Smart window choices for your home

Windows are not only popular for their functional use, but they can also play a large role in improving your home’s appearance. The best windows will consider style, size and durability – and stand out when placed in the right spot.

Utilise the style of your home

You need to choose your windows and window location carefully. Grille patterns, casing styles, and proportions must be consistent with your house design to emphasise the shape of your construction. However, selecting the right window sizes can be tricky. Horizontal windows are for low houses, while tall, thin windows are for more narrow houses. Although you don’t have to use the same size throughout the whole house, all of the windows must still work together. There are designers who aim to define the levels of the house by using decreasing window sizes as the eye goes up with windows placed along vertical centrelines. Other designers base window placement according to the existing interior space.

Bringing the outdoor beauty indoors

Most of the time, designers install windows to encourage good air circulation, let more natural light inside, and give you a feeling that you have a bigger space. Windows are often too small. The ideal window size is between 26 to 30 centimetres off the floor. This lets you enjoy your view outside, while the perfect window size for the second floor is 44 centimetres. This site allows you to see the view outside without giving you the feeling that you’re forgoing your privacy.

High-wall windows allow indirect light to travel further inside. Putting up a large plate-glass window might not be the way to go if you’re looking to capture a view.

Window choices vary depending on the height of the ceiling of each room. For example, your bathroom requires more privacy than most of the rooms in your house, so a more conservative window option is best. Also, remember to consider your window placement where you have your TV set. Glare can be a problem when you try to add windows to an excessively bright room, so make sure that you remind the experts about this one. Window placement in family rooms must depend on what time of the day that room is used most.

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