The fashion for installing large panoramic windows in the house came to us from France, which is why they are also called “French windows”. In country houses they offer admiring guests a beautiful view of nature, and in an apartment they offer the whole city.
Window designs of this type are best suited for private homes with a veranda, terrace or backyard. Nowadays, even residents of apartment buildings can afford this luxury. You can install a panoramic window in an apartment only if there is a balcony or loggia underneath it. You will need to tear down part of the wall and move the battery to another location.
After installing a French window, you will receive additional lighting, making even a small room seem spacious. Panoramic glazing in a corner room looks especially beautiful. The only drawback of this solution is that during the cold season, additional heating of the apartment will be required.
Apartment design with panoramic windows
If you love rooms filled with light and sun, panoramic glazing is ideal for decorating your apartment. When choosing a size, two principles must be taken into account – the width of the window should be no less than half the width of the room, and the size should not exceed 10% of the total area.
A panoramic window in the interior is like a huge painting that takes up the entire wall, which changes depending on the time of year. A small child, instead of scratching the chest of drawers with a pencil, will be able to find an object to observe through a large window. A panoramic window above the sink can decorate your kitchen design. Agree, after all, during a routine task – washing dishes, you can admire the city landscape and dream.
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Curtains for panoramic windows
The ideal option for a panoramic window is the absence of curtains. But if it is installed on the sunny side, then even the biggest lover of sun and light will be enraged by the air temperature in the room during hot lunch hours. In order not to spoil the effect of visually enlarging the room and the atmosphere of freedom in the house, you need to take a very responsible approach to choosing curtains for a panoramic window. You should choose light translucent materials, and for minimalist interiors, Japanese or Roman curtains, which are very fashionable these days, reminiscent of blinds in their appearance, are perfect. They represent a complex and well-thought-out system that will allow you not to move large panels of curtains manually, but to open or close the window with one click of a button. But if you still don’t want to buy curtains, you can resort to tinted glass.
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Disadvantages of panoramic windows
We have already talked about the advantages; thanks to the selection of photos of interiors with panoramic windows for the article, you will be able to appreciate their attractive appearance. But there is another side to the coin. Owners of apartments and houses with panoramic windows often regret installing such windows in their house because of the problems that arise as a result.
It is not so easy to ventilate a room with panoramic glazing of a frameless design; you need to install expensive air conditioning equipment or special valves. You will also need to install a convector that will blow on the glass in the cold season to prevent icing.
If the home owners have not thought through the sun protection system (they have not installed blinds, curtains or tinted windows), the finishing of the furniture and walls will fade.
When installing panoramic glazing in a private home, think about additional security measures – install an alarm, since it will be very easy for burglars to get into the house by breaking a window.
