there is a door so we need to keep that clear. Please can anyone help?

It will only be usable for parts of the year, so not in December and January and probably August.
So I would put a sofa, coffee table and a gate leg dining table in it and some cupboards for storage and then fil it with plants.
So it will be perfect for a quiet coffee looking at thw garden when you want a bit of peace or if you want to use a table to make things or for kids crafts to leave out.
A couple of electric heaters might make it usable for a bit mot of the year.

If you put the to on the wall, then you would be sat with your back to the garden which defeats the idea on a conservatory in my mind.

i would put sofas along the brick wall and have the tv (if you really need one in there) on a stand in the corner so you make the most of the view of the garden.

@Geneticsbunny we will be put hot /cold A/C in it to make it usable
@Mydogissnoring true, but I am not sure we mind that

Thakns for the replies

Very elderly DMiL has a conservatory exactly like this and the consensus is that when the house is sold it will be demolished and a proper extension built. The roof is particularly awful - impossible to keep clean.

Depending on the construction and orientation, it could well be usable all year around but this is where many people scimp to save money on the build and then regret it later.
We had one built on the back of our previous house and used it all year as genuine usable space. Glass roof with ventilation & blinds up top and heating down below, it could be shut off from the house proper but we rarely did.

Does it have heating, I can see some blinds but are these effective?

Agree with PP, why put a TV on the wall and then sit with your back to the garden? Also too much light may make it unsuitable for this.

We used ours as an extra relaxation & chill-out room.
Long (4-5 seat) sofa down the back wall, a couple of side tables, rugs, plants and of course the Ddog bed (although he actually preferred the sofa as it was so comfortable). It was great for reading or just looking down the garden watching the birds (Ddog particularly enjoyed this).

A good conservatory works well, a poor one is a great disappointment.

With all those bricks, it would look amazing if you filled it with plants, with furniture nestling between. I can see a jungle den vibe.
As other have said, don't underestimate how hot / cold it will be in the extremes of the year. It will cost you a LOT to heat / cool if you want to use it year round. I hope there is a door between it and the main house?
But it won't go below freezing and your plants will be happy with the light.

Get rid of that conservatory and replace with a proper extension would be my advice. They are dated, unusable lots of the year and put sellers off

I’d place a small corner sofa or two armchairs on the right side, angled toward the TV, so you still keep the doorway clear. Conservatories can get very bright overall, so adding some light curtains or blinds will help. Looks like you already have some on the window that's facing the door, but you'll probably need th add them on the right as well. If you're going for a cozier look, a couple of plants and a rug with warmer colours can soften the “brick” feel, or, if you like the "loft" style better, I'd stick to the way it is now and probably added some LED lights. You can use a room planning tool like Interior design 3d or Sketchup to visualize it and see if you like the possible results.

The first thing I would do is have all the walls plastered.
It looks like the roof is polycarbonate, I would investigate replacing that with solar glass to reduce overheating and to improve heat retention in the winter.

Conservatories aren't fashionable and are unpopular on MN.

I have a similar large rectangular conservatory. We use it daily ten months of the year. It's got underfloor heating so it sometimes gets used at Christmas but we don't heat it otherwise. It also has air con but I don't bother with it because really there might be one or two days in the summer when it's too hot but seldom more. We have plenty of other rooms so don't rely on it.
Furniture wise I have two two seater sofas in there, a TV for DH a table and chairs and some bookcases. Lots of plants.
We eat in there pretty much every day from march to October unless it's raining heavily which is noisy. Otherwise we eat in the dining room or kitchen. I often have my sewing machine in there. It's so lovely to feel like you are outside in the garden but not. There are many weeks where it wouldn't be warm enough to comfortably sit outside but it's cosy in there.

I would put the TV on the right and sofas on the left so you are facing the garden. Or two sofas at a right angle The sun would reflect on a TV on the wall.

It's very similar to mine, which is west-facing with a similar roof. It's not a particularly useful space, but it's a nice one. I"ve got lots of plants in it. Telly is not possible but I can use a tablet for telly much of the time. It's too cold now but can be used for 2/3 of the year in comfort. I've painted it a very dark, black green in an attempt to match to the garden. Yours is nice as it is, OP.

If I had my way, I'd have a big dining table in it, surrounded by plants.

Pinterest Is useful for ideas.

It absolutely could be usable all year round. You can get very lightweight insulation material especially for this purpose. It goes on the inside of the roof and then you plasterboard and plaster over it.

We did this on ours as a temporarily measure, planning to demolish it and rebuild as an extension in a few years, but doing this has been a game changer.

There were already radiators in place, but insulating the roof means that the heat is retained and it is very warm in the winter when heating is on.

In the summer it is lovely and cool because the sun isn’t beating in from above.

It has ended up being the most used room in the house as it’s so versatile and the views of the garden are lovely:

We've insulated our conservatory roof and it's warm and lovely all year.
I did a dodgy edit for you, op to give you an idea 😂