Ideas for box window bump out exterior
We don’t use our propane fireplace and want to remove it to install a window in our dark living room. Our living room is also very narrow (11.5’) so I want to make the window a bump out to provide extra seating. The difficulty is how to incorporate this on the exterior given the roof lines of our sun porch? We don’t want to modify the sunporch roof line, but are open to removing the two odd windows along the top of the living room wall. Any suggestions on how to style this? Our backyard is very private, so if it’s a less than ideal looking solution, we can live with that.
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Comments (10)A couple more thoughts.. If you use cap type moldings, would ou use it for all four sides of the window? That would make sense but I am not sure if fireclay makes capped corner pieces. Have you thought about using a smaller section of your countertop material for the windowsill? You mentioned a new cabinetry enclosure for the new fridge. Will it have crown molding on the side and front. The side molding on the window side will have to line and match the molding on top of your existing cabinetry to the left of the window. The gap between your window and the molding will have to be the same on both sides I think. I like the contrast between the painted wall and the moldings and the window trim. Ne thought is to just do a 4 or 5 in baseboard type short backsplash that will die into the window trim and use a window sill of the same material as the countertop. On the right, the short backsplash would die into the fridge cabinet and the top of the fridge cabinet with with similar molding will tipoff the area nicely. I am not sure if you are following what I said :) This post was edited by GWlolo on Fri, Jan 25, 13 at 15:54...See MoreBumped out window but not counter height?
Comments (26)I think I'm getting closer. I found this picture of joan2121's kitchen during naptime today. I am in love. I can see tile samples over her range, so I'm guessing she hadn't gotten to the backsplash yet when the pictures were taken. I haven't been able to find a more recent picture to see how or if she tiles the space behind the sink. I don't have quite the expanse of windows like she does, but I think it would still be wonderful. I looked up on my official plans, and we're supposed to have two 2' double hung windows behind the sink with transoms above. I wonder if it's too late to make it a 5' space with a 15" window, a 30" window in the middle, and another 15" window. Do windows even come in those sizes? Well, something like that. A bigger picture window in the middle that doesn't need to open, flanked by two smaller windows that can be opened. Would I still want a transom above? We will have 10' ceilings so I think there will be plenty of space. What do you think? Is this possible? Is my builder going to tell me I'm crazy or that it's going to cost a million bucks? Here is a link that might be useful: joan2121's finished kitchen post...See MoreKitchen Bay Window Bump Out Banquette. possible?
Comments (5)If it's a 9 foot long wall and you use a 48" long table then yes you will have room. The angled corners are only there to scoot in to sit on the banquette along the 48" length anyway. Don't be fooled by the idea that you will have a drawer in the built-in cabinetry as shown. Note the height of the seat of the chairs and the height of the top of the banquette cushion - way different. The banquette is way higher. This a a common misconception. Just add the inches up: 4" to 5" h base board, a rail at the top and bottom to hold the drawer in, the top molding edge, the cushion height and then subtract from 18" (the height the top of the cushion should be)...and well you are lucky to have enough for just a tiny niche. I'm 6' and I would not find that banquette height comfy even with my very long legs ; - ) Also prior designer is correct to be aware of the expenses you are walking into. Perhaps you simply remove the door add a window with a built in bench (just deep enough) in front of the wall?I do not see a plan and assume it is not possible or you would have considered it? Tip: College degreed and subsequent major design office experienced designers always begin by designing in plan ; - )...See MoreA Bump Out to Bump Up Curb Appeal?
Comments (17)I am still trying to get an appointment with the building inspector to see exactly what is allowable here, as they obviously have the final say and it's somewhat unclear. There already is a crawlspace under the house that is actually deeper and more accessible along that front side of the house (via an access panel inside), and while it's hard to see from this photo, the ground slopes down in front of the house so the cantilevered bump-out would be further off of the ground than that part of the house. I will try to get more pictures posted as I know it's hard to see, but my house is also hard to photograph well because there are a lot of obstructions as I live in a heavily forested area. I'm not trying to be confusing here, but it's a confusing house, trust me, as many older houses on weird lots are. For the bump-out and the scope of what I'm asking about here, I'm really talking about a microaddition (of 36 inches bumped out on 2 x 10 joists, by 10 ft wide) as described here in this Houzz article: https://www.houzz.com/magazine/micro-additions-when-you-just-want-a-little-more-room-stsetivw-vs~1165961?share=clipboard The propane tank at the end, because it's an eyesore and there aren't other good places to put it, would only have a sort of lean-to over it at the end of the bump-out, it would not be enclosed in the actual bump-out but would be covered by the extended roof over the bump-out, and maybe have a hinged door on the front/visible side (if needed for access/ventilation) and be open around the corner to the right of this pic. Charlie, I understand what you're saying re: the need for excavating, but I don't think that's possible on this part of this lot due to extensive rock ledge here, hence why there was a crawlspace to begin with. I live in New England so footings have to be pretty deep, yet many of the lots where I am allow only for a shallow dig as they're pretty ledge-y. For additional perspective, this house is on a hill above a curved driveway, and this facade is the first thing people see. The rest of the house isn't that visible from the street besides a side view that looks (IMO) better than this. The reason for considering this bump-out now is mainly that the timing is right, as we unexpectedly had to repair some crawlspace joists due to drainage issues, and it will really improve a project already in the works, which involves in part dividing the 13.75 ft x 19.5 ft room there (to the right of the door in this picture) into two bedrooms of 11.5 x 9.75 ft each with closets filling the rest of the 13.75 side, which is fine but a little small for bedrooms. With the bump-out, these bedrooms would both be a reasonable average bedroom size (more like 130-135 square feet each vs less than 120 plus closets, and currently the house is a 3 bedroom with one of the bedrooms just shy of 10 x 10 ft, good for a home office but not great for a bedroom. There are already two doors to that big room (but no closets), as if someone before me envisioned it as two bedrooms that never got completed and just need a divider wall and closets. So, I see it as completely a pretty confusing objective of past owners as to how they imagined the home would be used (the master bedroom in the house, for comparison, is about 250 square feet with two 10 ft reach-in closets, so as it is now, the house has one huge bedroom, one medium-sized bedroom, and one tiny bedroom, and just doesn't make sense. I don't plan to sell this house any time soon, and don't have kids -- but if I did, I can't imagine they wouldn't be fighting over the fact that one kids' bedroom is more than twice the size of the other, and that this wouldn't be a major issue if I ever do sell. Again, I get this is all confusing and sounds massive in scope but the objective is really to reconfigure space that was already added on here as a seemingly not-well-planned addition, and to add this microaddition bump-out for slightly more space and a better floorplan. I have looked through old deeds and town permits to figure out when/why this addition was added, but no luck with that either, it's just clear from the crawlspace and attic that it happened after this house was built (and I think the space was originally an attached garage). A lot of DIY clearly went on here before I acquired the property -- some really well-done, some poorly planned and executed....See More
richfield95
4 years agoWe have a small bump out where the fireplace is now, you can see the vent as it is lighter. Imwant to completely remove the fireplace and build a new, large window, at least 5’ wide in this area:
The French doors are nice, but I’m looking for just the box window. We are really lacking on seating,
I can take a better picture in the morning, hard to do right now with it dark outside. :)richfield95
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoThanks, I know it won’t look like any of my inspiration ideas, but I’m hoping I can come up with something that doesn’t make people say “What were they thinking!?!?”
My inspiration (but without window grilles)
My living room interior, I want to take out the fireplace and put the window along that wall
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago partim
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agorichfield95
4 years agolast modified: 4 years agoWhen we first moved in, we tried th sofa where the chairs are and didn’t like it, it made the space feel tight and closed in.
There are too many wires and TV accessories for putting it over the fireplace. Putting a cabinet along that wall for the TV would make the room feel even more narrow.
We don’t use the fireplace and want to remove it; despite our best efforts, it is cold and drafty when it’s not on. We do not live in an area with natural gas, and since our primary heating fuel is oil we pay an exhorbanent rate for propane.
I realize a window seat won’t be used often, but I was hoping it would make the room feel more,spacious. Another reason I wanted to do a bump out was to add insulation to the foundation exterior. When this addition was put on, they only did a crawl space with less than 18” of clearance. And there is no insulation around the foundation or under the floor. our Only option is to insulate the exterior.
We will eventually install a large patio outside. Im not a fan of decks; we had a huge one growing up and every other year we’d have to,clean it and reseal it.
We want to install windows along that wall with the fireplace as we have a great backyard.
The living room is 11.5’ by 23’. Here are a few other pictures, we’re still working on finishing th end wall after moving the kitchen.
jck910
4 years ago
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