A room with no view. How do you create a view or simply detract from this issue?

A picture of the room would help a lot here.

What do you want the room to be? Do you want a garden room, a music room or a reading room etc.

You could go the route of taking the view away, since it’s not apparently worth much anyhow. There is a product that’s static cling stained glass that looks rather nice. That can cut the sunshine/heat down so your herbs will better grow, give a focal point to the room and give you privacy while keeping light. Product Here

There are lovely murals you can buy which, if you frame curtains around it, can look exactly like a window with a beautiful view.

Or you can get window film with a lovely pattern or picture. I’ve seen them in stained glass or lace. put “decorative window film” in a search engine and you’ll get the idea. I think Home Depot also sells it.

@gemiwing it is a lounge, you may call it a living room? @snowberry thank you I will have a look.

@snowberry ooh they are divine!

@Just_Justine Yes, I know what you meant. I meant what theme do you want. My living room is set up for entertaining and reading. So we have decor to match that theme.

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Try window decals you apply them on the inside of the windows with water and a squeegee.

@gemiwing oh! sorry good question. I am thinking of making it a dining entertaining area. I am putting a welsh dresser, small dining room suite and couch it in so far. :)

@Just_Justine That sounds lovely! Then I would definitely go with the window cling, colors to complement your existing furniture. It will give people something good to talk about while eating and create a calm environment.

I would also buy some simple annuals and plant them in decorative bowls to place on the windowsill. Something that trails nicely like a begonia or other hanging plant. I would keep the bowls and bloom color simple so as not to overwhelm the eye and detract from the beauty of the stained glass. Perhaps a nice off-white or white.

This question has inspired me to buy some window cling for our bathroom. I’m excited!

I wish I had a photo of the rental we stayed at over the summer. It had the same view from the eating area but it was obscured by stacking those glass blocks in the window opening. That way the light came in but it felt both private and elegant. They had an old- world pub look to the room itself.

You could create a different focal point for the room than the window with no view. Perhaps put in an electric fireplace or create a faux built-in bookcase/entertainment center.

@Dog : I saw on a cooking show where Sandra Lee made a bar out of plastic “glass blocks.” good to know you can buy plastic ones, they’re probably more lightweight and won’t break if you topple them. P.S. in the show, she backlit the bar, which was a wall of the plastic glass blocks – great idea and portable, too.

as far as @Just_Justine‘s room, i am a big fan of a beautiful framed mirror. it adds light and makes the room look bigger.

Put some great artwork on the walls :)

Use drapery to create the effect of a window.
Create a piece of trompe l’oeil.
Use a mural
Do away with the idea of a window altogether

What about white or off-white sheer curtains over the window? These let light in while blocking the view.

Or a room screen in front of the window (this one has an inset photo to show the detail of the framework at the top.)

Here. Try putting in “Static Cling Window Murals” into a search engine. I found one that acutally offers murals! Then get a recording of birds singing, or a mountain stream, and you don’t have to move!

As for the window, I think having something green outside is about as good as you can do. I would just concentrate on placing some interesting things on the walls. Also, place house plants close to the window.

I brought air into a claustrophobic cubicle with a large poster print of a Monet painting that brought natural forms and colors and distance into the cube. It gave me an illusion of a landscape view instead of a stifling gray enclosure.

You can get some great stained glass decals and make the window pretty for very little money. Home depot has them cheap, cheap. They have a nice selection too.

Thanks guys, I thought maybe we didn’t have fancy things like decals here! (South Africa) but we do. So I am going to do that, plus, I am going to paint the window frame dark orange red, the same as the feature wall. I have huge bugler bars on the window, so thinking of shoving foliage in them somehow! we all have massive b/bars here and they are always ugly. Any how thanks for your lovely suggestions. I just have to measure for the decal guy. I am also going to get some art work if pocket allows :)

take some pix when you’re done. i’m sure we’d all appreciate seeing the finished product.

@jca I will do it is looking smashing, the orange paint as been really hard to work with, over 6 coats and still a bit blotchy. I am taking a rest for now. Half the apartment is done. It always looks small to me but not when you’re painting it. loll. I just wish I had taken before pics though!