Mullioned windows

A bachelor with an ambitious project, and plans to start a family, called on me to convert a rundown apartment building into his dream home. This stunning city dwelling is the result of my love for New York townhomes, with European influences and modern flair. Prospect House. Benjamin Benschneider Trendy light wood floor dining room photo in Seattle. Joni Spear Interior Design. A built-in banquette provides plenty of extra seating for family and friends.

Tudor-style windows fill the space with light, and a chandelier adds extra sparkle and style. Lara Jane Thorpe Farmhouse exterior home photo in Kent. Laundry room with a view. Boca Raton by Benjamin Moore. The windows which were once a deep cream are original to the porch and updated to a fresh crisp Oxford White by Benjamin Moore.

In the warmer months the porch is enjoyed as more than just a place to do laundry or clean up. Inspiration for a timeless porch remodel in Toronto. We added a punch of colour with a tranquil blue door.

This is an example of a traditional porch design in Toronto. A large mirror adds light, sparkle and reflects the backyard in this north facing room. Mullioned windows often have unusual shapes, and they are frequently arched at the top. Gridded windows are square or rectangular, and the grid is regular, with evenly spaced panes of glass divided into a grid, rather than large blocks of glass divided by mullions or transoms.

This grid design is common in sash windows, popular features in Western architecture. We know that mullioned windows were used in the great Gothic cathedrals of Europe. However, plenty of examples exist well before Gothic architecture became a thing in the 12th century.

You'll also find them in Islamic architecture, starting before the 10th century. Some versions contain stained glass. Their primary purpose was more than ornamental. Thanks to their passive cooling , they could help route cooler air into the building.

Jars and basins of water were sometimes placed inside a mashrabiya to increase the cooling effect. Well before these churches were even built, ancient Egyptians used a similar type of woodworking for the doors and roofs of their homes.

Documentation of Coptic woodworking on Islamic buildings exists from the Tulunid Dynasty, which encompassed Egypt and Syria during the ninth and 10th centuries. The lattice woodwork was an appealing feature for another reason: It afforded a bit of privacy for people inside the building.

Some mullioned windows in Gothic architecture feature similarly intricate designs. But the clearest early definition comes in , from an English architectural glossary that references, "English joiners [who] apply the term muntin to the intermediate upright bars of framing, and call the outside uprights styles.

Early builders used muntins not for looks but because they were structurally necessary. Early buildings' outer walls could not carry the weight when large windows were placed in the walls.

Muntins allowed for weight to be transmitted vertically. This would especially have been the case with Westminster's vast amounts of fenestration: Its west window is close to 45 feet high. Mullions are different from muntins, though they both act as supporting devices. Generally, mullions are the single vertical bars that separate two sides of a single window.

The Oxford English Dictionary calls a mullion "A vertical bar between the panes of glass in a window. Giant expanses of windows were achieved by holding smaller panes of glass together by supportive devices. Two separate windows that are closely mated can even have that thin separating element referred to as a mullion, even though it is technically part of the wall.

In the truest sense, muntins are the vertical pieces of wood separating panes of glass in a classic multi-pane glass assembly. Mullions are the single vertical supports used in two-pane assemblies.

Few window companies today make a distinction between muntins, mullions, and stiles because few window buyers care about this. This is a fine distinction that rarely matters, and which only makes the window buying process more confusing.

Hardwick Hall, Derbyshire, UK. Old entrance wooden door with stone steps and mullioned windows. Piazza Duomo, Monza, Lombardy, Italy. Trefoil arched windows of the Loggia del Bigallo in Florence, Italy. David's Cathedral Tower and south transept of St. The formidable stronghold was built on a high limestone spur in the 13th century by the Hungarian kings and it still commands the surrounding countryside.

It repelled Tartar forces in and grew to become the largest fortress complex in Central Europe. It was abandoned after a fire in , but the ruins has since been restored and are now a popular tourist attraction. A pretty stone cottage with stone lintels and white mullioned windows stands surrounded by grass and a picket fence.

A pebbeldash cottage in the Cotswold village of Castle Combe in Wiltshire. Very old small red brick garden house with slate roof, mullioned windows and pink climbing rose. Near the Baptistry of Florence the Loggia del Bigallo public loggia has frescos and striped arched windows. David's Cathedral West front of St.