Architectural Considerations for
Windows & Doors

Your home has style. Add excitement with Milgard's® architectural windows and doors. The following examples show ideas on how to match windows and patio doors to your home's style.

Exterior windows and doors

Cape Cod

The Cape Cod home style originated in colonial New England and usually is one-and-a-half stories. Windows are generally multi-paned, double hung windows…
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Kitchen windows and doors

Colonial

There are many styles of Colonial homes—Dutch, French, Spanish, New England and Georgian, for example. These homes look best with small double hung windows…
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Bedroom windows and doors

Craftsman/Bungalow

Bungalows were variations of an affordable housing type that swept across America in the early twentieth century. These homes used double hung and casement/awning windows…
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Patio doors

Modern

There is no single style that epitomizes "modern." However, modern homes tend to feature large picture, casement, awning and horizontal sliding aluminum windows.
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Bathroom windows and doors

Prairie Style

Frank Lloyd Wright revolutionized the American home with "Prairie" style houses with low horizontal lines, open interior spaces & Clerestory windows.
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Light filled interiors

Ranch/Split-Level

Today, these are often called mid-century homes as they were most popular in the middle decades of the twentieth century. They often contain very large sliding glass and picture windows.
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Patio doors

Spanish/Mediterranean/
Stucco

Influences from Spain & Italy combine with North American ideas to create this style of home. These range from older homes with small windows…
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Bathroom windows and doors

Tudor

Tudor homes predominantly feature combinations of tall, narrow windows (single hung, double hung and casement) and often have darker trim…
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Living room windows and doors

Victorian/Queen Anne

These fanciful, ornate architectural styles of homes take on many shapes and sizes. These homes use a much wider range of windows…
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