Buy a second light house project. Ready projects of houses and cottages with a second light
The second light in the interior means a room in which the window openings are arranged in several rows. The ceiling in such rooms is high, and there is no overlap between the rows of windows. The room turns out to be bright and spacious, but not in all dwellings this option can be realized. The area of the house must be at least 200 sq. m so that the designer's idea is revealed as much as possible.
From history to modern times
Interiors of the second light were still in the Middle Ages in churches, shrines, government buildings and in the homes of influential persons. In those days, artificial light (candles) was not used so often, and the premises needed it. Therefore, this solution made it possible to solve several issues at once - to make the room brighter and to decorate the facade of the entire structure.
Not today, interiors with a second light are found not only in the buildings listed above, but also in private houses and in city apartments. In the latter case, it can be a penthouse or duplex apartment.
This solution is especially popular in loft-style apartments. In private homes, the range of styles is wider - the interior of a house with a second light can embody the Empire, Baroque, Rococo, Classics, Rustic and similar trends.
Advantages and disadvantages of the second light in the interior
A second indoor light offers the following benefits:
- Fills the room with sunshine, making it brighter.
- You can observe a beautiful play of light on decoration and interior items.
- Makes the interior and exterior presentable.
- Indoor space is created.
- Suitable for different styles.
Along with the advantages, we want to mention the disadvantages:
- Decreases effective area building.
- It will take longer to warm up the room during winter.
- Heat loss due to large glazing area.
- Special requirements for heating and ventilation, which must be implemented by specialists, otherwise warm air can accumulate at the top, and people will freeze from below.
Ways to create windows in 2 rows
You can implement interior design with a second light in the following ways:
- Draw up a project of a house with such an architectural solution in advance. This option is the most convenient and suitable.
- Dismantle the existing overlapping ceilings, discarding the room that is on top. The work process will be time consuming and should only be performed by competent professionals.
- Lower the floor. The method is available only in private houses and provides for the installation of steps from the hallway to the living room.
Install two rows of plastic windows and attach horizontal white blinds to them (separately to the lower and upper rows), and hang a light gray translucent curtain on the sides along the entire length.
- The interior of the second light in the house has good acoustics. Therefore, you can put a grand piano or other musical instrument in it. You can also set up a home theater for watching movies in the company of loved ones.
- Good artificial lighting is required in the dark. Hang a massive center chandelier with a variety of lamps from the ceiling to match your chosen style. Pendant lamps on chains, large floor lamps and table lamps are also advisable.
- Choose the tulle and curtains in advance - it can be massive curtains, drapery, or just light and airy tulle. You can also use vertical or horizontal blinds.
- The curtains will look spectacular along the entire length of the glazing.
- To reduce heat loss during cold periods, the top row of windows can be made smaller.
- A long shelf is sometimes made between the upper and lower row of windows for storing decorative items. It can be both along the entire perimeter of the room, and along one wall.
- The fireplace will warm the hall on a cold winter evening. Since the room is large, the fireplace should not be small. It can be finished with tiles or natural stone, and a sofa area can be arranged next to it.
- The pieces of furniture should be larger than in ordinary rooms. On one of the walls, you can make bookshelves up to the ceiling. To reach them, special folding ladders are used.
Conclusion
Interior country house with a second light or a city apartment will always effectively highlight your home both inside and outside against the background of other buildings. But in order to implement such a solution, the help of professionals is needed, since the issue is not only in the correct design, but also in the safety of the building.
The specialists of the TopDom company will help you develop and implement the interior design of houses, the second light in which will not only provide additional light, but will also become the highlight of the entire home, in which you want to spend every day.
In our photo gallery with the design of houses, there are more than 1500 ready-made design projects, including those with a second light. We guarantee you a high level of professionalism and a result that will meet your expectations.
Or panoramic glazing, you should pay attention to the projects of houses with a second light, developed by our company. This architectural technique "migrated" to private construction from palaces, theater halls, public buildings.
Its essence lies in combining parts of the 1st and 2nd (and sometimes 3rd) floors into a single space due to the absence of interfloor overlaps. Sunlight penetrating from the windows of the walls, the attic gives the high room a special color, monumentality, gives rise to a feeling of spaciousness. To enhance the effect, stained glass inserts are often used.
Features of a cottage with a second light
Choosing a house with an overhead light, you need to understand that this will require a rather complex, professionally calculated project. The internal layout should take into account:
- that the useful area of the building is reduced, since part of the ceiling is missing;
- good insulation of the roof is necessary so that the warm air rising up does not "evaporate";
- engineering system heating often provides for the arrangement of a "warm floor";
- the choice of double-glazed windows is based on the calculation of the required parameters to create a comfortable microclimate;
- thermal convectors are positioned to maximize the use of electrical and natural energy.
The planning solution can be different. In a two-story building, large windows are usually provided - from floor to ceiling, illuminating the entire room at the same time. Sometimes the emphasis is on roof glazing, especially if they want to place a winter garden there. Very often, a large balcony is built at the top, encircling a gallery - they offer a view of the living room and the surrounding landscape
In our catalog you can choose a project of a one-story house up to 150, 200 m 2 with a second light, and for the construction of a large building. An example of the first is a European-style brick house - No. 57-68K (area 144 m 2), the second - a 4-storey cottage of 500 m 2. An interesting technique has become an effective design solution for modern rooms in high-tech and minimalist styles.
A country house made of foam blocks with a second light is architectural solution, in which there are no floors above the living room or dining room, which unites several floors into a single space. This design trick brings a sense of freedom to a large, airy space with an abundance of daylight that is so lacking in ordinary city apartments.
Features of building a cottage from foam concrete with a second light
- When building cottages from foam blocks, the second light is most often arranged in the daytime zone - in the living room or dining room.
- The second light is used in design in almost any architectural style: modern, gothic, classicism, chalets, etc.
- For maximum daylight, panoramic windows in the plane of the wall, in a bay window or corner panoramic windows are ideal.
- To decorate the interior, you can use large pendant chandeliers descending on chains, multi-level wall lamps and lamps that evenly distribute the light throughout the room at night.
- The design in combination with panoramic windows requires professional design of the heating system and the correct choice of window systems. Whether or not there is a second light in the house, the total volume of the premises does not change from this, but it is recommended to install additional heating devices for quick heating. The most in the best way heating for such a house is a "warm water floor" system with the additional installation of thermal paths under panoramic windows.
Benefits of a second light
Foam concrete houses with a second light look European, reminiscent of the palace decoration of ballrooms, luxurious living rooms and large libraries, which are freely visible from the stairs and galleries on the upper floor. At the same time, the windows can be made high and with panoramic glazing, which gives the cottage a stylish appearance. Such projects provide several advantages at once:
- Visual space and free air circulation,
- Maximum lighting that allows you to decorate the room with light-loving houseplants,
- Facade aesthetics with the possibility of constructing original windows and stained-glass windows.
In the construction of modern housing, "second light" is often used - an original architectural technique that provides an increase in natural light due to the absence of a part of the ceiling and interfloor ceilings. In the Domamo catalog you can view the most interesting ready-made projects of houses with a second light for a number of characteristics, layout and photos, as well as order an individual design.
Benefits of a second light
The houses with the second light have a European look, reminiscent of the palace decoration of ballrooms, luxurious living rooms and large libraries, which are freely viewed from the stairs and galleries on the upper floor. At the same time, the windows can be made high and with panoramic glazing, which gives the cottage a stylish appearance. Such projects provide several advantages at once:
- Visual space and free air circulation,
- Maximum lighting that allows you to decorate the room with light-loving houseplants,
- Facade aesthetics with the possibility of constructing original windows and stained-glass windows.
In addition, the construction of houses with additional light structures allows you to save on daylight lighting for internal stairs, balustrades, and winter gardens.
Features of projects
A house with a second light is quite difficult to design, therefore, the participation of specialists is required to accurately calculate all the subtleties and nuances. When ordering a project, it should be borne in mind that:
- Rooms with a similar architectural feature are impractical in a small house.
- The heating price will be slightly higher than for cottages of a standard storey form. To exclude heat loss, the best thermal insulation of the roof, installation of a fireplace or “warm floors”, which make the home not only warm, but also cozy, is needed here.
Here we have put together ready-made projects of houses and cottages with a second light in the living room. They are different in area, style, set of rooms, but all with spectacular interiors, convenient layouts, inexpensive in construction. So we hope that every lover of space will find something for themselves here. You can see the rest of the projects of our architects in full.
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The living room, combined with the dining room, turns out to be about 4 by 8 (or 5 by 7) in size, which means that the ceiling must be at least three meters, otherwise it will psychologically "crush". But at the same time, the rest of the rooms (kitchen, bedrooms, utility rooms, hall, furnace, etc.) are small, and can be lower, 2.5-2.7 m. Here, on the contrary, excess height will create the effect of a "well". And just then the second light will become the "magic wand" ...
In fact, we are only building one tall room. Moreover, the second light may not be over the entire area, but only, for example, by the fireplace. We design other rooms to be low, lower than they would be in an ordinary living room.
At the same time, we get a whole "bouquet" of architectural merits:
1. Impressive living room interior with high ceilings. Here you can put just a huge Christmas tree, LIKE IN THE KREMLIN! The balconies on the second floor visually expand the space of the double-height room even more. The staircase in the projects of houses and cottages with a second light completely falls into the interior and decorates it.
2.With such an extraordinary room, even a modest house will look respectable
3. Don't build unnecessary things. Reducing the overall height of the house in a project with a second light results in a 5-10% savings in wall material.
4. We respect our neighbors, we increase the harvest. We build a more squat cottage, and do not shade the plot with it.
Output: choosing for construction a project of a house and a cottage with a second light, we get beauty, comfort and economy at the same time.
Please note that in most of the house and cottage projects presented here, the second light of the living room can be blocked to increase the number of attic or second floor bedrooms. In addition, a two-story living room can be arranged in the project of almost any house with an attic.