We're building a modern home, designed by an architect specifically for us (yay!)

They're encouraging us to do drywall returns in the windows, instead of trim. After looking at thousands of Houzz pictures, I'm inclined to agree that fully trimmed windows don't fit the style of the home.

The windows themselves are black fiberglass (both inside and out).

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^ Drywall returns all around. My experience with horizontal drywall surfaces is that they get dusty and are impossible to clean. Is there a way to avoid that?

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^ Drywall returns + black metal sill on the bottom edge. Any material other than drywall would be easier to clean, and our builder advises against wood sills for our region (a lot of rapid temperature and humidity fluctuations). The builder has done granite before (including the main living areas of his own home) but granite is too expensive for us to use throughout an entire home (and I'm not 100% sure I love the look anyway). I proposed black metal sills (builder can fabricate these in-house).

Inside window trim

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