Kitchen Windows: When planning the private area consider especially the views from the major windows, and let these include the kitchen windows window, near which the woman of the house is likely to spend some time. Hopper windows are hinged at the bottom and open inward. Bay windows are three or more windows, frequently double hung, with the outer pair at an angle to the wall from which they project outward. If they are curved to form an arc of a circle, they are called bow windows. Properly speaking, bay and bow windows appear only on the ground-floor level; on upper floors they are known as oriels. A dormer window is one placed at a right angle to a pitched roof and covered by a small pitched roof of its own. Fixed windows are those with a sash that does not open.

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