40 Sunroom Ideas To Make the Most of This Airy, Light-Flooded Bonus Space

Tile the Floors

Upgrade dated sunroom flooring with patterned tiles. Becca Interiors added comfortable seating, a coffee table, and an end table make it an ideal spot to curl up with a book or entertain friends who stop by for a cup of tea.

Set Up a Dining Table

Transform your sunroom into a dining room for sit-down meals and entertaining. This updated 70s Pittsburgh home from Leanne Ford Interiors has a bump-out sunroom dining room with wraparound windows and whitewashed finishes that has sweeping views of the outdoors.

Install Light Fixtures

While sunrooms don't generally need extra lighting when used by day, incorporate extra light fixtures if you want to use yours after dark.

BHDM Design added a large table lamp and a contemporary pendant light to this Long Island, NY that turns it into a perfect spot for cocktail hour.

Cover the Windows

While some people leave their sunroom windows bare, it's worth considering installing shades or blinds for light and climate control (and privacy) when needed, especially if your sunroom faces south.

Britt Design Studio installed both woven Roman shades and drapes along one wall of this neutral-toned sunroom.

Set Up a Sunroom Game Room

If you love to spend summer afternoons playing board games with the family, turn your sunroom into a game room.

Kate Marker Interiors decorated this back porch cottage sunroom with cozy mismatched seating and white walls and window shades.

Create a Lounge Space

Turn your sunroom into a comfortable lounge space with seating for a crowd. Crisp Architects decorated this modern farmhouse sunroom with a neutral palette of white, black, and gray.

Cover Walls in Painted Wood

Freshen up your sunroom with a coat of white paint. Chango & Co. covered the vertical shiplap walls, trim, and beadboard ceiling of this cozy sunroom in the same shade of bright white for a cohesive feel.

Add Boho Style

Give your sunroom a budget-friendly boho-style makeover with a low table surrounded by floor pillows.

This screen porch turned three-season sunroom from A Beautiful Mess is decorated with plants and a large area rug to create a casual hang out and entertaining space.

Mix Finishes and Textures

Add texture to an all-white sunroom by mixing glossy and matte finishes, materials, and natural accents.

Leanne Ford Interiors installed built-in glass-front storage unit on the third wall that mimics the style of the windows, reflecting the leafy views and bouncing around light.

Set Up a Small Home Gym

Turn a small sunroom into a home gym that lets you get a workout in no matter the weather. The Novogratz hung a punching bag and made room for a yoga mat in this whitewashed space with a leafy view for an indoor-outdoor feel.

Create a Sunny Music Room

A grand piano turns this sunroom from Kate Marker Interiors into a tranquil music room and gathering spot. Bluestone floors add character to the space, which has direct access to the outdoor space through French doors.

Fill the Space With Plants

A sunroom becomes a winter garden with the addition of plants. A Beautiful Mess filled the empty space by one set of doors with plants and planters of varying heights and sizes for an effortless feel.

Hang Sunroom Drapes

This sunroom from Chango & Co. has a U-shaped sectional that seats a crowd, anchored by wrap-around arched windows.

Wrap-around white drapes can be used for privacy and light control while fading into the background when they're not needed.

Style a Sunroom Living Room

If your all-weather sunroom includes radiant heat and a fireplace, turn it into a second living room. Crisp Architects decorated this traditional space with antiques and painted the ceiling blue for a cozy feel.

Set Up an Art Corner

Turn a large sunroom into a multipurpose space with zones for lounging and and art corner with a standing easel, like this space from A Beautiful Mess.

Include a Rolling Art Cart

Outfit your sunroom art studio with a vintage cart on wheels stocked with supplies that can be moved around as the light changes, like this space from A Beautiful Mess.

Create a Sunroom Office

Turn your sunroom into a home office, like this space from BHDM Design and ARCHIVE by Dan Mazzarini.

The remote workspace includes glossy white painted wood floors, gray walls, and wrap-around white trimmed windows that face the garden and can be opened to let in fresh air.

Add a Sunroom Hanging Chair

Give your sunroom a breezy bohemian feel with a wicker hanging chair suspended from the ceiling, like this coastal space from Blakely Interior Design.

Hang Sunroom Window Shades

Hang shades on sunroom windows so that you can control temperature and light when needed. M Lavender Interiors added woven Roman shades to the main windows in this sunroom living room, leaving the top row of transom windows bare.

Add a Sliding Sunroom Door

Connect your sunroom to the outdoors by trading one set of windows for a sliding glass door. This space from Crisp Architects that has a sliding French door that leads to an outdoor patio dining area.

Add Color With Throw Pillows

Use throw pillows to add color to a neutral sunroom.

Blakely Interior Design added banquette seating to maximize space around the picnic-style table in this casual sunroom dining space decorated with woven textures and bright colors.

Use Indoor-Outdoor Furniture

Use classic garden furniture to create an indoor-outdoor feel in your sunroom. M Lavender Interiors chose a French-style folding table and chairs to bring the outdoors inside.

Add a Sunroom Porch Swing

Add a rustic porch swing to your sunroom for a casual feel. Becca Interiors suspended an upholstered swing using rope for a whimsical touch.

Make It Family-Friendly

Turn a large sunroom into a space that's fun for the whole family. Casa Watkins Living set up a playroom on one end and an adult lounge space on the other, uniting the boho-style space with a bright patterned area rug.

Choose Portable Furniture

Choose lightweight, portable furniture that is easy to move around and won't weigh down the look of your sunroom.

Calimia Home warmed up the sunroom in this 1918 Colonial-style house in Savannah, GA with vintage-style rattan furniture.

Decorate With Stripes

Give your sunroom a nautical feel by decorating with stripes. O’Hara Interiors paired a large area rug and upholstered seating in complementary striped patterns for a coastal look.

Build Banquette Seating

Create a focal point in your sunroom with DIY banquette seating.

A Beautiful Mess ran the channel-tufted design up to the ceiling for a dramatic look and added hidden storage beneath the seat for extra functionality.

Decorate With Earth Tones

Warm up a light and bright sunroom with warm earth tones for a cozy feel. Becca Interiors decorated this spacious family room sunroom with comfortable furniture and decor in earth tones that complement the rustic stone fireplace.

Create a Reading Room

Turn your sunroom into a hybrid reading and dining room. Leanne Ford Interiors turned this sunroom into a home library with a large farm table and comfortable seating.

Add a Farmhouse Table

Turn a sunroom with a view into a scenic spot for a formal dining room. Tyler Karu Design and Interiors outfitted this waterfront sunroom in Freeport, ME with a long antique farm table surrounded by vintage white wicker chairs for a vintage coastal feel.

Build Multifunctional Seats

Build in multifunctional seating to maximize your sunroom design. Blogger Liz Marie chose a window seat with built-in storage drawers that provides a place to read or cuddle up.

Use Natural Wood Tones

Consider cladding sunroom walls with light natural wood panels as an alternative to paint.

Kate Marker Interiors clad the walls, vaulted ceilings, and exposed beams of this spacious sunroom living room in white oak for an airy feel that is easier to maintain.

Rotate Seasonal Decor

Decorate your sunroom with seasonal accents to keep it feeling current. This 1927 screened-in porch turned three-season turned four-season sunroom from Finding Silver Pennies on the Massachusetts shore has evolved over the last century into an all-season gathering space, decorated here for summer with coastal accents.

Create a Mudroom

This Maine sunroom mudroom from Tyler Karu and Interiors has windows on three sides leading to a small front porch.

There's bench seating with under-bench storage for taking off and putting on shoes and boots or curling up with a book.

Anchor With an Area Rug

Decorate a sunroom like an outdoor living room with comfortable seating and an area rug to warm up tile floors, like this space from Kate Marker Interiors.

Add Scandi Style

This Colorado mudroom and sunroom combo from Fantastic Frank has minimalist Scandi-style vibes. White walls, simple furniture, and pale gray painted floorboards give the space an oasis feel.

Hang Curtain Panels

Whittney Parkinson Design mixed modern furniture and antique touches in this light-flooded sunroom living room that is set up for formal entertaining. Short curtain panels help to soften the corners, while woven shades can be closed to filter light.

Set Up a Breakfast Nook

Turn a small sunroom into a dining nook. Blogger Liz Marie decorated this modern farmhouse sunroom in shades of white and beige, with antique-style chairs and a round table that float in the middle of the space.

Create a Sunroom Workspace

Turn your sunroom into a remote workspace that will feel bright on the longest of days. In this London sunroom home office from Emilie Fournet Interiors, fabric shades cover the windows of the slanted ceiling to filter light and minimize glare.

Accent With Wood and Leather

Wood and leather accents add warmth to an all-white sunroom. Becca Interiors decorated the table with a row of vases filled with simple flowers to reinforce the indoor-outdoor feel.