Windowless bathroom? Have no fear! Consider this nifty idea of using a window as a shower door. Of course, it's not as good as an actual window because it won't be admitting natural light into the room. But this is a close second for its other window-ly qualities of adding architectural interest and bouncing light around a bit:
In the three examples shown, steel-framed, industrial-style windows have been used in place of your typical shower door. In the first two examples, actual windows were salvaged for the use. In the third, the shower door was custom-designed to look like the rest of the casement windows in the house. Pretty cool detail, isn't it?
Images: Spaller|Glover, Glass Works of Summit, House Beautiful
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How is that better than just a glass shower door?
Yikes - I don't know how safe an actual window would be, what if someone slipped into with while in the shower?
oops, typo - I meant "what if someone slipped while in the shower"
It's a nice design idea, but before you install one of these windows in your shower, you should replace the glass with tempered glass.
The second image has a definite "incarceration" vibe -
love it!
All of those bathrooms do have an actual window though...
i like it... clearly it isnt an actual window but a shower door made to look like one.
if you had a clear shower door you could just add the window muntins on it to make it look like a window.
Safety is an issue so these would have to be made with tempered glass and when you get down to it, it's really silly to make something new look like re-purposed vintage windows. But I do love the look of the second picture; it feels like a steampunk shower door.
In Italy my sister has a shower door that concertinas closed and open. I looked for one in the US to replace the sliding doors on my bathtub, no luck. I take baths and showers, and when I take a bath, I don't like doors-they make me feel too closed in.
I dunno about having wood parts in the shower. Unless they were reallyreally well sealed. And teak.
Love the look! A great architectural detail.. I believe they are steel not wood. It never occured to me to have tempered glass in the shower. I've never heard of one being pulled down or broken with regular use (that of means barring acts of God).
Nope, too impractical and even dangerous. Replacing the glass with tempered is expensive, and not the thrifty recycling that the post appears to be about.