Window View: Tips to enhance the view from your window
What would you like to view from the window? An attractive garden or majestic interiors?
When we talk about windows, the classic picture that comes to our mind is a large plain window providing a bare sight of the facades. How many of us are aware about the countless choices of decorating or making your window view an interesting one? Windows are a medium which connect us to the outer world.
Since time immemorial, windows have been one of the most important parts of home interiors and have evolved in shapes and sizes. The typical view from a window in most homes is either a bustling street, or the plain sight of buildings, a cluttered garden or just the plain blue skies. Have you ever thought of making this bridge which connects us to the outer world an interesting one? Well, let us read through few ideas by which we can make our window view an interesting one.
How to better window views for indoors?
Have an attention-grabbing window: These days when you go shopping for your home windows, you are spoilt with many choices. Windows do not lack in shapes, sizes, colours, designs, patterns and others. To make your view an eccentric one, you can choose a chic window from the types of windows which matches the interiors of your room. You can choose from the bamboo windows to the plastic, wooden and brick windows.- Have large windows: To enhance the interiors and the exteriors of your home, you can install large windows with coloured glass pieces. This will make your view an interesting one. Large windows will also allow extra ventilation and make your home look spacious and gleaming. Another approach to allow ample amount of light in your home is to mount a mirror opposite to the window. This will allow ample amount of light inside and will also reflect the light by making your room a ventilated one.
Coloured windows for an interesting view: You can make your view an interesting one, by installing colourful windows. Today, the market has a variety of window films with different glass colours, films, textures and patterns. Patterns like etched glass, frosted glass and stained glass can make your windows look stunning. These types of glasses give a sparkling and a shimmering look inside your home.
Decorate your windows with curtains and window blinds: Most of the homes make their window view a beautiful one, by mounting attractive curtains and draperies. Doing this will create a magnificent ambiance in your home. This will also help you to control the light and the air flow as well as provide you privacy. Apart from just the lacy and the satin curtains and draperies, you can also opt for beaded curtains which give your home an elegant and chic look.- Tint your windows: As mentioned earlier, there are many types of films which are available in most of the upholstery stores. Colourful and eco-friendly films can also be opted for. You can tint your glass windows to control the sharp sunlight as well as have a better view of the outside.
How to better window views for outdoors?
Well, we have spoken about the few ways of enhancing your view from the inside of your home through the window; let’s talk about few points on how you can better your view for the outdoors.
Gardening: This is one of the most attractive features of having a decorative and appealing window view. You can opt for various types of gardening opposite to your window. Styles like herb gardening, topiary gardening, vertical gardening, container gardening, raised bed gardening, water gardening, community gardening and so on can be cultivated. These gardens can have lush green plants with colourful flowers along with attractive boundaries.- Gardening for the window: You can decorate your widow from either outside or inside by mounting container pots near the window. You can also have a raised platform cultivated with colourful plants or herbs on the window parapets. The windows can also have attached sections in which you can cultivate plants. Other vines and climbers can also be cultivated on a window grill.
- Outdoor accessories: Along with a beautiful form of gardening one can also place different types of accessories like a bird feeder, a bird bath, pleasing furniture benches, attractive lamp posts, a pool, a dog house and so on. Doing this will make you feel relaxed when you view from your window. Apart from the accessories, you can customise statues and busts in your garden to have a beautiful view from inside.
Therefore, the above points will help you decorate and enhance your view from both outdoors and indoors.
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