How to Make Windows Look Larger

Making your windows look larger can really help out a small room. One way to accomplish this is to hang curtains farther outside the window. You can hang them several inches higher than the top of the window and let the curtains hang all the way to the floor. You can also buy a curtain rod that is longer than your window width so that your curtains hang several inches (or even feet) to the right and left of the window. It makes the window and the room look bigger.

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When you have two or more windows close together, hanging curtains in between the windows to hide the wall between also makes the windows look bigger. It can look like the windows span the entire wall. Use one curtain rod all the way across and have curtain panels not only on the left and right of the windows but in between the windows to cover sheetrock or trim.

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You can also have one curtain rod that goes all the way from wall to wall. End mount brackets can help you achieve this look. They replace finials so that your curtains can extend from wall to wall with no spaces at the ends. They also support some of the weight so that you can minimize the number of brackets you need.
When choosing material for your curtains, go with a lighter color and a lighter material. You don't want black, super-heavy velvet drapes in a small room. Use a cotton or linen, for example, in a light shade of your room's color.

How to Make Windows Look Larger

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Build Your Home With Larger Garage Door Sizes

When designing a new home or garage it is very important take the time to consider what garage door sizes will work best. It is important not to assume that you will only need a standard size door. Once you have made the decision it is more or less irrevocable. In addition you also should consider increasing the size of your garage and that includes the height of the garage walls as well. It really is hard to beat an oversize garage.

Even if you presently own only a single medium size car you should seriously consider spending the extra money to make your garage larger and that includes the garage doors. Standard garage door sizes include 8'x7' and 8'x16' sizes. These sizes will accommodate a medium size care comfortably but not a large SUV or ordinary pickup truck. In many cases an 8 foot high just will not give a pickup enough clearance vertical clearance and many times the trucks mirrors will not make through the 7 foot width.

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If you work with your builder and architect you will find that it will not cost that much more to increase the garage wall height. Doing so will give you a lot more options in terms of the capability. A garage with 10 high side walls will easily accommodate a 9 foot garage door. So why do you need a 9 foot garage door? If you own a pickup truck you will sooner or later have it loaded with a high load and that load will easily make it into the garage and out of the weather. If you load up the roof rack of your SUV with a luggage box in most cases it will not clear a standard 7 foot high garage door.

When it comes to garage door sizes width is also a critical consideration. If you own a boat or utility trailer you will find that they are frequently close to 9 foot wide. This means your toys are going to be sitting out in the weather because they are too wide to fit through the standard 7 foot wide door. Even a person who handles a vehicle and trailer well will appreciate the extra width of a 10 or 12 foot wide door when back up the load into the garage. The extra width may also keep people from banging your truck mirrors.

In many cases people will opt for the standard 16 foot double garage doors. These doors do give you the width you need to back in your pontoon boat and other wide loads. Again having a 9 or 10 foot high door will allow you to back it in without taking down the bimini or hard top.

Designing and building a home with an oversize garage is a good investment in the value of your home. Even if you never use the garage to its full potential it will appeal to a larger market when it comes time to sell your home. Using large garage door sizes will allow the next owner to store all his or her toys in the garage. This is especially true if your oversize garage is enclosed with the best garage doors as well. In terms of garage doors pricing spending a small additional amount of money to oversize your garage may increase the value of your property substantially.

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James Kesel, MS, is the publisher of the Garage Doors Pricing Website located at http://www.garagedoorspricing.com - Providing information on garage door sizes and the purchasing, installing and operation of a garage door.

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