A window can do more than bring light into a room. Sills, benches, curtains, blinds, wreaths, plants, and small collections can turn the area around it into a useful focal point without complicated changes. These ideas show how to decorate windows in kitchens, bedrooms, bathrooms, dining rooms, and living spaces.
Botanical Decor for a Bungalow Bay Window
Books, picture frames, lamps, and candles fill the window sill. Flowers join them, while many types of plants sit on the sill around a small bay window. The room has been converted into a sitting area for use as a dining room, and the plants and objects follow the messy home trend without a fixed order.
Valance for a Half Window
Three plants in clay pots sit over the sink in this farmhouse kitchen with off-white cabinets. A rod attached halfway down the frosty window holds sheer curtains. Placing the curtain across half the window can make it seem larger and less obstructed.
Dual-Purpose Sunroom Window Bench
Warm wood covers the furniture and ceiling in the sunroom. Bright white windows fill the room, with many types of plants placed near them. A custom wood piece sits before the windows and works as both a bench and a shelf. Candles, plates, pillows, and pictures are stored in the custom wood piece.
Seasonal Display for an Older Cottage Window
A red flag banner hangs above the lamp and Christmas tree. Both are below the banner, with a reindeer positioned between them. The window is older, and its ledge sits between the wall and the window pop-out for seasonal decor or themed decor.
Magenta Rose Kitchen
Bright pink roses from the garden sit fresh on the window sill. The few roses add color to the neutral kitchen, which has clear cabinet doors, a pop-out window, and a purple floral curtain.
Star Light Waterfalls
Sequined pillows sit beside a plush sofa in the living room, while a plush bed and more sequined pillows suit the bedroom. Small star lights hang in a waterfall arrangement behind a sheer white curtain. They are suggested for either space.
Heart Wreaths
A magenta throw rests on the gray sofa in a cozy living room. Above it, two heart wreaths made from faux greenery serve as Valentine’s Day decor.
Hanging Plants with Curtain Rods
A hanging plant drops from a tan strand of beads. The strand is used with a sheer curtain and coordinates with the white oak flooring.
Roller Shades for a Laundry Window
The skinny laundry room window has its roller shade drawn, with a green wreath touched by purple hues resting on top. Two shelves in brown and black sit beside it. A plant stands in the corner and matches the wreath.
Wreaths with Draped Gold Ribbon
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Multiple tall windows sit in a curved dining room wall, with an outdoor view visible through them. A bright green wreath is placed on the windows for holiday-season decor, and gold ribbon drapes over the wreath. A natural woven blind is pulled up across the windows. Smaller wreaths are attached to the backs of the dining chairs.
White Kitchen Window Garland
Shelf decor in brown and green sits above a farmhouse sink. The hanging greenery garland coordinates with it. Garland is not limited to Christmastime. If you prefer less greenery, switch it to brown or orange.
Wreaths for Matching Christmas Windows
In the living room, multiple flocked wreaths hang from the tops of the blinds on a window without curtains. Red striped bows are attached to the wreaths. Use command hooks for easy placement and removal, and wrap the wreaths with battery-powered lights for extra sparkle.
Religious Window Symbols
Porcelain pitchers match a wood cross displayed on the window sill. The pitchers sit in an antique distressed-wood dresser drawer on a dining room table. The cross can be seen by viewers inside and outside, and religious beliefs can be showcased at home regardless of beliefs.
Dining Room Puffball Curtains
A traditional dining room has two large windows standing open. A designer hung two thick deep gray drapes from them, with large rust velvet puffballs attached at the curtain tops.
White Kitchen Floral Arrangements
The bright white kitchen has greenery in multiple porcelain vases. The vases are filled with faux anemones, faux gypsophila stems, and faux elderflower stems. Florals can be non-colorful, and the greenery matches the kitchen’s palette.
Potted Plant by the Shower Window
In one corner, a small window sits in the white-tiled shower. Colorful vines with orange and green leaves grow from a clay pot there. The plants require water and sunlight.
White Bench with Urn Plants
A small, flat white bench can add a display surface to a narrow window sill. Trees, succulents, birdhouses, and other display items sit on this kitchen bench. Sheer curtains are draped above it.
DIY Hanging Window Frame
In one corner, an old window frame without glass hangs as DIY decor. A fall wreath hangs from a utilitarian metal curtain rod by chains, with white blinds behind it and two open cream curtains visible between the frame and the blinds. The arrangement is described as an original idea.
Red toile and brown velvet layered window decor
Brown velvet forms the top layer of these curtains. Inside it is a printed red toile curtain. The layered arrangement is described as European and sits in a dining room with deep, dark hues, though layered curtains can also bring brighter colors into a dark dining room.
Inside Trim Curtain Rods
White and black striped curtains hang from a rod placed inside the window trim. This placement creates additional window depth and can avoid the need for intricate molding when a rod is installed over the molding. Small potted plants sit nearby.
Wildflowers in Clay Pots
Wood paneling covers the walls of this bathroom, which uses natural textures and natural tones. Clay flower pots filled with wildflowers sit in the window. Sawgrass baskets hang on the wall beside a wooden ladder, and a freestanding tub is also in the room.
White windows and a backsplash-free wall
White windows fill a white window wall with no backsplash. The wall goes with a white apron sink, while a chrome faucet stands in front of the windows and the sink sits in light gray cabinets below a white countertop.
Bohemian Bedroom Blinds in a Natural Woven Style for a Simple Look
In the bedroom corner, an intricate flower pot hangs beside a wicker chair whose texture is similar to the natural woven blinds. The blinds are incorporated into the Bohemian bedroom, while wallpaper with leaves and hanging vines covers the walls. Natural woven blinds suit a simple look.
Petite Real Flowers at a Trimless Black Kitchen Window for Modern Spaces
The modern kitchen has neutral cabinetry, neutral countertops, and neutral floors. Petite pots of real flowers at the trimless window add color. The window has black trim, and the small florals suit a modern space.
Farmhouse Kitchen Window Sill Trinkets
An antique scale sits on the kitchen window sill. Florals, succulents, salt shakers, and pepper shakers are displayed there too. Small decorative pieces work well on a window sill and keep the counter space from feeling crowded.
Small Green Bathroom with Dark Green Walls and Cabinetry and Floral Wallpaper
Black slate tile covers the floor, with a rattan basket resting beside the toilet. The small bathroom has dark green walls and cabinetry, along with floral wallpaper. A small window with sheer curtains admits soft natural light.
White Gabled Ceiling with Exposed Beams in a Bedroom
A white gabled ceiling with exposed beams spans the white bedroom. Two crystal chandeliers hang from it. The white bed has a thin boxed frame, white blankets, pillows against the headboard, and dried flowers and a bound book stack on the quilt. Beside the bed, a wicker basket on the floor holds a rolled white blanket, while a rustic stool nearby carries a white vase with flowers and farmhouse decor. A gray plant in a pot sits at the bedroom side window.
Wooden Frame Wall Decor with Silver Antiques Upright Against a Sliding Kitchen Window
A green wreath associated with Christmas decor is featured on the sliding kitchen window. On the adjacent wall, real silver plates hang near it. Antique silver tea pieces are displayed in the squares of a wooden frame, which is typically used as wall decor and stands upright against the window.
Black and White Botanical Powder Room
White wainscot molding runs along the lower third of the wall in the powder room, which has black-and-white botanical wallpaper. Under a circular mirror with a black frame, a small vanity made from natural wood provides a focal point. Nearby, a plant in a pot rests on the window.
Original Shutters in a Vintage Home
Inside the neutral bathroom, the designer placed a potted plant behind a pair of window shutters. Its pot is bright blue and white, and the designer intended bright tones for the room.