I prefer bronze, and agree that they tend to disappear into the scenery.

I read them as black, too. DH wanted black on the outside of our windows, and at first I thought they had to be black on the inside, too. So I looked at photos, and fell in love with the idea. By the time I realized black outside doesn't have to mean black inside, I was hooked.

Even if there's no other black in the room, you end up with a very small frame around a picture with unlimited colours (whatever is outside beyond the window). So I don't find it dominates the room at all.

We are also doing a "modern" style house, so I do think it works well in that context. But a lot of my inspiration pictures were more traditional spaces. Granted, these 2 in a quick search have black in them, too.

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Beverlyfla, Errant, and amberm, many thanks for the vote of confidence in going with the bronze (black), as well as the additional information. My little patio home is contemporary so I think the bronze should go with the architecture of my home. Now if I just had the ocean view to go with windows as shown in your photo, Beverlyfla.

Amberm145, what color are you using for your interior frames?

The frame of the window itself is black (charcoal). They are actually vinyl windows for cost and energy efficiency. Instead of casings, we're doing drywall returns on 3 sides, with a sill on the bottom.

Amberm, I believe that is what I already have with my aluminum single pane windows now. The sheetrock turns the corner from the wall straight back to the window frame. There is no trim, or molding, except the window sill. Is this what you mean by drywall return?

Yes, that's what I mean by drywall returns. I was trying to say that the black will work with what you have.

Or were you hoping to change it?

I adore the bronze interior window choice. I would go with that hands down! They are so much easier with which to work. You can do the drywall return or use a cream of white trim. I think the tan interior choice is far more limiting. I would have definitely gone with bronze interior if I had been given the choice. We used it on the outside and a bit of a cream/white on the interior.

I bought a home with bronze
windows that needed replacing. I’m still in the process of remodeling and am
sticking with bronze but a different style. My home is relatively small and I
think the bronze gives it character. I had these front windows put in recently.
The old ones looked like bronze mini sliding doors.

The last picture isn’t a good photo but I just took it at
6:45 right as it was starting to get dark. I don’t have a view of any kind but it’s
a nice little neighborhood where lamp posts are mandatory so it looks quaint.
Your eye is definitely drawn to the outdoors. Note: old lamp post is not
staying.

I'm keeping the drywall return. Adding inside molding is an option if I feel the frames look too wide for my taste on the interior. The window company I'm using that is within my price range only offers one color for both inside and outside.

Justterrilynn, thank you for the photos. Your home and landscaping are really lovely. The roof looks dark so the bronze window frames complement it nicely. Those frames look fairly thin. Are they the aluminum with a thermal break? Who is the manufacturer? My plans are to go with fixed picture widows with no grids in the family room. This reduces the width of the frame, and I don't particularly care to look through grids from the interior to exterior. However, yours do look very nice, architecturally. As an aside, I wish our area required lamp posts. That's a great touch.

Ak, thanks for another bronze vote. I hadn't thought of versatility but that's an important point. Almost all of my neighbors seem to be going with the white inside and out. These comments are really giving me the courage to move forward.

I'm also trying to get myself psyched up for the dark green window glass that code requires here in Houston. The Low e3 366 lets in 60% visible light compared with my clear single pane glass. I'm also wondering how I will adjust to that.

Hi Tex, I’m in
Florida and bought my window through NSI. They are Dade county approved
hurricane impact glass with heavy-duty extruded aluminum
frames. I did have darkish tint on the old non-hurricane glass windows that helps with
the heat but opted out with the thicker impact windows for the front. The other
reason I opted out of the tint in the front area is that I didn’t want the bit
of detail look of 6 larger panes to blend into the tint. I wanted a noticeable contrast.
We want hurricane windows for all replacements but they are sooo expensive. So,
the main big set of sliders in the open living area will get impact as well, but
a few others Might get regular glass and I’ll just get panels in case of a
storm.

Does your code of dark green glass apply to
windows with impact glass as well?

If it doesn't... fixed picture window impact glass is fairly reasonable, we put two in our bath remodel at $320 ea. and I think our prices are much higher here.

Justterrilynn, all this info is new to me. I really appreciate it and will check out your suggestions. I think NSI is here, too. Hmmm, you're also in hurricane country but weren't required to go with the "Coke bottle glass" if you used the high impact. That's really very interesting.

Putting in bronze windows in our new build. Would love to see your window treatments especially if you have blinds. All I see are curtains while doing my research. I’m afraid of not using blinds, or the blinds not looking good with the bronze windows!