Saturday, January 16, 2010

Why Get Bay Windows For Your Kitchen

By Matthew Roberts

A kitchen bay window can be useful & it can look very nice in your room. A dark, unappealing room can be brought into light. Such a window is both practical & attractive. There are many advantages to owning a house with a kitchen bay window.

The addition of a kitchen bay window would make a lovely accent to your room, but that might be all you're thinking of. You might not be thinking any further than that, but other reasons, apart from looks, are also important in choosing a bay window for your kitchen.

The looks are indeed a major cause for your purchase. There are 3 aspects to the looks of the bay window. One is the window frame. Bay windows can have different types of frames. Most these days they are metal frames when you buy them from the store, but you can seat them in new woodwork to make them seem a part of your home. Homeowners with an older home can buy used lumber to fashion you framework & sill from them instead. Whatever you choose, make a point your window will be framed attractively.

At the same time, you need to consider the glass itself as a part of your window. If you are determining how large the window should be, you also must determine how many sides that the bay window will have. This is 'cause a bay window is made of three or more glass panes joined together at angles. You can have several panes, or you can have a simple three-pane window.

Sunshine is a specialty of bay windows. Whenever the sun is in the proper direction, sunlight streams into your kitchen & breakfast nook areas. If your windows face west, you will get afternoon sunlight and if they face east, of course you will get morning sunlight. No lighting fixture can brighten your kitchen in a fashion that the natural light from the sun does. Plus, the bay windows give a feeling of openness to a place that might otherwise seem too closed off.

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