Kmonga514 08:02:45 PM May 23 2009

I have to say, that first picture isn't of a small room, it is a nook in a bigger room. Who pays these writers for these articles? I want that job!

CPowell817 07:47:49 PM May 23 2009

what is the old saying a - a picture is worth a thousand words...in this case...the thousands words were uttered by all the comments about how unpractical this suggestion truly is...Horray for all of us who are practical and not stupid!!

NO1CHEF99 05:49:07 PM May 23 2009

This is a really great idea...BUT.... due have any idea how much it costs to cool a house in FLORIDA? Our main power company just got a 25% price increase! Leaving the windows open sounds great until you figure the R rating and the amount of cooling you are loosing as well as the amount of heat you are letting in. This would work if you had upgraded windows that are double ot triple glass and tinted otherwise it is just a waste

Lost in letters 05:27:18 PM May 23 2009

obviously do not live in Phoenix! You would be inviting theft if anything of value was there, you would use so much electricity trying to stay cool (and probably not!) plus you could not stand to sit in there. Small house would now be much smaller as the room would be of no consequence at all.

Prd90702 05:05:08 PM May 23 2009

Taking of curtains and shutters does make a room look and feel smaller. I have thin venetian blinds on each window and it works beautifully. You can also use plain or cellular shades. The idea is to roll up the blinds or shades so that you can "bring what's outside into the room" (figuratively speaking).Try it before you condemn it. IT WORKS!

Prd90702 05:05:08 PM May 23 2009

Taking of curtains and shutters does make a room look and feel smaller. I have thin venetian blinds on each window and it works beautifully. You can also use plain or cellular shades. The idea is to roll up the blinds or shades so that you can "bring what's outside into the room" (figuratively speaking).Try it before you condemn it. IT WORKS!

paskett501daisy 05:02:25 PM May 23 2009

So true. And small rooms often have short ceilings, too, which none of these pictures portrayed. Makes it hard to relate to.

Hummnbrd97 04:59:22 PM May 23 2009

I am really wondering how many people have windows that big in a small house and I cannot say that I personally want anyone seeing in my windows or in looking out at their yards. It would have to be a room with nothing in it of value and never used by anyone. Do you really want people looking in your windows all the time?

Car2Thom 04:43:08 PM May 23 2009

let the sun in to make my small room an oven.

Mdaminparadise1 03:56:43 PM May 23 2009

Living in the Florida Keys, all our houses are close, I put fish nets up like valances on all my windows, but I left the blinds up so that we can close them at night. Not having curtains really opens up our small rooms.