Complementing Your San Francisco Home with the Right Windows

 

Investing in the right window style can add more consistency to your home’s architecture.  It can enhance your home’s defining features as well as its curb appeal. That said, you can count on Renewal by Andersen® of San Francisco to help you choose the best windows to fit your home’s style.

Here are three popular home styles in San Francisco and the windows that will complement them.

Queen Anne

They feature textured surfaces, decorative patterns of wood or stone, and an array of shingle and slate colors. Towers, turrets, and balconies, are also common elements found in Queen Anne architectures.

Like with most Victorian-style homes, Queen Anne architecture often has tall, double-hung windows. The difference, however, is that the latter’s windows come with upper sashes that are usually decorated with art glass or with a decorative grille pattern. Another suitable window design would be bay windows, which occasionally have an unequal sash.

We offer double-hung and bay window replacement in San Francisco that comes with an array of design options. Enhance your home’s notable features by choosing bright exterior colors, such as forest green and red rock. Complement this with wood species and stain interior colors, such as maple, oak, and cinnamon.

Craftsman Bungalow

They are characterized by conical roofs, round towers, and dormers. They also feature symmetrical window and door compositions in more formal homes and asymmetrical designs in informal houses. While any window can fit in a Craftsman Bungalow home, double-hung windows and casement window replacement in San Francisco are the most common. They are usually vertical in proportion and the grille patterns are never horizontal. These kinds of architecture favor warm, earthy browns, greens, burgundies, and yellows. The window frames and sash are often one color while the trim color is contrasting.

Shingle

Gently sloping gable roofs with narrow eaves, asymmetrical façade, and multi-light windows are the distinct features of a Shingle home style. While double-hung windows with stained wood interiors are common choices for this home, casement San Francisco window replacement is equally common.

Their sash and frame are typically a single color. While trim color is usually similar to the sash and frame, heavy contrast can add more depth and character to your windows. As the style originated near a large body of water, greens, grays, and tones of brown will let it blend with the countryside.

Consult the design team of Renewal by Andersen of San Francisco when it comes to choosing the best window design for your home. Call us today at (866) 609-5033 or fill out our contact form. Our design representatives will be happy to help.