Window Ideas for Great Rooms

Arched Windows

• Large thin arched windows that go from the floor to ceiling will give you a full-length view. These windows work well in allowing you a strategy to conceal an unwanted view in one area and highlighting the view in others by placing them just where you want them.

  Take in the complete view with large wide arched windows that go from chair height to ceiling. Use the windows that have built in window seats for getting as close to the view as possible while adding extra seating. This is the way to go when you have an aesthetic view from every angle of the room.

Windowed Doors

• Access your great room through large sliding glass doors that are built into three of your four walls. This works well for a room that is in the area of the outside play area for the kids. This window choice gives you immediate access to the kids while you are watching them play in the yard from inside your home. If your ceiling is high enough, place half circle windows all along the top of the sliding glass doors for added form and design.

  Use this same idea with French doors as your window choice. They open and close on a hinge instead of sliding and they still allow you easy access to your yard. The small, boxed window panes bring detail to the windows instead of the large open plate of glass in a sliding door. Continue with the French detail and place half-circle stained glass windows directly above each door.

Wall of Glass and Stained Glass

• Open up your great room completely using glass garage doors for windows. This would work well for a home in the warmer climates. The air flow that will come through that open garage door will feel as if you are always outside. The glass garage doors really bring the outside in. This makes your entire wall a window.

  Use smaller stained glass windows built in different shapes on the other walls to break up the sleek square look of the garage door. Round, arched and half-moon windows in stained class will add color and lines to your great room along side a glass garage door.