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I hope to replace a first floor living room picture window with a 30 degree bay window with a projection of 16 inches. The header creates a space of about 13inches from top of opening to bottom of second story overhang. That overhang is 12.5 inches. If there were no overhang, I would finish in the traditional way with a nicely proportioned roof over the window. The absence of room here along with the overhang makes me feel that any roof that I could squeeze into that 13 inch vertical space would look highly tacky. Because the projection exceeds the depth of the overhang, I can think of no way to simply extend the bay-window vertical lines up to meet the overhang. I’m hoping for someone’s experience and design genius to help me find a solution that will be visually acceptable on the outside without my having to “look out at the road” every time I walk past the front of my house to avoid realizing how badly I have “uglified” it. The house has a translucent dark stain and looks nice at present. We are in a wooded setting-quite rustic. A bow doesn’t particularly appeal from either outside or (especially) inside. Many thanks for any advice.
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I hope to replace a first floor living room picture window with a 30 degree bay window with a projection of 16 inches. The header creates a space of about 13inches from top of opening to bottom of second story overhang. That overhang is 12.5 inches. If there were no overhang, I would finish in the traditional way with a nicely proportioned roof over the window. The absence of room here along with the overhang makes me feel that any roof that I could squeeze into that 13 inch vertical space would look highly tacky. Because the projection exceeds the depth of the overhang, I can think of no way to simply extend the bay-window vertical lines up to meet the overhang. I'm hoping for someone's experience and design genius to help me find a solution that will be visually acceptable on the outside without my having to "look out at the road" every time I walk past the front of my house to avoid realizing how badly I have "uglified" it. The house has a translucent dark stain and looks nice at present. We are in a wooded setting-quite rustic. A bow doesn't particularly appeal from either outside or (especially) inside. Many thanks for any advice.