The fashion to install large panoramic windows in the house came to us from France, so they are also called "French windows". In country houses, they open admiring guests with a beautiful view of nature, and in the apartment - the whole city.
Window structures of this type are best suited for private houses with a veranda, terrace or backyard. Nowadays, residents of apartment buildings can afford such luxury. You can install a panoramic window in an apartment only if there is a balcony or loggia under it. You will need to tear down part of the wall and move the battery to another location.
After installing the French window, you will receive additional lighting, so that even a small room will seem spacious. Particularly beautiful is the panoramic glazing in the corner room. The only drawback of this decision - in the cold season will require additional heating of the apartment.
Design of apartments with panoramic windows
If you love sun-drenched rooms, panoramic glazing is ideal for decorating your apartment. When choosing the size, two principles should 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.
Panoramic window in the interior - it's like a huge picture in the entire wall, which varies depending on the time of year. A small child, instead of scratching a chest of drawers with a pencil, will be able to find an object for watching a large window. A panorama window above the sink is able to become an ornament of the kitchen design. Agree, because during the routine business - washing dishes, you can admire the city landscape, 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 from the sunny side, then even the biggest fan of sun and light will lose the temperature of the air in the room during the hot lunch hours. In order not to spoil the effect of the visual increase in the room and the atmosphere of freedom in the house, it is necessary to approach very carefully the choice of curtains for a panoramic window. You should choose light translucent materials, and for minimalistic interiors perfectly fit modern Japanese or Roman curtains, reminiscent of the kind of blinds. They are a complex and thoughtful system that will not allow you to move large blinds by hand, but open or close the window at the touch of a button. But if you still do not want to buy curtains, you can resort to tinting the glass.
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Disadvantages of panoramic windows
We already talked about the advantages, thanks to a selection of photo interiors with panoramic windows to the article you can evaluate their attractive appearance. But there is another side to the coin. Owners of apartments and houses with panoramic windows often regret that they installed such windows in the house, because of the resulting problems.
A room with panoramic glazing of a frameless structure is not so easy to ventilate, you need to install expensive air-conditioning equipment or special valves. It will also be necessary to install a convector that will blow the glass in the cold season to prevent icing.
If the owners of the house have not thought through the system of protection from the sun (not installed blinds, curtains or tinted windows), the decoration of furniture and walls will burn out.
When installing panoramic windows in a private house, think about additional security measures - set the alarm, since the robbers will be very easy to get into the house by breaking the window.