The bay and the bow belong to a rare breed of windows that literally expand the floor space. Apart from heightening ventilation, daylighting, and outdoor-viewing opportunities, providing natural spots for seating is key to their charm.
Here are the excellent ways they improve your home’s function and beauty by housing seats:
1. Dining in Style
Interior design-savvy window companies, like Renewal by Andersen® of San Francisco, recommend bay or bow windows for dining areas. Either of these projection units provides a roomy niche for a built-in banquette. As a result, you can share hearty meals with your friends and family restaurant-style. When coordinated with other interior elements, your window banquette would be a refreshing sight.
2. Missing No Part of the Action
Window seats are usually located in corners to serve as nooks for reading, resting, and contemplating. However, placing one next to your patio, porch, or deck is a neat way of increasing your seating capacity without occupying any outdoor real estate. This way, you can still be a part of the conversion while staying snugly inside.
3. Transitioning in Comfort
Any experienced window contractor would advise you to put a bay or a bow in the mudroom. A window seat nestled in the entry offers a cozy area for taking off or putting on some footwear as well as receiving packages.
4. Staying in Landing
It’s almost an architectural crime not to install a window on a stair landing oriented to a picturesque vista. And with a little seat, you have one reason to stop and appreciate the marvel of the outdoors. When thoughtfully designed, your bay or bow window bench could blend seamlessly and unobtrusively with your home design.
5. Accommodating a Large Sofa
A wall-sized box bay is a clever solution to a seat-deprived, tiny space. Experienced window contractors would attest that lack of real estate shouldn’t be an excuse to not have room for guests. Set at a 90° angle, you could arrange multi-functional furniture by your bay window.
Outfit your home in San Francisco with a custom bay or bow window plus a stylish and comfortable seat. Call us today at Renewal by Andersen of San Francisco to schedule your free, no-obligation consultation at your convenience.
