Okay to have different window styles?

On 05 Oct 2006, Sasquatch wrote

You're safe: it was normal in Georgian design to use graduated window sizes -- getting smaller on the upper floors, as in this design -- and to have fewer panes in the smaller windows.

Like this, of around 1730, which goes 15-12-6 on ground/first/second:

I'll leave advice on that to others, but if reducing the height of the ground-floor windows makes them about the same size as the first-floor ones, you should probably reduce the number of panes in the re-sized lower windows.

Looks good to me. The lower windows being taller NEED extra lights. The normal configuration would be 6 over 9 in like circumstances but 9 over 9 look just fine to me. To look more uniform I would go with the 6/9 but It *is your* house. If the lower ones go all the way to the floor, doesn't look like it, then

I would leave the rail as is. Looks good and no one is going to trip over it although your fat relatives will sit on it so make it strong. :)

The windows and railing look fine. But, couldn't you carry the rock up to the second floor around the arched window? This would make for a grander entrance. Dezignare'

Sasquatch wrote: ...

Consider if want chairs on your front porch? How much of the back of chairs do you want to see through your windows? You may want to choose your porch furniture and spec around that. If you like low chairs then go a low railing, so you can see over it easily. Ken

The panes of the window are just fine. doing ti any other way would not be normal or look good. Railing: Do not even consider using a 24" high railing. That would be an abomination. jojo

What you may have failed to notice is that the approx. size of each division (panes) is the same size WITH the two different lights over lights from bottom floor and top floor.

Also worth mentioning is that all things artistic, it's a matter of taste. Many are ruled by what has been done before but that is not a necessity. Having said that, though, it seems that most people are ruled by tradition (what is expected) and don't like to veer off the beaten path too much.

I agree that is a good idea and would punctuate the entrance much better.

The individual lite size should be consistent, regardless of overall window width and height.

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