Shaker Style: In Praise of "Borrowed Light" Interior Glass Doors and Windows
Photography by Gregory Timsit,
courtesy of Marianne Evennou
The Shakers had many ways of making their interiors feel brighter through long, dark winters, including slipping interior windows into walls, a way to carry light from room to room, a technique they called “borrowed light.” Lately we've been noticing an uptick in interior windows in projects all over; take a look at a few favorite examples.
Architectural glass in a project by Studio Strato carries light through.
photograph by Serena Eller,
courtesy of Mondador and Studio Strato.
Glass partitions between kitchen and dining area bring extra light into a small carriage house.
Photograph courtesy of The Modern House
Interior windows appear frequently in projects by Paris designer Marianne Evennou.
Photography by Gregory Timsit,
courtesy of Marianne Evennou
In his kitchen, Russell Loughlan salvaged a circa-1960s glass-paneled wall around the kitchen and painted it in Farrow & Ball’s Picture Gallery Red.
Photography courtesy of Russell Loughlan
Another trick of interior windows: never feeling that a room is closed off.