Measuring the Picture Window That's Making You

Don't worry if you don't have the measuring tape to confirm what my measurements say. My point is that we need to check our picture windows and see how they measure against other possibilities in order to create the right space. This can be challenging because we want it to work perfectly — but that's not always possible

Let me give you an example: My husband and I were remodeling our kitchen and had a small window that needed to be replaced. We loved the old window, but it was too small for our needs and looked out into the backyard instead of into the kitchen. So we decided to move a wall and open up more space in the dining room. However, this meant that I would have less sunlight streaming into my kitchen, which was okay since I didn't spend much time there anyway. But I also wanted enough light so that I could do some cooking at night or in the morning without having to turn on too many lights or deal with glare from bright sunshine coming through my windows during those times

I started by measuring how much space we had left over after moving that wall so that I could make sure there wasn't anything else blocking light from coming into my kitchen area — like a cabinet blocking an