Front facing windows, different sizes

7 years ago

I am purchasing this home, will be doing some reno's but I'm stumped on the two front windows, how can I make them look more attractive from the outside. They are two different sizes and there's nothing I can do about it. The smaller one is in the kitchen and no room for a larger window, the second is dining room... Any idea's as to how to make them look symmetrical on the outside, and/or how to make them look more attractive from the outside?

Thanks!

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Fori
7 years ago
Congratulations! It's a nice classic ranch. (I'd keep it that way, although some will suggest all sorts of craftmanesque mods.)

The windows look like the same width? I think landscaping can minimize the height discrepancy just fine. Play with MS Paint of Photoshop and test out difference sized shrubs under the short window. I'm sure there are nice plants under the windows but you'll want evergreens. A properly placed small tree closer to the house might help as well.

I'm in a midcentury ranch neighborhood and a great solution to odd windows we see here is faux Japanese style topiary. Of course it took 60+ years to train the shrubs to have their balls of foliage in the correct places, and I'm guessing you get a snow load there that might not play nicely with sculpted bushes....

I'd get more photos and measurements if possible and take them to the landscape forum. They're usually good for some ideas.

https://www.gardenweb.com/discussions/landscape-design
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chloebud
7 years ago
Nice house! I agree landscaping is the answer. The right plantings will make the difference in window size a non-issue. I don't even think they look bad now. On the other hand, are those shutters on the bay window? If so, I'd remove them.
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decoenthusiaste
7 years ago
If you are good with plants, try window boxes. With the right plants to compensate for the height variation, you can disguise the difference. Hang the lower box exactly on the window frame and the one on the shorter window at the same level. Put a wood back on it that sticks up and spans the gap of wall between it and the shorter window frame. Paint the boxes and the extra wood backing to match the window trim. When filled with plantings that do the thriller-spiller-filler thing I don't think the difference will be very obvious. People will look at the flowers, not the windows. You can also hang a basket of flowers from the soffet between the windows to make the whole issue just go away.

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Sharon Mann
Original Author
7 years ago
Thank you for these FANTASTIC ideas.. Plants, shrubs, never even crossed my mind and window planter.. Great ideas and I think the perfect fix for it.. It just looks so blah to me. It's going to be a horse farm, so really going for the country/ranch look... Thanks again!
chloebud
7 years ago
"People will look at the flowers, not the windows."

Agree!