If you’ve been lucky enough to find a home with a great view, you know it’s a special gift worth appreciating and can skyrocket the value of your house. Better yet, you don’t have to qualify a good view because you know one when you see it, be that a sweeping cityscape, a calm lake, or some gentle hills in the distance.
If your house boasts it, that view becomes a part of your house, and a natural piece of art that changes with the seasons and the time of day. You no doubt want to celebrate such a feature that can influence how you live and how you feel inside your own space.
As such, a view that makes you stop and stare deserves some attention, and a thoughtful project to fully experience it from different rooms or from your patio is worth the investment. When you begin to consider that view, one of the biggest sellers of your house, many design questions begin answering themselves.
In this post, we hope to explore what those are for you:
Frame The View
It helps if you can make the view the centrepiece of a room in as many rooms as you can, so arrange your furniture to draw the eye outward, and implement a comfortable spot where you can sit and just take it all in. You could have a sofa facing the window or a pair of chairs positioned so you can both enjoy the scenery while having a conversation.
You want to make it feel like the room and the view are one connected experience, not two separate things. If oriented right, you can use the inside of your home to create a visual path leading you right to that vista you want to draw an eye to, or the natural light you want to accept inward.
Maintain The Clarity
A beautiful scene can be dulled by dirty glass, so a sparkling window is an essential part of enjoying a view. Smudges and grime can very easily blur a beautiful scene, so a bit of maintenance should be part of your schedule with a special focus here. It’s also wise to consider the walls and clutter around your windows, because heavy curtains or busy shelving near a window can detract from what’s outside, so a lighter touch is always a good idea.
We’d suggest using simple window treatments that don’t block the light or the view when they’re open, because they help you to focus on the landscape, especially if it’s a landscape you can see with privacy (that is, less curtains doesn’t mean people can see in more easily).
Minimise Visual Obstruction
You may have a great view, but there’s a barrier in the way, like a balcony or a deck railing. Older barriers can be quite clunky and block a lot of the scenery you’re trying to enjoy, which is a real shame. A better solution that offers safety without getting in the way is a frameless glass balustrade, which is a better choice because it keeps a secure barrier that almost disappears, so you get a great line of sight from your deck or patio. Moreover, you can lean on it and feel completely safe while your view remains completely open. With this advice, you’re sure to honour that awesome household view.