Ideas for Incorporating Roof Windows in your Interior Designs

Ideas for Incorporating Roof Windows in your Interior Designs

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One of the coolest features of my California house is a skylight positioned over my shower.    Abundant sunlight fills the shower stall all day, and it could only have been possibly improved  with some hidden cove lighting to offset the black night sky.  It truly is the designer’s, builder’s, architect’s job to imagine the implication of their built out concept in all seasons and hours.  But perhaps I’m making this too complex.    Here are some installations to give you an idea of what might be possible…..
I hope some structural engineers are out there somewhere, thinking up ways to build solar collectors into roof trusses such as these, so that the ceiling can generate power to run the  air conditioning and offset the heat gain.
One a smaller scale, as a retrofit idea…
a kitchen renovation, Flickr
a kitchen renovation, Flickr
and maybe you can squeeze some space from your attic…
Balcony Roof Windows, Velux
Balcony Roof Windows, Velux
and even your porch can benefit from the extra light.
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I know  you’re thinking that all of these contemporary rooms look great but you have a traditional home.  One of my clients centered a  square skylight over the dining table in her rambler.  She surface mounted two half round windows with shirred sheer fabric, to cover the shaft.  A chandelier was mounted in the center of them for an evening light source.  It was  sort of like this window mounted on the ceiling as a medallion.
So get out your sketch book because even Thomas Jefferson had a roof window in his bedroom.
Jefferson's Bed Chamber had one of the 13 sky lights he installed in Monticello, Monticell.orgJefferson's Bed Chamber had one of the 13 sky lights he installed in Monticello,

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