Arches Frame the Home and Landscape
Choose Your Favorite Arch Style to Define a Space and Invite Exploration
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It's a visual fact that a curved line appears softer than a straight or angled line. This holds true in architecture. To soften a space, designers often find that the addition of an arch does the trick. Arches make a statement just about anywhere they appear. Doorways, ceilings, windows, or architectural divisions, arches make a space inviting and comfortable. Check out this collection of arches ... which style do like best?
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| The repetitive use of arched doorways in this home creates a lovely, graceful transition from room to room, and draws the eye into the far recesses of the house. |
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| Heavy arches used in this patio create drama and frame the beautiful view perfectly. Additional arches divide the space into outdoor rooms: a dining area in the foreground and a sitting area in the background. |
Arched niches and doorways work together to create a dramatic foyer area reminiscent of a barrel vault.
Repeated arches create interest and visually enlarge the space by drawing the eye back to the door at the end.
| Pretty arched doors lead out onto an arched veranda creating a beautiful transition to the outdoors. |
An arched doorway creates a softer and more unique entry than its more common rectangular counterpart.
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| Archways can act as room dividers without closing off an area. This is a fabulous option to dilineate space within a great room. |
Never underestimate the power of an arch to act as a frame. Here an arched doorway creates a visual frame around the dramatic windows beyond.
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| An archway can give the room beyond a feeling of importance, as does this arched opening to the home's kitchen.
Would your dream house have an arch? Do you have one now? Next: More photos of arches in home design Browse more home design photos |
Ideabook updated on Nov. 9, 2012.
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I've hired a interior designer to help balance the amount we should have in the house.
I also like the look of a traditional rectangle door with an arched door behind it.
Thank you for sharing.
That sounds awesome, we've looked at over 100 houses in our home search (including a funeral home which is a whole different story) and I feel that it is so much easier to build a home w/character than to add character later. I really love the arches in the minimalist traditional home kits (last very popular kits).
Attached photo is one of the arches = from front entry hall into our LR