Bringing Light into your Home

Creating a feeling of more space in your house is something which is desired more and more in the current housing market. With more housing often being squeezed into smaller areas, especially within cities, you can feel claustrophobic or caged. One way to make a room feel more spacious is to ensure that it is well lit and that your walls are painted in a light colour, preferably white or a pastel shade. If you have the planning permission and sufficient exterior space you might choose to have an extension; or alternatively you can try and work with your existing structure and tailor it in a less dramatic fashion to improve the feeling of space and light.

Starting off you should bring in a good designer to look at your plans and ideas and suggest solutions to your design and extension needs. They will know the best options available and will pick up on things that you may miss, it is worth forking out the extra money! They can advise you on the interior of your living space too, and may suggest adding things like custom made furniture to utilise your space most effectively.

Extending your property with a frameless glass structure is very impressive and lets in a lot of light, but may not feel like part of your house if you’re not careful. Mixing old and new architectural techniques can bring you the best of both worlds, combining the style of your house as it is, with modern, clean architectural designs. Try to use shapes, forms and materials that fit with, rather than fight with, your existing architecture. Individual, bespoke joinery can bring a feel of originality, but may come at a higher price than you might desire.

Your designer, with their trained eye, can transform any bland house into something more visually appealing with their ideas for extension or other alterations. They can improve your space, or feeling of space, and at the same time add real value to your property.

Expanding with a bay window can create more room without changing too much of the property’s features. Your replacement windows could be larger, thus letting in more light. Installing uPVC double glazed windows with white frames into your bay window will give you a clean and modern feel, whereas timber windows can fit in with older designs and architecture. A bay window can be rectangular, curved or angular, and can include a window seat, which can be a lovely additional feature if your room has great views.

Another way to bring more light into your new extension or to an existing room is to introduce a glass roof, skylight or roof lanterns. Glass roof conversions rarely are blocked by planning permissions, but they are costly, and will need to be very carefully installed. Combining a partially glazed roof with glass doors looking over your garden adds an exceptional amount of space, but it can reduce privacy as your neighbours may be able to see into your living room.

Whichever route you decide to go down in improving the light and space within your home, be sure to bring in the professionals from the start; they will be able to provide you with the best solutions for your house.

About the Author:
The author knows a lot about bespoke joinery, timber windows and Roof lanterns.