Gainesville Home Design: Why Windows Are Important

When you think about remodeling your Gainesville home, what are your priorities?

New floors? Brand-new furniture? Perhaps new appliances or sparkling finished counters?

What if we told you that you could make a bigger impact with less money by looking at just one part of your home?

What you might want to focus on first in your Gainesville home design is your windows and window treatments. Here’s why.

Natural Light Plays a Huge Role

It can’t be overstated how important natural light is to how your home looks and feels. look washed out and faded, no matter how much thought you put into the color scheme. Too little light, and it might look drab and dim, and just plain unattractive.

To make things worse, the angle that sunlight comes in changes throughout the day, so there’s never going to be one constant level of light that makes your space look its best.

To counter this, install window treatments that can alter light easily and quickly. The best choices for that are roller shades or plantation shutters.

Windows Will Influence The Rest Of Your Home Fashion

You can always move furniture. You can change lighting (usually). You can even take out parts of walls when you renovate. But windows are almost always there to stay, unless you’ve got a lot of time and money to spend.

The best thing to do is first decide what role you want your windows to play, and then make a plan around that. Should your windows be the focal point of the room? Open up the space around the window and pick a window treatment with stunning, eye-catching colors to grab attention. Maybe you’d rather the windows be an accent that helps support other parts of the room? In that case, install something like bright white Polywood shutters to guide eyes across the room.

No matter your preference, start your plan with the windows, and go from there.

Windows Are The Eyes Of The Home

Yes, it’s cliche to refer to windows as “the eyes of the home,” but there is some truth to that cliche. Day or night, the eyes of passersby are naturally going to be guided to the windows.

 

• Custom shutters - The solid louvers and clean lines of shutters will actually make your window look bigger and bolder than most other window treatments do.

• Accent drapes - Drapes that adorn the top corners of your window can help create a beautiful silhouette when the sun goes down and your interior lights are on.

• Custom roller shades - Attention-grabbing shades drawn halfway down your window can add some flair to your more neutral home exterior.

Begin With the Windows, Finish With a Beautiful Home

So if you’re dreaming about a fresh look for your home, windows need to be an area of focus. When you’re ready, Sunburst Gainesville can help. Give us a call at 813-602-5966 or fill out the form below to get your free in-home estimate at your own leisure.