More and more windows are being added to homes these days, giving them a modern, clean vibe that’s teeming with natural light. But some California homeowners are feeling like they live in a fishbowl with their lives on display rather than in a secluded refuge.
The good news is that the innovative window solutions available today give you both style and privacy.
Get the Best Privacy Options for Your Windows
Maintain the beauty of natural light in your home while ensuring your privacy from onlooking eyes. With decorative patterns and textures available for added aesthetics, you can achieve the attractiveness you desire along with the seclusion you need in your bathrooms, bedrooms, basement, and other areas of your home.
Here are some privacy ideas for your exterior windows.
Blinds between the Glass
Get the convenience of choosing privacy any time you desire it with blinds between the panes of insulated glass. Functional blinds protect your home from dust and damage. The glass is simple to clean because it covers the blinds. Control your home’s natural light and your privacy by raising, lowering, or tilting your blinds throughout the day. Cordless design gives you added safety for both your children and pets.
Shade Solutions
Add shades to your windows and patio doors to boost your privacy with style. Get the function you desire along with the natural light you crave indoors. Boost your home’s energy efficiency with low-maintenance shade solutions. Pleated shades are mounted to an extruded aluminum storm panel and applied to the interior of the window sash.
Privacy Glass
Curtains and blinds aren’t what most homeowners want in their bathroom. Privacy and obscure glass create a frosted or etched look that blocks or distorts the view from the outside in and from the inside out. The glass takes on a textured look which makes it more opaque and less clear.
Privacy glass is ideal for bathroom windows to allow you to enjoy refreshing natural light in your home while still maintaining your seclusion. It can be used on a portion of the panes so you get optimal natural light in your home while ensuring your solitude.
Andersen offers a variety of decorative patterned glass options: cascade, fern, obscure, reed, and satin etched.
Tinted glass
Get the privacy you need with tinted glass in gray, bronze, or green on select Andersen Window products.
Art glass
Boost your home’s value and give it a distinct charm with elegant art glass. It gives you both seclusion and view obstruction. Its ability to add a decorative accent to your home with its large-scale patterns and colors can offer a viable option to help you gain solitude in your home while still enjoying an abundance of natural light.
Reflective Glass
When you want a clear line of sight out but not one in, reflective glass preserves your views from inside your home while protecting its interior from being seen from the outdoors.
The Best Window for Natural Light
Awning
These practical windows are hinged on the top and open outward from the bottom, providing ventilation for your home even when it rains. They are used higher on walls for privacy, or in combination with stationary windows to give you a better view.
Bay and Bow
This style combines three or more windows together, angling out beyond your home’s wall. As a result, bay and bow windows allow more natural light into your home and give you extra space in your room for a reading or breakfast nook.
Casement
These gorgeous windows are hinged on the side and crank open outward, giving you an abundance of light and ventilation. They can be grouped into impressive combinations or placed above your kitchen sink for ease of use.
Gliding
These windows slide horizontally and give you a wealth of natural light and ventilation. They don’t open outward, so they’re a good option for rooms that face a walkway, a porch, or an outdoor deck.
Pass-Through
Get natural light indoors and entertain with ease by connecting your deck, pool, or patio to the inside of your home with a pass-through window.
Picture
Enjoy optimal energy efficiency along with an abundance of natural light with a large, stationary picture window.
Single Hung
Get energy savings and low maintenance with a single operable lower sash.
Double Hung
The two operating sashes move up and down, allowing for optimal air circulation in your home. The tilt-in feature provides easy cleaning from inside your home.
Specialty Shapes
Boost your home’s character, curb appeal, and value with uncommon shapes: elegant arches, stunning angles, and beautiful curves. These are gorgeous alone or in combination with other windows.
Replacement Window Installation You Can Trust
To get high performance, energy savings, and longevity out of your replacement windows, they need to be installed by a team of experienced professionals. At Approved Contractor, we deliver the highest level of window installation. As an Andersen Window Certified Contractor, we know the brand thoroughly and implement the manufacturer’s best practices so you get great function for the life of your new windows.
We take time to talk with you about window options so you can make an informed decision and get the optimal fit for your long-term needs. We ensure you understand the remodeling process by educating you and initiating your project after your questions are answered.
Why Andersen Windows?
We specialize in Andersen Window installation. Their high standards and innovation have caused them to lead the replacement window industry for over 100 years. They have a window for every style preference and budget requirement. From a cost-effective window line to premium custom windows, Andersen has it all.
Take a moment to learn more about our windows services.
