Details of How to Trim Out a Deep Kitchen Window

Slab Sill

• The countertops already installed on your kitchen counters or island make an excellent choice for trimming out a kitchen window. Deep windows require a substantial sill to offset their depth and give them a beefier look. Using a slab of granite, marble or wood that is 3 centimeters in thickness will help provide this look. Use the same material that is already found in the kitchen to create a purposeful design. If you don't have the option of using the counter material, or your counters will be replaced soon, consider using a piece of hardwood stained to match your kitchen flooring, cabinets or the rest of the wood trim in the room instead.

Tile

• Decorative tile installed on a backsplash in the kitchens creates a focal point for the space while introducing color and detail. If you have a tiled backsplash in your kitchen, consider trimming out a deep window with the same tile. If your window is set in the middle of a cabinet run or backsplash, simply continue the tile up and around the window, as well as onto the sill. If your window is located elsewhere in the kitchen, consider either mimicking the backsplash tile around it, or use the same tiles in a new configuration, such as using only border or decorative tile without plain field tiles to offset them.

Cabinet Molding

• Many styles of kitchen cabinets contain a wealth of detail that transfers beautifully to window trim. Take a look at your cabinets for crown molding, detailed filler strips, raised panels or decorative toe-kicks. Use any of these styles or a combination as molding to trim out the window. Because deep windows need substantial sills and casings to offset their expanse, take some of the larger, more detailed areas of the cabinets and reproduce them for the window. Consider installing the cabinet crown molding across the top of the window or upside down beneath the sill as an apron. Other options involve using decorative fillers as the window casing and apron and pairing it with a thick sill stained to match.

Extended Sill

• The depth of a window extends not only to the sill, but to the entire interior. While it is common to trim out only the window sill, consider trimming out the interior of the window with the same material. If you are installing a slab of stone or wood on the sill of the window, you can install thinner versions of the same slab on the interior walls of the window. If you are tiling the exterior of the window casing, as well as the sill, extend the tile up the inside walls of the window as well to complete the design.