Increase Natural Light in Home Design

March 4, 2025

Architects use these tricks to make any house into a sunny home.

While privacy in the home is important for comfort and security, natural light is, too. More natural light in a house improves mental health and helps your home stay cleaner given natural light’s germ-killing powers. If you are starting fresh with a quality new construction home, you won’t want to miss out on these ways to increase natural light in home design.

Large Windows and Glass Doors

Large windows and glass doors are simple elements that will guarantee a sunnier home, especially on the south, east, and west sides of your house. In our hemisphere, the north side gets the least light, while the south and south-east sides get the most.

Clerestory Windows

Clerestory windows are great investments if you want to bring in the most sunlight and draw the eye up to your high ceilings. In new homes, the great room and the master bedroom are the most popular rooms to have lofted ceilings. Clerestory windows are windows that reach close to the ceiling above eye level, such as those in a cathedral. They can also help you maintain privacy should you not want any windows at eye level on a particular wall.

Light Shelves

A light shelf is a shelf that acts as a low ceiling directly above one end of a room and directly under a long window. This shelf helps to reflect and diffuse natural light throughout a room. The walls and ceiling should be light in color.

Sun Tunnels

A sun tunnel is a great device for bringing natural light into an interior room such as a powder room, laundry room, walk-in closet, or small study. It also works for interior hallways. A reflective tube takes light from a rooftop portal into a room or hallway through the ceiling.

Which Would You Choose?

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