Is your house dark no matter how many windows you open up? Are there covered porches or patios or maybe lots of trees shading your house causing it to feel dark inside even on a bright, sunny day?
Maybe you should consider some well placed skylights to bring light into your home.
My mother's house, a modest, zero-lot line home, has a skylight in her master bath. If it didn't, she would have no natural light in there and it would be pretty dismal in the morning and during the day.
My daughter's second floor apartment in LA (and this is not a luxury apartment, believe me) has a skylight in her bathroom. It makes such a huge difference since her bathroom is in the interior part of the apartment, with no window.
In our rental home in Australia, we had skylights in both of our bathrooms. Neither bathroom had windows. This home was a contemporary build and much like a zero lot line home. Luckily those skylights were there to bring in that natural light.
A skylight that floods a space with natural light is like the best dose of feel-good medicine in the world. :-)
I'm sharing some here today, for inspiration, just in case you have a dark, dreary place in your home, where a skylight might possibly bring some light into your world.
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Casa Perfect on the LA Design Trail #skylight #marblebathroom
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Contemporary kitchen with skylight from Dwell on Design home tours - Home of James Baker #skylight #contemporarykitchen
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Contemporary bathroom with skylight from Dwell on Design home tours - Home of James Baker #skylight #contemporarybathroom
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Contemporary stairwell with skylight from Dwell on Design home tours - Assembledge Architects
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Contemporary window with skylight from Dwell on Design home tours - Assembledge Architects
Flood your home with natural light with well placed skylights | Oculus skylight in Casa Perfect on the LA Design Trail #oculus #skylight
Check out more on these beautiful contemporary homes with skylights, toured on Dwell on Design's home tours.
I'm sharing some pics of two more of the cool houses we toured in LA during Dwell on Design's Home Tours. I have to say, Californians have this indoor/outdoor living thing down, beautifully.