You want as much glass as possible so I would concentrate on the style of the window and not the trim. I personally do not like black windows on the inside of a house. I always go white. If you want black that would be on the outside. Once you add paint, trim, drapery etc you will not see the white.

@Lorraine Leroux I’m glad to hear that I won’t notice the white once I add trim and paint. Would you go with white trim or some other color?

Outstanding view--no wonder you don't want to block it!

White trim and white walls will be perfect to frame the view. No muntins (grills) or any window treatment that covers any part of the glass, unless you need sun/light control. Certainly there are no privacy issues.

My sister has a house with great views of trees. Her walls and window trim are white, it frames the views really well. When thinking about paint, you also want to think about the evenings and dreary days. A dark paint color for your room will make everything look darker and drearier.

Think about a piece of art ... many of them get framed with white mats around the art and it doesn't detract from the art!

Whatever color you order for the windows, just keep it consistent throughout the house, which I think is more important.

@Sigrid - good point. Thank you!

And to everyone else - thank you for your responses! I feel better about the white windows! And, yes, we are planning on having no grids.

Think about art galleries. They are cubes of white so nothing distracts from the art on the walls. You wll be creating the same with white windows and white walls.

I agree with a dark frame @BeverlyFLADeziner ^

Is that your only window?

If the room is full of natural light, (large windows on more than 2 walls), drenching the room with a deep paint color will enhance the view. see the above 3rd photo.

Dark frames -- I have them* -- draw attention to themselves. If you want the window frames to disappear into the surrounding white walls, use white frames. If you want to frame the view, use the dark frames.

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*I have a modern condo. Almost the first thing an architect said when he entered the condo was that I should have installed white windows -- which I'd just replaced.

That first photo is way over exposed, so not a fair comparison. In real life it would be the best combo, with white frames and large uninterrupted expanses of glass.

@Lyn Nielson- that is the only window in that room, but there are other rooms with similar views with multiple windows.

I would keep them white and all the trim painted white too.

I think you need think about your personal design style.

When talking about white vs black windows - not the trim around the window, but the windows themselves - I think black windows look best when black is part of the overall color scheme (black lamps or black legs on the furniture or black knobs and pulls . . .)

I am much less prone to adding black design elements to my home than either brushed nickel, wood, white or color. I just took a look at 3 of my rooms:

- Other than a TV hidden in a closed cabinet I have nothing black in my bedroom,

- I have a clock with black hands in my bathroom and

- My office chair has a black base and my computer stuff (monitor, keyboard, mouse. . . ) are black.

If you look around your home do you natural gravitate toward black or is it the exception?

The other thing I would think about is the window coverings you want to use and how they will be impacted by the color of the window. Black windows can show through the window coverings more than white.

Jennifer Hogan: "The other thing I would think about is the window coverings..."

Well that problem is easily solved: none.

@Jennifer Hogan - great advice- thank you!

@lisedv thank you for the visual!

We have a wall of windows/sliders with a nice view of the valley and opposite hillside. I've been trying to decide between a warm off-white (walls and trim same color) or a darker wall color which would likely mean contrasting off-white trim (unless I bite the bullet and re-trim with unpainted wood.)

I searched for advice about what would best highlight the view and there's no definitive answer. Some people say to never paint a room with a view a dark color, others say a dark interior makes the view stand out like a lightbox. No consensus on trim. Some people say a contrasting trim stops the eye and distracts from the view, others say it "frames" the view and draws attention to it.

Yes, plaidpine, this is one of those dilemmas that has no hard and fast right answer. "It depends" is so often the answer.

This was what I did for one client to enjoy the view all one color dark trim and and walls

That's quite lovely, Patricia.