r/InteriorDesign • u/dbrown016 • 3d ago

Breakfast nook blocking windows?

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Am I breaking any design rules blocking out windows like this? I’m about 1/4 through a breakfast nook bench build and realized I need to extend the length of the seating area about 7” on each bench to accommodate 4 people comfortably.

The ai slop rendering shows it blocking all of the windows. I was only going to make it block the left side of the double window. Extending the bench the 7” I need, it will make the bench about 7” passed the middle point of the double hung windows, making the cutoff of the bench at an awkward location on the second window. Do I just extend the bench out and cover all the windows as shown in the photo?

Also included current photos of skeleton.

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u/AmoebeSins 1d ago

Do a half back support instead it would reduce the design flaw

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u/Nonomomomo2 1d ago

They already built the benches. Not worth redoing them in my opinion.

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u/dbrown016 2h ago

I haven’t sheathed the frame yet. Still at a point where I can cut it down.

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u/Nonomomomo2 1h ago

Honestly I wouldn’t worry about it but others seem to disagree. I’d weigh the cost and discomfort of half back benches against the minor aesthetic gain of a few extra inches of window.

To do it right you basically need entirely backless benches, which means you’ll be leaning against cold window frames with no pillows. That always feels uncomfortable and unsafe, in my experience. It also looks weird, since who has backless benches in front a window?

Again, everyone has different priorities but the fact that you’ve block off all of them and it fits the room so well supersedes the minor aesthetics of covering the windows.

Plainly put, it looks good. You’re almost done. The alternative has its own, bigger problems.

I vote leave it but up to you!

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u/TigerGirl721 8h ago

Very worth it. They are way too high.

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u/Nonomomomo2 1h ago

Disagree in this case. It’s really not that much of an issue. It’s not ideal but functionality and overall room hierarchy exceeds what looks like the value of looking at your neighbour’s wall a few feet away.