Large floor-to-ceiling windows: 101 ideas for a bright apartment

Large viewing windows in an apartment or a private house are space and comfort, it is light and light, it is an opportunity to be closer to nature, being in a warm and comfortable room, it is stylish and modern. Owners of typical apartments in every possible way try to make their homes brighter - they choose an exceptionally light palette for surface finishes, prefer not dense dark curtains, but a light, translucent tulle. But letting in as much light into the space of your home as possible with panoramic windows still does not work. Residents of private urban and suburban homes, as well as modern apartments of improved layout, which initially had sight windows, were much more fortunate in this regard. Owners of apartments with large windows can enjoy the spaciousness of bright rooms, enjoy the view from the window, watching what is happening on the streets of the city. And for homeowners of suburban homes, the opportunity opens up to be as close to nature as possible - a magnificent view of the surrounding landscape is worth a lot.

Modern apartment buildings, especially those that can be attributed to luxury housing, provide an opportunity for residents not only to have a roof over their heads, but to enjoy spacious and bright rooms. They can plunge into the life of the city simply by opening the curtains on their huge windows. From the height of multi-storey buildings, a magnificent view of the panorama of the city can be opened at any time. Not to mention the fact that with large windows on the floor you can not worry about artificial lighting until dusk.

Obviously, the view from the window will affect the interior decoration of the room. In a city apartment, in the center of the bustling city life, you would like to create a home design to suit it - dynamic, modern, contrasting. For a suburban home with views of the garden or the edge of the forest, I want to use as much natural materials as possible in the interior, to join rural life, but not at the expense of comfort and coziness. Well, if panoramic windows are installed in a house by the sea or with a view of any other body of water, then you do not want to be distracted from this view, you need to create a light and laid-back room design that will accompany you in an incredible opportunity - to admire the beautiful landscape. In such rooms I want to use as little furniture as possible, only light colors and light textures.

In spacious apartments and private houses, bedrooms and living rooms are usually equipped with large windows, but dining rooms, offices, kitchens and even bathrooms are excellent for providing space with the maximum amount of natural light. Consider a selection of design projects for premises of various functional purposes with panoramic windows in the interior.

Pros and cons of panoramic windows in modern homes

The windows themselves allow us to admire the beautiful view from the window, enjoy the proximity to nature (in a suburban dwelling) or imbued with the dynamism of urban life (in apartment buildings). Admiring the beautiful landscape, we relax, renounce problems and worries, slow down the frantic run of thoughts and emotions, become calmer and happier. And what are the advantages for the interior are the presence of windows from floor to ceiling:

the space seems larger and brighter due to the abundance of sunlight that can be let in through the panoramic windows;
the illusion of being in nature or participating in the bustling life of the city is created, but at the same time, the residents are in a warm and comfortable room;
there is no need for additional lighting devices, enough of those that are included already in the dark.

As you know, not a single structural feature of the building can do without cons, among them the following can be distinguished:

high cost non-standard windows and installation of large structures;
high thermal conductivity of the windows, which means loss of heat in the room and an increase in the cost of heating the premises. This problem can be solved by installing energy-efficient double-glazed windows. One of the most effective in terms of heat conservation are vacuum models, although one of the most expensive. Equally effective is the use of energy-saving film, which is glued to the outer surface of the window;
with panoramic windows there is no way to put large furniture against the wall, so large glass structures can only be installed in relatively spacious rooms.

In the northern latitudes of our large country, experts recommend installing panoramic windows only on the south or south-west side of the building. Thus, they will be able to accumulate the heat of sunlight, as a result, the room will stay warm longer.

Viewing windows in rooms with different practical load

Living room

Large windows in the living room are an opportunity not only to create a bright image of the room, but also to make the space of modest sizes visually more spacious. If the room is modest in size and has little natural light, this sets a definite taboo on the use of dark shades for its decoration and decoration using furniture and decor. When the room has enough sunlight due to the presence of windows from floor to ceiling, the color spectrum becomes unlimited.

In the spacious living rooms, connected to the kitchen and dining room with an open plan, large floor-to-ceiling windows look especially luxurious. The same architectural design will be appropriate in studio apartments. Even if the apartment with an open plan cannot boast large sizes, due to the abundance of light and the skillful arrangement of furniture, the space will seem larger than it actually is.

A spacious living room-library with high ceilings and a minimalist set of furniture, the basis of which are book shelves, literally needs huge viewing windows. In a room so flooded with sunlight, you can read without a lamp until dusk.

Bedroom

If your bedroom offers a magnificent view of the beautiful landscape, it will be an unforgivable mistake not to take this opportunity and not to install panoramic windows from floor to ceiling. Using the dark window trim duplicated in the color of the accent wall and the fan chandelier, it was possible to create a contrasting, but at the same time restrained interior, in which nothing distracts from the main design element of the bedroom - the view from the window.

If you have chosen the minimalism style to design your spacious bedroom, then your interior simply needs a large panoramic window. Minimalism is light and spaciousness, first of all and only after that - a minimal set of practical furniture and almost complete absence of decor.

The so-called seamless windows are a monolithic transparent wall. Of course, such glass structures have seams, but they do not have a metal-plastic profile and therefore give the impression of a solid transparent surface. For a bedroom from which such a beautiful view of the sea or ocean opens, a similar design is a godsend. But it is important to understand that in a room with such a panoramic window, it is necessary to install a forced ventilation system or even windows that can be opened.

In the bedroom, you can place a dressing area near a large window. So the hostess of the bedroom can be sure that the application of makeup and the selection of the image will take place at maximum natural light.

Kitchen and dining room

In kitchen spaces, large windows are found infrequently and mainly in private houses of individual design. And it’s a pity, because good natural lighting in the kitchen is not only an opportunity to efficiently carry out all work processes, but also to be distracted from routine work by a beautiful view that opens from the window.

It is difficult to find a mistress who would not dream of a sink located by the window. Having the opportunity not only to wash the dishes in perfect lighting, but also to be distracted from the monotonous process by the beautiful views outside the window - such a pastime in the kitchen becomes not a duty, but a pleasant action.

Contrast-dark frames of large windows look luxurious in a snow-white kitchen. Especially when you consider that outside the windows, nature pleases with all shades of green.

Cabinet

Large windows on the floor in the home office or office can not only visually expand a small space, filling it with light, but also carry out all work processes with maximum productivity. Moreover, what could be better than being able to distract from business, enjoy the scenery outside the window and restore strength for a more rational use of one's own resources?

A large viewing window in the office above the level of the desk is a luxurious option for creating a bright atmosphere of the working room and the possibility of observing nature. Most often, such a window is deaf and to maintain balance in the room you need to have another, albeit a very small window, which can be opened to ventilate the room.

Bathroom

What could be better than the opportunity to soak in a hot fragrant bath with a glass of wine or a book and a beautiful view of the surrounding landscape? If it is possible to use this opportunity at the design stage of a home, then you should not miss it just because the generations of our compatriots grew up in homes where there was no natural light source in the bathroom.

Design and color options

It seems that there are no special options in the field of color choice for plastic windows, but this is not so. Thanks to the use of modern polyvinyl chloride, a film of any color can be glued to the windows, imitate a wooden surface, make it matte or glossy. And yet, the most common are traditional options - white, black and imitation of the natural pattern of wood.

If you decide to use the profile for panoramic windows in black, it will be logical to duplicate this tone in the interior of the room. Small black furniture looks modern and will be appropriate in dosed applications. It is even easier to use a dark color in decor, lighting or textile coloring.

Natural materials (or their successful imitation) are always in trend. For many rooms, especially suburban, wooden windows of natural natural color are not just luxury, but a necessity caused by a certain interior decoration. Given that wooden windows are largely inferior to plastic windows in technological and operational properties, most homeowners prefer to use laminated films for profiles that successfully imitate the natural pattern of wood.

Windows made of light wood (or its effective substitute - a metal-plastic profile with PVC film) will look luxurious in a room that already has elements of decoration or furniture with a similar natural pattern - laminate, parquet or wooden board as a flooring, cabinet furniture or additional furniture small size.

In the manufacture of plastic windows, you can use a combination of different colors. Usually two contrasting shades are used, most often white and black. The interior will look harmonious, in which black and white combinations are duplicated in other design elements.

The appearance of a large window will depend not only on the color of its profile, but also on the decorative layout. It carries not only an aesthetic function, but also is an indispensable element in the design of large glass units. To use panoramic windows at low temperatures, the layout is necessary to protect the glass from external influences, which can lead to deformation of not only the main material, but the entire product. The so-called French windows are large rectangles from floor to ceiling with a layout of a similar shape. Many designers and homeowners associate this window design with the classic views of the stylistic directions of home design.

The windows, repeating the shape of the wall, allow you to get the maximum benefit from the point of view of providing space with sunlight. As a rule, such window openings have a triangular or trapezoidal top. Of course, the manufacture of such models of windows will cost more than standard ones, but this investment will quickly pay off, because such designs are installed for many years, and you can immediately feel the advantage of panoramic windows over ordinary ones.

A similar design of panoramic windows is used in chalet-style country houses. When a gorgeous view of the mountains opens outside the home, you don’t want to miss the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of nature and using the maximum possible space for glazing in this case is the main priority.

Large arched windows are great for rooms with high ceilings. The interior of the living room with such a window design will look organic if it follows the traditional way of decorating the premises, closer to the classical style.

Decorating huge windows

The abundance of light in the room is beautiful and the bright and clean image of space created by the sun's rays is enormous, but in some cases we need to be able to isolate ourselves from the light. This is especially true for rooms in which it is necessary to maintain intimacy. In a bedroom with panoramic windows, it is better to be able to hide from the light with the help of thick curtains, for example, if you need to sleep in the afternoon. Also, the design of large windows with textiles is relevant for the northern regions of our country, where white nights are a common occurrence that needs to be adapted.

As a rule, in a bedroom with windows to the floor, they do without curtains, using only curtains for drapery window openings. Thus, you can not worry about the sun at a time when you need to fall asleep, just by closing the blackout curtains, and during wakefulness the room will be filled with light, which nothing prevents. In order to effectively and efficiently drape French windows in a bay window, rolled or Roman curtains are perfect. To place a bedroom, reliable protection from sunlight in certain situations is necessary and blackout curtains made of linen or cotton will be an excellent addition to large windows on the floor.

Here is an example of textile decoration of windows in the dining room. The dense fabric of a natural shade is in perfect harmony with the color scheme of the decoration and furnishings of the room. Not to mention that it perfectly protects from sunlight and prying eyes at the right time for the owners and their guests.

If the living room with panoramic windows is located on the south side and most of the day the room is literally flooded with sunlight, then translucent curtains made of natural material may be needed in a multi-purpose room.