Interesting Design Ideas For Your Home Using Danish Windows

What happens when you want a double door, but the structural opening isn’t large enough for a double door? Well, this is one solution: a single door with a large frame section running vertically down the middle. Although this doesn’t operate in the same way, it creates the consistent, modern look that the customer is aiming for.

Vibrant colours are a great option for making a home look unique without having to change anything structurally about the building. It is the first thing you see and creates a lovely contrast against the timber cladding on this property. Having the main entrance door with a staggered vertical groove design, a modern steel handle and sunburnt orange backdrop is a fantastically bold design statement. All of our doors and windows come in a wide range of colours. This ranges from more neutral colours to others that are just as bold as this orange.

Oversizing in the world of windows comes with a few warning labels. It can sometimes be worth it for a particular look or level of practicality. This side hung window is around 20cm wider than the factory recommended. However, it’s still going strong and providing a solid airflow through the home. The customer is also able to maximise the natural light which creates the appearance of a larger interior space.

We’re huge fans of contrasting the colour of a window casement to the outer frame. It’s so simple, but so rarely seen. This black and white arrangement is a perfect idea to subtly pull away from the mass of white flush casement windows we see in the UK. This boosts the architectural design of the home and creates a unique look.

Taking a glass-to-glass corner to the extreme with this bedroom feature window. It is of course important to see the structural limitations on something so wide: a supporting post needs to exist somewhere…

This is two things in one, and we can’t take credit for one of them. The dark grey textured granite finish is one of ours – a solution to make aluminium look less flat and commercial. The natural timber slats inserted into the frame is a Danish idea that we’re rather fond of. This mix of material creates the perfect blend of modern and traditional styles.

Orange is an awesome colour, and it would be great to have more orange orders coming through! Having the main entrance door with a staggered vertical groove design, a modern steel handle and sunburnt orange backdrop is a fantastically bold design statement.

Generally, white isn’t an exciting colour for windows (it’s obviously all over the place). The solution? Oak frames . Highlighting a white frame in a beautiful solid timber surround creates something far more special.

Even better: moving that beautiful timber onto the door itself ! Although, this one is actually a cheat… There’s no way a solid oak door would pass building regulations these days. So, this is a PUR foam-filled door. Foam is held in by an aluminium vapour barrier and a thin layer of oiled oak is the outer layer.

Many door designs exist beyond set designs in our factories’ catalogues. And this is an example of a customer coming straight to us – design decided on and already on paper. It may look complicated, but considering each frame length and panel carefully brings it all together.

Mostly, sliding sashes are poor insulators. So it’s a much better quality of life to have a window that looks like a sliding sash, but doesn’t slide. This set of faux-sliders around an old windmill actually open outwards – much better for airtight sealing.

Just a great bit of design and colour choice : dark green against bright white render. These contrasting colours bring dimension to the property . Also, extending the roofline down to create a front porch creates a very neat and modern aesthetic.

For the best-possible glass area and therefore light inside the home, corner windows are the way to go. Since it’s all about maximising light coming in and views going out , why not make the glass completely uninterrupted floor-to-ceiling?

Admittedly, tiny angles that follow a rooflight are expensive, relative to the amount of extra light that they let in. However, it does add a certain something… Many sets of drawings we get from architects involve some form of not-rectangular window. This is a somewhat simple way of achieving that design feature .

Hopefully, you can see we’re mainly looking at the window on the left… If not, look a little closer! This is a window where the glass seamlessly extends out onto the frame – the frame is actually coloured glass.

Huge! Tilt-turn windows are normally less than a metre in width and height; this is larger in both dimensions . As wide and as tall as a double door, this single pane of glass can both tilt inwards and turn inwards .

Inverse corner posts! Actually, a very rare idea that I think we’ve only ever seen once on this one project. This one in particular required some careful design to make sure it was both functionally-correct for the customer and didn’t create a massive sun trap. All those separating bars play a key role in reducing the solar gain through the glass. They also create a very unique appearance that allows the property to stand out.

On first inspection, this design is a little chaotic. But take a moment longer to look and you’ll find it’s actually very balanced. Upper and lower sections complement each other when considered as a whole; there’s plenty of options for ventilation and the horizontal flush aluminium cladded section covers up what would otherwise be an unsightly steel beam .

Bright yellow is probably not the first thought that springs to mind when you think of a window or a door colour, and I will admit that I asked to double check the RAL colour code of this before it went to production… However, we can’t deny how good the result looks. Especially set with that dark grey outer frame that really allows the yellow colour to pop.

Scale is important. This might look like a normal-sized window in a normal-sized hole. In reality, it’s over three metres wide, nearly one metre tall, weighing 150kg and the customer somehow managed to lift this through the house up to the second floor. Some serious effort to get the best view out across the countryside. Although it has definitely paid off as it allows for panoramic views of the British countryside .

Another huge item: well over 3m wide, 2m tall and a casual 220kg. The centre section provides another uninterrupted view out, whilst the left and right portions provide a serious amount of airflow. It’s an obvious solution when you see it in real life, but it did take a lot of thought to get to something so simple yet effective.

An obvious-when-you-see-it solution for a small corner area to maximise light. Getting rid of the cornerpost and bonding the glass together at a 90 degree angle is the best way to achieve the smallest possible interruption.