So many homeowners today aspire to turn their homes into beautifully designed living spaces. But we well know just how much thought and effort can go into creating that modern minimalist dream home; removing all that unnecessary clutter, discrete storage solutions, choosing a balanced colour scheme, and furnishing the room with stylish yet practical furniture.
Most of these solutions simply involve a little research and shopping around. However, there is one aspect of creating your modern beautiful home which can require a little more creative thinking: the issue of natural light. We all know how desirable an abundance of natural light can be. All that stylish furniture and elegant décor can mean nothing if your room is too dimly lit. Natural light literally illuminates your beautiful room and your sense of style, showing it off to its best. Natural light fills the room with energy, instantly making it feel more spacious, less cluttered, lighter and wonderfully airy.
There are many different and creative approaches to use glazing to bring more natural light into your home. But perhaps the most straightforward solutions, is to install a stylish roof lantern into a room.
Easily installed into any room with a flat roof, a lantern complements the sleek lines of a well-designed room, adding a sense of extra height and space, as well as bringing natural light right into the centre of the room.
If it’s the sleek, clean, contemporary look you are going for, an aluminium framed lantern is probably your best option. The Atlas slim line aluminium roof lanterns are a particularly good choice. These high quality roof lanterns feature incredibly sturdy yet beautifully slim-line aluminium frames. At only 40mm thick, these are 70% thinner than most comparable roof lanterns, and will complement the sleek clean lines of your interior design scheme. Furthermore, the thinner frames mean there is a greater area of glazing on the lanterns meaning even more natural light can come into the room.
Aluminium framed roof lanterns stand up well to the ravages of wind and rain and require very little maintenance to provide superb service for many years to come. Some considering installing a roof lantern may have concerns about heat escaping through the lantern. After all, having a beautifully lit, beautifully designed room means absolutely nothing if the room is simply too cold to relax in on a winters day. Invest in good quality fitted in lantern roofs and carefully consider its thermal efficiency. The thermally efficient aluminium frames of the Atlas roof lanterns for example can be combined with high-performing double glazing to provide very efficient insulation. They can boast “U-values” of only 1.2-1.5 W/m2K, meaning that they are much more thermally efficient than many other types of lantern (typically rated with u-values of 3W/m2K or more).
But perhaps the main reason to go for an aluminium roof lantern, over a uPVC equivalent for instance, is the question of aesthetics. The Atlas roof lanterns can be finished in your choice of over 200 RAL colours. This allows you to match or complement your carefully considered colour scheme perfectly making the roof lantern blend in seamlessly with the look of your beautiful room. Furthermore, the exterior frame can be finished in a different colour to the interior, meaning you can complement exterior of your home too.
