How to Choose Interior Trims for Your Replacement Windows

The benefits of hiring full-service residential window services shine when it comes to making design decisions. It’s great to have high-quality performance replacement windows but it’s even better when the final products work well to improve the appeal of your home for both its exterior and interior. One important element that can really elevate your window replacement is choosing the right trim to round out your project.

Trim boards or, as they are sometimes called, molding, covers the intersection where your replacement windows meet the wall. These areas can often look jagged and leaving them exposed can make your home look unfinished. Here are a few tips from our design experts at Renewal by Andersen® of Rapid City on how to choose the right trims for your windows:

Interior Trims

A window installation company will often install casing to blend your replacement windows smoothly with the rest of your interior design. The type of casing you need depends mostly on the current style of your home. Modern architecture favors thin and narrow casings, giving the window and its frame more emphasis and making for a cleaner transition between window and wall. Traditional homes, on the other hand, work well with trims and molding that has intricate patterns and finishes.

How to Choose Interior Trims

Consistency is the name of the game when it comes to choosing trims. You want to choose designs that complement each other, helping to create a more coherent style for your interiors. Try to match the existing molding on other parts of your house such as your baseboard for your floor or crown molding for your ceiling, sticking to patterns that are consistent with your overall architecture.

Balancing Sizes

Talk to your replacement window contractor about sizing the trims so that it doesn’t overpower any other design element present in your interiors. The proper proportion for trims can vary from one room to another but as a rule of thumb, follow the size specifications of your existing molding as well as your floor-to-ceiling height to know how big your window casing should be.

At Renewal by Andersen of Rapid City, we can help you choose a trim to finish your window replacement excellently. Give us a call at (605) 341-7831 or fill out our contact form to schedule a design consultation and request a free estimate today. We serve homeowners in Rapid City, as well as other neighboring SD communities.