When it’s time to pick out window styles for your home, it’s vital you make the most of the opportunity. With new windows, you can update your property’s aesthetics, increase your home’s resale value, and delight in refreshing views of the outdoors and greater natural light inside your house.
New windows boost your home’s curb appeal, improve energy efficiency, and increase security. But when it comes time to select them, you’ll need to balance the function of each room’s needs with the aesthetics you desire—while maintaining cohesion in your home.
Let’s dive in and discover the top window options for each room.
Tips on Choosing Window Styles for Each Room in Your House
Kitchen
- Bay window – Your kitchen is the perfect space to add a series of windows that deliver a panoramic view and uplifting breezes as you dine in your kitchen nook. Include bench seating with extra storage in the bay window area to boost its functional use, while setting the perfect atmosphere for delightful meals around the table. Bay windows make your space look larger, and offer impressive views of the outdoors.
- Picture window – This large, fixed window can be positioned to frame a scenic outdoor view as if it were a painting, enhancing your kitchen’s natural light and beauty.
- Pass-through window – Want a seamless way to serve meals at your outdoor parties? Add a pass-through window to your kitchen where you can slide food, drinks, and more through your window to a deck or patio, making entertaining a breeze.
- Awning windows and picture windows – Infuse your kitchen with a modern, open, airy feel by exchanging a traditional backsplash with awning or picture windows. You’ll make way for more natural light inside your kitchen and enjoy greater connection with the outdoors.
Living Room
- Casement Windows – This is where form meets function when it comes to window selection. Casement windows offer the perfect balance of style and practicality. Their unobstructed views bring delight as you relax in your living space. Their panes without divided panels allow for unhindered natural light to rush into your space.
Energy-efficient casements press tightly against their frames when closed, creating a solid seal that minimizes air leaks. They offer easy operation. By winding a small handle, your windows are cranked open so generous breezes can be effortlessly ushered into your space. They offer a modern look that updates traditional homes, and enhances both contemporary and farmhouse design with the perfect accent.
- Double-Hung Windows – The most popular window style, double-hung windows offer versatile ventilation options because the top sash opens downward, and the bottom sash opens upward, allowing for efficient air circulation and making them optimal choices for a variety of room types. These low-maintenance windows are simple to clean from the safety of your interior. Their tilt-in feature allows you to clean the exterior side of the glass with ease and with your feet on the ground rather than teetering on a ladder.
- Specialty Shape – Picture windows that are not in the shape of a standard rectangle or square are specialty windows. They come in a variety of shapes (from circles to octagons, trapezoids, triangles, and more), providing countless design possibilities. They are fixed windows that add light and style to your design, and are placed in proximity to a window that opens.
- Corner Window – A corner unit is made of two or more stationary window sashes that meet at a corner. This window style gives a clean, modern aesthetic with a minimally visible frame. It offers a dramatic panoramic view that adds visual interest to your design.
Bedrooms
- Slider Windows – These sleek, clean, modern windows glide horizontally along a track for smooth, simple operation. Their large, unobstructed glass welcomes an abundance of natural light into your space and gives you expansive views of the outdoors. They offer the perfect solution to bedrooms adjacent to walkways, patios, or decks where outward-opening windows could create a problem. Sliders are easy to operate and low maintenance, giving you the everyday features you need for your bedroom space.
- Casement Windows – These practical, stylish windows deliver a modern aesthetic, but you can add window grids or divided lite bars to them for a more traditional feel. They increase safety and security, and their sash opens 90 degrees, making them a possible secondary exit for residents in case of emergency.
Bathroom
- Awning Windows – This is a smart solution for bathroom ventilation that allows for privacy. Placed higher on the wall, awning windows allow light and ample airflow to usher your bathroom’s high humidity right out the window.
- Double-Hung Windows – Allow moist air to escape by adorning your bathroom with a double-hung window. Its sensible design allows you to open the top and bottom sashes so warm, moist air can exit through the top sash’s opening, while cool breezes come into your space through the bottom sash’s opening. Include privacy glass to boost your bathroom’s solitude. Choose from patterned glass options that obscure the view in and out of your windows. Double-hung windows deliver premium privacy while still allowing ample natural light into your space.
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