Window replacements are like a breath of fresh air, even before you open them, breathing new life into home interior and exterior design. Consider these popular window designs and styles this summer for your Northern Virginia or Southern Maryland home, and bring your home to life and light.
Best Window Designs For Summer
If beauty and design coordination – the perfect look – is what you're after in window design, every detail of color, shape, lite, size, and style, and handle, crank and locking doohickey counts. Of course, you'll sense all of these design elements yourself at first sight. So, it's best to just go over the window styles which just might capture your gaze.
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Picture. If the striking appearance and statement of clean expansive glass sparks your interest, a picture window may be in order for your home. Picture windows can make up large sections of a wall, allowing in ample light and offering great views, creating a luxurious feel.Image Credit: Keith Williamson
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Bay and bow. These windows dramatically extend from the home as architectural accents, drawing the eye to exterior walls, lighting and landscaping. Inside the home, bay and bow windows can create a cozy nook, infusing sunlight upon the viewer (or reader), bringing to focus and light three or more vantages. Not to be confused, the differences between bay and bow windows are that bay windows typically have three windows, whereas bow windows have a minimum of four windows at equal angles, which offer a smoother and perhaps more elegant curve than bay windows.Image Credit: dalbera
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Double hung. Double hung windows are an all-in-one package, offering beauty, functionality and nice ventilation with the ability to open the top and bottom panes.Image Credit: Andersen Windows
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Jalousie. These windows are designed of horizontal glass slats which open in unison. They are practical for the wallet, for ventilation, for functionality and make nice accent windows.Image Credit: improbcat
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Garden. Garden windows brighten a room with aroma and décor. Plant your own herbs and vegetables in a kitchen garden window for fresh ingredients at your fingertips. Or (and), create an oasis in your home office with an aromatic garden window. Garden windows also make fun discovery projects and hobbies for the children.Image Credit: JeremyGeorge
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Awning. These windows are top-hinged and open up and out, like an awning. By opening up and outward, awning windows help protect the interior space from the elements, while still providing ample ventilation. They offer convenient ventilation for tight spaces or areas lacking ventilation, such as bathrooms and basements. They also make nice accent windows above patio doors and above or below picture windows.Image Credit: garryknight
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Casement. Casement windows are side-hinged and typically open by turning a crank, or simply push open. Casement windows do not have a rail, like double hung or sliding windows, so they offer an unobstructed view for their entire area.Image Credit: justmakeit
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Skylights and light tunnels. Skylights and light tunnels infuse beauty and sophistication to any interior space. Skylights may be a single roof window, or a series of glass panels which offers a spectacular private view and connection to the natural environment around your home, sunlight, raindrops and the stars and moon. With treatments to inhibit heat gain/loss, and motorized opening and closing features, skylight and light tunnels offer homeowners “green” lighting and ventilation to promote energy efficiency.Image Credit: spentpenny
Energy efficiency is an important design element which affects home comfort, heat gain/loss and heating and cooling expenditures for each day of every season. Installing energy-efficient window replacements makes a difference for your return on investment (ROI) with the amount of energy you will save through the years. Work closely with your Northern Virginia home improvement contractor for best results.
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