24 Statement-Making Windows and Doors
When your windows and doors are as good-looking as these ones, you're guaranteed to enjoy a better view
Sure, windows and doors serve a very practical role, giving you access to light, ventilation and more. But they can make for a striking feature too as these 24 incredible examples from around the world illustrate.
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2. Make a colour statement
Break up a muted exterior palette with a splash of bright colour – it’s sure to catch the eye and makes it easy for guests to locate your entry.
Break up a muted exterior palette with a splash of bright colour – it’s sure to catch the eye and makes it easy for guests to locate your entry.
3. Go curvy
Soften harsh lines on your facade and add a warm, playful touch with curved windows and doors.
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Soften harsh lines on your facade and add a warm, playful touch with curved windows and doors.
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4. Add warmth with natural materials
A wide-panelled timber front door with an oversize handle sets an earthy, relaxed tone for a family home.
A wide-panelled timber front door with an oversize handle sets an earthy, relaxed tone for a family home.
5. Think outside the box
Sometimes it’s those little moments of surprise that elevate a room to something special, such as the eye-catching, asymmetrical window grill in this powder room.
Sometimes it’s those little moments of surprise that elevate a room to something special, such as the eye-catching, asymmetrical window grill in this powder room.
6. Connect indoors and out
Take your exterior doors as wide as you can to optimise your connection with the garden.
Take your exterior doors as wide as you can to optimise your connection with the garden.
7. Keep your cool
Add louvre shutters to windows to keep out the harsh afternoon sun and capture cooling breezes.
Add louvre shutters to windows to keep out the harsh afternoon sun and capture cooling breezes.
8. Maximise the light
Run your window around the room to maximise your indoor-outdoor connection and make a light-starved room feel bright and open.
Run your window around the room to maximise your indoor-outdoor connection and make a light-starved room feel bright and open.
9. Stay connected
A wide-opening, sliding window that overlooks the garden allows you to maximise ventilation, while staying connected to those outside.
A wide-opening, sliding window that overlooks the garden allows you to maximise ventilation, while staying connected to those outside.
10. Mix up your frames
Why should great cladding get all the glory? Here, the mix of black and white window and door frames makes for an unexpected feature.
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Why should great cladding get all the glory? Here, the mix of black and white window and door frames makes for an unexpected feature.
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11. Tell a story
Repeating a theme or motif within a space – in this case a warm, mid-tone timber, which is used on both the window and bed frames – creates a sense of cohesion.
Repeating a theme or motif within a space – in this case a warm, mid-tone timber, which is used on both the window and bed frames – creates a sense of cohesion.
12. Keep it simple
If your interior and garden are filled with colour and pattern, balance the eye with simple, minimalist frames.
If your interior and garden are filled with colour and pattern, balance the eye with simple, minimalist frames.
13. Think of the palette as a whole
When you’re selecting frame colours, be sure to consider the room’s overall colour scheme. Here, a blonde-timber door frame adds the perfect amount of warmth to a palette of soft terracotta and grey-blue.
When you’re selecting frame colours, be sure to consider the room’s overall colour scheme. Here, a blonde-timber door frame adds the perfect amount of warmth to a palette of soft terracotta and grey-blue.
14. Frame a view
Use a generous window to turn a garden outlook into a living work of art.
Use a generous window to turn a garden outlook into a living work of art.
15. Be inventive
Need to boost natural light and looking to add a feature? Have both, with striking steel-framed, barn-style doors.
Need to boost natural light and looking to add a feature? Have both, with striking steel-framed, barn-style doors.
16. Make it a feature
There’s no rule that says your windows have to be square. An irregularly shaped window here makes the room.
There’s no rule that says your windows have to be square. An irregularly shaped window here makes the room.
17. Add a seat
Make your window perform double duty by opting for a wider frame that acts as a built-in window seat – the ideal spot to read, relax and daydream, without swallowing up precious floor space.
Make your window perform double duty by opting for a wider frame that acts as a built-in window seat – the ideal spot to read, relax and daydream, without swallowing up precious floor space.
18. Mix it up
Make your windows and doors the stars of the show by specifying frames in different timber colours and thicknesses.
Make your windows and doors the stars of the show by specifying frames in different timber colours and thicknesses.
19. Make it useable
Love a window nook? Make it practical by adding under-seat storage and a shelf above for display.
Love a window nook? Make it practical by adding under-seat storage and a shelf above for display.
20. Create a focal point
Add magic to the practical areas of your home. Here, a striking timber-and-black back door set-up takes this mudroom next level.
Add magic to the practical areas of your home. Here, a striking timber-and-black back door set-up takes this mudroom next level.
21. Work your angles
Sharply angled windows strike a contemporary note, which you can emphasise further with sleek furnishings and statement lighting.
Sharply angled windows strike a contemporary note, which you can emphasise further with sleek furnishings and statement lighting.
22. Add texture
Timber louvre shutters aren’t just a great way to control indoor light and airflow, they can add depth and warmth to your facade too.
Timber louvre shutters aren’t just a great way to control indoor light and airflow, they can add depth and warmth to your facade too.
23. Be bold
Do you have a dark, statement roof? Balance it out with a thick-framed front door in a harmonising hue.
Do you have a dark, statement roof? Balance it out with a thick-framed front door in a harmonising hue.
24. Keep it simple
If your interior leans towards the minimalist, opt for frames in a similar style. Run them from floor to ceiling to flood the space with natural light and maximise the sense of openness.
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If your interior leans towards the minimalist, opt for frames in a similar style. Run them from floor to ceiling to flood the space with natural light and maximise the sense of openness.
Your turn
Which of these 24 doors and windows captures your eye? Tell us in the Comments below, like this story, save the images for inspiration, and join the conversation.
More
Want more building or renovating ideas? Don’t miss this 13 Clever Bathroom Ideas to Consider
A fixed-pane window in an unexpected spot or in an unusual shape instantly generates an architectural focal point, while drawing extra light into the space.