12 Inviting Window Seats for Gazing at the Garden
Grab yourself a coffee and browse some seating areas perfect for looking out at the garden as it begins to change colour
Amanda Pollard
14 October 2018
Senior Editor at Houzz UK and Ireland. Journalist and editor specialising in interiors and architecture.
Senior Editor at Houzz UK and Ireland. Journalist and editor specialising in interiors... More
This photo series is designed to give you some coffee-break inspiration. Take five minutes for yourself and browse through these cool, beautiful spaces.
It might be getting cold outside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the outdoors – you just need somewhere warm to do it. Take a look at these inside seating zones, perfectly placed by the window for a spot of nature-watching. Would you steal any of these ideas for your own home? Tell us in the Comments section.
It might be getting cold outside, but that doesn’t mean you can’t appreciate the outdoors – you just need somewhere warm to do it. Take a look at these inside seating zones, perfectly placed by the window for a spot of nature-watching. Would you steal any of these ideas for your own home? Tell us in the Comments section.
Karen Parry Architect
Tell us…
Do you have a seating spot near the window in your own home? Are you planning to install a window seat? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments section.
Tell us…
Do you have a seating spot near the window in your own home? Are you planning to install a window seat? Share your ideas and photos in the Comments section.
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The image one from last is rather amusing... Perfect seating for its 10... yep, just checking... 10 cushions, which really aren't fussed about the view... in or out!
And yes, aleria57, such seating is invariably uncomfortable or offers no back support. I like to be comfortable when eating, lounging, reading a book etc.
Image 4 so simple and given me a real inspiration for combining study and quiet reading area for a home worker!