kitchen

Reply to: I love having my windows come down to the counter. I also had them go nearly all the way to the ceiling... I love how much light I get ... the windows are North / North East facing so with the exception of early morning, I am getting cool diffuse light. One advantage is that the counterspace in front of the windows is my main prep space between the stove and sink and so having the counters extra deep here (by an extra 8") allows me to really spread out and it feels very luxurious not to be cramped (I had very little counter space in my old kitchen and had upper cabinets so always felt a little confined). One potential issue to consider which is a point my architect raised is that not all contractors are capable of pulling this off. Also it made the granite installation a little trickier. They were going to have to notch out the granite where the frame of the window is... I stepped in at this point (fearing mass amounts of granite dust in the house) and asked that the window frame be notched out instead (it is below where the countertop is). This worked out very well. The counter to ceiling windows in my kitchen really make it feel so open and airy and I just love it. I would highly recommend that you consider this for your kitchen.

Q

Reply to: My window comes all the way down to the counter. When DH washes his hands, he shakes the excess water off up kind of high and it splashes on the window. So, I'm always cleaning up water spots. Oh well, it's not all that much work. I can imagine a greenhouse style window would be pretty nice.

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