There are many places in the house that in addition to become an important storage space for things, are excellent decorative elements.

The windows offer us the possibility of illuminate our homes, as well as to renew the oxygen in the house, but in addition to this, the windows can be converted into areas decorative or the perfect place to rest accessories or ornaments.

This is possible if and when the window with a shelf, which may well be placed in the outside, where its use as planter or basis for small pots is ideal.

But when the rack is on the inner side of the house, lends it to be used in varied forms. We can send it also flower pots, or similar elements of decoration, but can also become a bookseller, an impromptu bedside to write or up to place the telephone, among many other functions.

The shelf window was long considered as an element purely aesthetic, but then has been gaining importance and has been the subject of work for interior designers, who have seen in them a great potential decorative to take advantage.

Normally, the windows that have shelves opened its gates to the opposite to that of its location, for him avoid encounter against items placed on the shelves. However, most of this type of windows opens bottom-up to avoid contact with these objects.

The uses that he can be assigned to these shelves have only as a limit their own imagination.

The acquisition of a shelter, not only account the aspect decorative and functional inside the house, but many times we also believe the landscapes or natural environments that surround our dwelling, which makes us take a decision for the acquisition of the same. 33

But it turns out that in several cases, the landscapes the only have to say that we live around them, while we deprive of the great pleasure to contemplate their magical and beautiful scenarios.

It is always good having a look to the distribution and shaping of our house to see the possibility of creating our own stay with panoramic view and that will enable us to have access to all landscapes surrounding our home.

A roof or a terrace may end up being excellent places in order to locate a space from which we can enjoy these pleasures for the hearing and the spirit; but for that, should be considered the placement of large panoramic windows that give us full access to our surroundings.

Even the windows can be located starting from the ground to extend to the higher than the room allows us, trying to which they are located across the room dispensing in many cases until the walls. (more…)

By large or small, the windows of our homes have the role of annex with the outside world, to what we add the fact that through them enter the air and ventilation that we need to our environments, as well as the light indispensable to carry out our everyday activities.

And to be exposed to the vast majority of them suffers the ravages of climate and cause problems in his presentation outside as with the material with which were manufactured.

For example, the humidity makes the wood of the windows little by little will be rotting which will affect the structure of the same until they will deteriorate and is affecting their designs.

The continued exposure to sunlight also produces a discoloration in them and the possibility that the wood begin to count with cracks that could then be collapse along with all the structure of the window.

To avoid this, it is necessary to give them the proper maintenance, for which it recommends that once a year are painted the window frames, but caring that all parties in the same not be hit by the effects of the painting. (more…)