In both work and life, we all desire maximum freedom and dislike the feeling of being constrained. The same goes for purchasing a home. Many people’s ultimate aspiration for residential space is to have it feel free, spacious, and bright. Who would prefer a small, cramped room? But not everyone can afford a large villa or a sprawling penthouse. After years of hard work, many people can only afford a house that is just adequate, or even somewhat cramped, for their family’s needs. Many home designs are similar, lacking full natural lighting and ventilation in some areas. Knocking down all the partition walls would compromise the privacy of separate spaces, while not renovating would greatly reduce spatial comfort.

So clever designers came up with a compromise: installing an indoor window. Simply put, an indoor window is a window installed on an interior wall.

Indoor windows can connect separate spaces and enhance interactivity. They can also help borrow light from other areas for parts of the home with poor lighting, improving the overall ambiance. Flexible and versatile folding windows have become the best option for indoor windows. This is because folding windows can be made to disappear at any time and can also serve their purpose when you need a barrier, allowing for free adjustment of the opening angle.

Benefits of Installing Indoor Windows

Indoor windows cleverly create visual extensions in large homes, making spaces appear more open and spacious. In small apartments, they alleviate the feeling of confinement and create a bright atmosphere. Moreover, indoor windows can turn drawbacks into advantages, compensating for inadequate lighting in home layouts, demonstrating the power of design in a low-key way.

①Improve Lighting and Enhance Transparency: Indoor windows can solve the problem of dim lighting in small apartments. Especially in bustling cities, many compact homes have areas without windows or that are dimly lit. A thoughtfully placed indoor window can borrow light from adjacent spaces, instantly brightening up previously dull corners. This not only boosts brightness but also promotes air circulation, filling every corner of the home with vitality.

②Expand Views and Open Up Spaces: In limited small apartments, thick walls often make spaces feel narrower. However, cleverly incorporating a window in the right location can break this oppressive feeling. It doesn’t interfere with the original space layout but allows light to freely pass through the glass, injecting transparency and vitality into the room, making the originally cramped small space instantly feel more spacious. This virtually expands the visual experience, allowing every inch of space to be fully utilized.

③Decorate Walls and Enhance Interaction: Indoor windows are not just functional elements but also unique decorations. They can break up monotonous walls, adding spatial depth in square, arched, or circular shapes, like an artist’s brushstroke.

What Are the Types of Indoor Windows?

There are three types of indoor windows. The first is a pure opening, the second is a fixed window, and the third is an operable indoor window. A pure opening cannot guarantee privacy in separate spaces, while a fixed window cannot ensure ventilation. The third combines the advantages of the first two, providing privacy when closed and excellent lighting and views when open. Therefore, more families prefer operable indoor windows, with common types being folding windows, sliding windows, and casement windows.

Occasions Suitable for Installing Folding Windows

The kitchen can be considered the most suitable indoor space for installing folding windows. While open-plan kitchens are aesthetically pleasing, the long-term issue of oil smoke cannot be avoided. Closed kitchens lack interaction and communication with others. Therefore, folding windows have become the preferred choice for creating semi-open kitchens, avoiding the oil smoke problems of open kitchens while also breaking the confined feeling of closed kitchens.

The design of folding windows can be chosen to open above the kitchen, using the window as a pass-through for food, eliminating the need to constantly run between the kitchen and dining room, and allowing for interaction and communication with family and friends while cooking. The height of the window from the ground should be about 20-30 centimeters above the kitchen countertop inside, which can avoid exposing too much of the kitchen interior and make the overall effect more aesthetically pleasing.

A study is a room with relatively low privacy requirements but high brightness demands. It is not only a place for study and work but sometimes also needs to serve as a space for meeting guests and leisure. Traditional interior design separates the study from the living room with a wall, ensuring the independence of the two spaces. But for small apartments, this makes the space feel even smaller. A half-wall combined with glass folding windows can be used between the study and the living room.

The design of glass folding windows can flexibly adjust the openness of the space, allowing the study to be separated or connected to other areas as needed. This transforms the independent work environment into an open communication space. The KANOD Door and Window 50 folding window adopts thickened aluminum material and reinforced structural design, offering excellent wind pressure and bending resistance, capable of easily handling winds stronger than a Category 12 typhoon. It uses a full set of German-imported Ksenberg hardware systems, which are sturdy, durable, and highly corrosion-resistant.

One thing to note is that indoor windows should be installed on non-load-bearing walls. This is because the wall where the window will be installed needs to be completely knocked down and then rebuilt. The selection and installation of windows are also crucial. Choosing a professional door and window manufacturer, such as KANOD Door and Window, not only provides suitable door and window solutions based on the owner’s needs and house conditions but also offers comprehensive services from measurement to installation.