17 Stylish Bay Window Exterior Looks to Spice up Your Home

We all know that bay windows are attractive features that give a beautiful charm to any old, classic, and traditional home.

With bay windows, you can get a lot of natural light. They offer a wider outside view too.

However, bay windows can also be fit for modern homes. You just have to make some adjustments to the exterior.

In a classic bay window exterior, its appearance looks protruding; most of the time, it is completed with its own roof and a panel below. In a Victorian house, the panel is usually ornamented.

In a modern home, the bay window exterior is a bit different. Usually, it is not as protruding as in a traditional home.

The bay window’s modern exterior is only a bit raised from the surrounding wall. Sometimes, the homeowners also painted the trim in a bold and bright color that looks in contrast to the siding.

When it comes to the shapes, regardless of the exterior style, bay windows are usually in a rectangular, rounded, arched, or polygonal shape.

The main purpose of installing bay windows in a house is to connect the indoor area with the nature outside. It means that you have to be able to combine functionality and beauty into a bay window exterior.

Don’t know how to accentuate and design your bay window exterior?

Well, here are 16 stylish bay window exterior ideas that will surely spice up your home, be it traditional or modern:

1. Bay Window Exterior with a Copper Roof

This house is made of Wisconsin Lanonstone, a light-colored stone that will make the exterior look clean, polished, and textured at the same time.

There’s a bay window on the lower floor, surrounded by white trim to match the light-colored stone wall.

This is a classic bay window, a typical design that you usually find in any traditional house. It has angled, and it juts out the surface.

To top it off, this bay window exterior is also completed with a roof made of copper. See how the gutters are also made of copper to match the bay window.

The front door also shares a similarly brown color but in a different shade and material. FYI, the door is stained mahogany.

Instead of being pyramid-shaped, the roof over the bay window is a hip roof. It’s because there’s another pair of the window at its top, so it’s quite impossible to design a pyramid roof.

This bay window opens to a lovely lawn garden, and it is accentuated by small bushes on the perimeter of the lawn, right below the bay window.

2. Stone Walled Bay Window Exterior that Blends with the Rest of the Wall

This exterior of the house perfectly embodies the beauty of rustic style. It has a combination of stone, wood, and stucco. The stone wall makes the bay window too.

Instead of using columns or panels, the designer built the bay window out of the stone wall, blending seamlessly with the rest of the exterior. If you’re wondering, the stone used in the face of this house is called Black Bear Granite.

The bay window is from Pella’s Architectural Series. Unlike the other windows in this house, the bay window is not completed with natural cedar trim. It only has a black frame that complements the stone wall surround.

In order to contrast the natural element in this exterior, the designer installed a copper roof above the bay window. The roof looks unique; a combination of hip and gable roof reminds you a lot of an Asian-styled roof.

See how this copper roof of the bay window looks odd against the natural stone wall, and it is also shaded by the cedar trim of the slate roof above.

Basically, every element in this exterior, especially the bay window, creates a balance, be it in texture, shade, and material.

3. Painted Wood Bay Window Exterior in a Rustic Home

This is a beautiful home with lovely craftsman details.

The exterior combines wavy edge white pine siding with a mixture of granite and Tennessee fieldstone for the wall.

The white pine siding is stained by Cabot Semi-Solid Stain – Spanish Moss color, which is a black color that makes this house look more sophisticated and dramatic at the same time.

The bay window was installed in the black-stained pine siding. To blend seamlessly with the black siding, the trim, the columns, and the panel below the bay window are also made of wood and finished in black color.

The bay window is actually Pella Aluminum clad windows with a brown finish. It may be hardly noticeable, but the window is a shade lighter than the surrounding.

This window is also completed with a roof to enhance its traditional look. The recessed panel below adds more details to this simple exterior, making it look even more classic.

This bay window is considerably small, but that’s a better option if you build it on the upper floor, so the entire exterior won’t look overwhelmed.

This is the kind of simple bay window you should go for if you want to add a touch of traditional style to your rustic home.

4. White Bay Window Exterior Paired with Brick Walls

Nothing screams traditional louder than a brick exterior. Even though basically brick is a timeless element, it’s mostly associated with traditional homes.

This elegant classic house is full of brick, not only on the wall exterior but also on the patio and the poo side, creating cohesion and a visual balance.

To add more structure and balance to this house, the designer built two pairs of bay windows on both sides of the house, on the lower and upper floors.

These identical bay windows are completed with white trim and white panels. The white panel is meant to connect the bay windows at the top and the bottom, creating a solid look.

These two pairs of bay windows bracket the majestic bow windows and the balcony at the upper level. A lot of windows full of glass panels make this house look bright.

Actually, these classic bay windows are ordinary ones. What makes them extraordinary are the facts that they are paired with a brick exterior and how they create a structure in this exterior to create an architectural balance.

5. Green Painted Trim in a Bay Window Exterior

This is another traditional house with brick walls. But, unlike the previous picture, this one looks more weathered and worn-out, adding a touch of a rustic style to this traditional exterior.

The most striking point in this exterior is the green painted trim bay window. Commonly, bay windows have neutral painted trim and columns, mostly white. But the designer here was quite innovative.

Painting the trim and the columns of the bay window is actually an easy way to make it stand out and look more prominent. The color options are practically endless, but you should make sure it corresponds with the surrounding.

For instance, in this exterior, the brick wall totally exudes a traditional vibe. So, to complement the whole look, green is the best option because it is a fresh shade that brings off a natural look.

Natural and traditional often go hand in hand. That’s why green painted trim bay window here blends seamlessly with the brick wall surround.

There’s no panel. Instead, the bottom part of this bay window is the brick wall. The flat roof at its top also indicates that it’s not the architectural features that are meant to draw attention but it’s simply the color.

6. Smooth Circular Black and White Trimmed Bay Window Exterior

Right at first glance, we can easily say that this is a lovely Victorian house.

See the ornament design on the exterior. Everything looks so perfect in this classic building. To top it off, the bay window completes them all.

Unlike the usual angular-shaped bay windows, this one looks smoother in a circular shape.

There is no angle or corner in this bay window. No roof at the top and panel at the bottom, too. However, that doesn’t make this bay window look plain. The designer painted two-tone trim on this bay window exterior to compensate for the lack of decorative items.

The combination of black and white totally paid off. The white is similar to Benjamin Moore – Atrium White, while the black is Valspar – Kettle Black. The window itself has a black frame which looks in contrast to the white trim around.

There’s a black trim at the top and bottom of this bay window to contrast the white color.

The black and white trimmed bay window exterior looks super pleasant against the beige exterior wall of this Victorian house.

The color scheme looks soft and neutral, while adding black will surely add more drama to your exterior.

7. Unique Two Identical Bay Window Exterior in White Trim

If you prefer a unique design in a modern setting, you can consider having this kind of bay window.

This bay window is the new addition to the vinyl-sided house. Basically, the house exterior is quite traditional. Yet, the bay window exterior has a modern touch. Both combinations do clash, but that’s what makes this house attractive.

Two identical bay windows are installed on the upper and lower floor of the house. Both are connected with white extra long panels.

This window also has a small roof on top of it that seems to be made of slate. On the other hand, the bottom part is also filled with a similarly shaped structure that looks like a roof at the top.

Instead of a panel, this can be a great alternative. Creating a panel-like structure at the bottom of your bay window that mimics the roof will create a balanced look. It makes it as if the two identical bay windows are raised from the surrounding wall.

On both sides of this bay window, there’s another window in a black frame that’s obviously meant to contrast the white panel and trim of the bay window.

Unique, balanced, and well-structured, that’s the best way to describe this bay window.

8. Tall and Slim Arched Bay Window Exterior with Black Roof

The combination of beige, black, and white in this Victorian house exterior actually makes this house look cold. However, the unique architectural features offer a more welcoming and inviting ambiance.

One of the whimsical architectural features is the bay window. Unlike the usual bay windows that are usually wide, this one is tall and slim with an arched design.

In fact, all of the windows and door in this exterior has a soft and sweet arched design.

It is a bit odd to have a bay window tall and slim like this because the main purpose of having a bay window is to let natural light as much as possible into the room, and these tall and slim windows won’t give light as much as the usual bay windows do. Yet, nothing beats this way window when it comes to beauty and aesthetics.

It has a white frame, but it is surrounded by a beige wall that blends with the rest of the exterior wall.

Instead of a hip roof, this bay window features a flat roof supported by ornamented brackets, one of the key elements in a Victorian home.

The black brackets and roof, the white frame, and the beige wall create a neutral combination that’s perfect for any classic home.

9. Square Bay Window with White Trim Against the Stone Exterior

Even though generally, this house has a traditional exterior, complete with stone walls and lap siding made of cedar, the bay window delivers a more modern touch.

This bay window is not polygonal like the usual ones, but it is simply square-shaped. The structure is also less protruding. Instead, it seems as if the structure was pre-existing, not added to accommodate the bay window.

This is the kind of simple structure that you can opt for if you prefer a modern bay window.

This bay window is not meant to be attractive or demand much attention. On the other hand, the simplicity lets the other elements in the exterior get the spotlight.

As you see here, the stone wall is the one that’s meant to be an attractive part. That’s why the designer built a square-shaped bay window against the stone wall exterior, so it doesn’t steal the attention of the stone wall.

However, this bay window is still completed with a custom-built copper roof. At the bottom part of this window, there’s a low wall painted gray to match the lap siding, which is painted in Benjamin Moore’s C2 line – Wood Ash.

10. All-black Bay Window Exterior in a Victorian House

Even though black is mostly associated with a gothic design, the designer made a breakthrough design by painting the Victorian house exterior in black.

This house has two identical bay windows, similar to the previous pictures. It shows that building two identical bay windows on the upper and lower floor is not new in an architectural design.

So, if you want to recreate the look, make sure you have something attractive to add to your bay window.

The beautiful part of these identical bay windows is the black color.

All the colors of this exterior are from Benjamin Moore. The siding is painted in 2125-20 Deep Space, the detailed decorative trim is in 2119030 Baby Seal Black, while the door and window trim are in 2135-10 Blacktop.

The designer also added ornate details in the trim above the bay window and the brackets to enhance the Victorian design.

The window pane itself is not that wide, with an arched design. It may be because the house is quite narrow and small. So due to the lack of space, the most reasonable option is to build a slimmer pane for a window bay.

11. Dark Finished Modern Bay Window Exterior Against Brick Wall

According to the designer, all the windows of this house were replaced to reflect the modern interior.

Basically, this is a craftsman’s house with mixed siding. But the bay window exterior is more modern than a craftsman. See the smaller pane and its square-shaped design.

The bay window has a dark finished trim and column. It is also completed with a metal roof that’s painted in a very dark shade.

Such a dark color look contrasts against the brick wall around but complements the dark siding on the upper floor.

The basic rule that you can get from this bay window is if you want to modernize your bay window, paint it in a contrasting shade to the surrounding wall. It will make your window look pop and stand out.

This is a feature that you won’t find in many traditional designs, where everything should blend with each other.

Next, make sure the pane is smaller and taller than the usual pane of bay windows. A smaller pane means smaller wall space, and that’s what you need to create a simple and minimalist style, one of the key elements in a modern design.

Last, make sure your bay window is in a square shape instead of polygonal.

12. Bay Window Exterior with White Panel and Standing Seam Steel Roof

This is a simple yet stunning bay window. It looks elevated against the surrounding siding, but its neutral color scheme doesn’t demand too much attention.

The designer added a lower panel and painted it white, similar to the trim, to create a contrasting look to the beige siding.

At the top, there is a custom-made standing seam metal roof to fit on the craftsman style of this bay window.

See the prominent craftsman style here; it is the thick and bold window trim. Even though basically the trim is painted in a simple white color, it is wider and thicker than the regular trims. That’s what makes it a craftsman style.

From this picture, we can conclude that it’s actually possible to have a simple bay window that only takes a little window space.

Most of us think that bay windows should be big, bold, and extra. It isn’t a bay window if it doesn’t make a statement.

On the other hand, this bay window is considerably small and simple. Despite the fact that it’s being raised from the surrounding surface, there’s nothing flashy in this bay window, and that’s not a bad thing at all.

Sometimes, you need to let other features stay lowkey in your exterior to let the focal point shine.

13. No Angle Bay Window Exterior with a Craftsman Style

According to the designer, this bay window was built in a master bedroom.

Since it is not in the center of the exterior, there’s no point in making it look bold and big. On the contrary, if you build a bay window in the main living room, right in the center of the house, you can create an elegant bay window exterior as a focal point.

Moreover, the designer also stated that this was a small master bedroom. So it would be weird to build a majestic bay window. That’s why the designer keeps it simple and minimalist.

Moreover, it’s an affordable solution to remodel an old window. Instead of building a new bay window right from scratch, it would be more efficient to remodel the old one.

The designer lowered the sill of the old window opening and built a bay window under the existing soffit.

The result is, instead of a polygonal-shaped bay window, this one is a simple square-shaped window with thick white trim.

Even though it’s considerably simple, see how it beautifully contrasts the brick wall around.

14. The Rustic Exterior of a Bay Window with Dark Brown Trim

In this Tudor house, the designer added a rustic style through the architectural elements. That’s the dark brown trim that brings off the rustic look in this traditional house.

See how the dark brown and white color adds more drama to this traditional exterior.

Dark brown is an excellent alternative to black. That’s the shade you should opt for if you want to create a contrast against the white wall but think that black is way too much.

There is no panel and roof in this bay window. Instead, the trim creates molding at the top and bottom of the window, accentuating it nicely and pleasantly.

On both sides of the bay window, there’s also a curvy-lined dark brown trim to create a visual balance.

This bay window is not large and majestic like the ones you usually see in a traditional home. Instead, this one is considerably small.

However, it’s clear that the designer didn’t want to attract attention through the size of the window but through the trim and molding as well as the dramatic color combination.

15. White Bay Window Exterior with Gray Panel Against the Blue Wall

You can say that this is a beautiful transitional house. The architectural features have a traditional style, but the details are more modern.

Look how the classic bay window is paired with a dark blue wall and glass panel front door. The latter totally brings off a modern vibe. Turns out that it’s an excellent idea to pair a classic bay window with a bold colored wall.

The bay window itself has a white exterior, white thick trim around. There’s a panel at the bottom of it, but the designer decided it would be more attractive if it was painted in gray instead of white.

The gray panel subtly contrasts the white trim but at the same time complements it too.

While the gray and white bay window exterior look pop and prominent against the dark blue wall, which is a cool tone.

In this house, it’s obvious that the designer wanted to make the bay window the focal point, since it’s located in the center of the house, giving a solid center to the surrounding.

If you want to create a two-tone bay window exterior like this, make sure the shades you choose complement each other, not contrast, if the rest of the wall is in a contrasting color.

16. Ornate Panel Bay Window Exterior with Dark Trim

This is a perfect example of a timeless look in a traditional exterior.

Black and white is indeed the safest color combo that you can opt for if you want a two-tone exterior but don’t know which colors to combine.

However, black and white is way too common. So if you really use them, make sure you have another thing to make your exterior look different. Or, you can use other dark shades but black.

This house features a bay window on the upper floor. Both of them look bold and extraordinary against the off-white wall.

What makes this dark and light exterior different is the ornate details on the bay window.

Below the window, the designer added a panel. But the panel is made different. It has an X brace as an ornament. This is a good idea to apply if you think the painted panel is boring.

At the top of the window, there’s no roof. Instead, the main bay window is connected to the dark trim. They’re attached as if the bay window’s structure appears from the dark trim.

The other bay window also has no roof. Instead, its top blends with the surrounding wall, and it has a dark trim at the upper part, too, similar to the main bay window.

The window trim is also dark. Since this bay window is meant to be the focal point, so the trim is also bold and thick, like the craftsman-style window.

17. Extra Large Three Pairs of Bay Window Exterior

According to the designer, this house used to be a Colonial Revival House in a neighborhood.

Since the house was still in good condition, instead of doing some tear-downs, the designer kept the existing structure and added some elements to maximize the potential beauty and increase the value of this classic house.

One of the additional elements is the bay window in the living room. This new angled bay window is meant to fill the space with a lot of natural light, creating a feeling of spaciousness in the narrow living room. That’s why the designer made it extra large.

If you have enough wall space, it’s actually a better idea to have an extra-large bay window like this.

Instead of three window panes like the usual bay windows, this one features three pairs of window panes; each pair is facing a different direction.

Since this is a super big bay window that fills most of the window space on the lower floor, it surely needs its own roof. It seems that this window is completed with a hip roof made of slate in a dark shade to contrast the light-colored siding.

Its white trim also contrasts the gray frame of the window, which complements the siding.

Closing

Basically, designing a bay window exterior is not that challenging.

The bay window itself is already a striking element in your house exterior, so there is no need to put extra effort into making the bay window more stealing.

However, these are the most common ways to spice up your bay window exterior:

1. Make a frontal statement. Install two bay windows on both sides of the house exterior, bracketing the front door. Remember that your front door says a lot about you. You can use your bay windows to create a visual balance around your front door. Imagine the contrast, the windows protrude out while the front door sinks in. All of them are at the same angle.
2. Bricks and bay. In a traditional home, it’s always nice to combine bay windows with brick exterior walls. Install a white trim around your bay windows to pleasantly contrast the brick wall.
3. Pyramid hip roof. To enhance the traditional and classic exterior, you can add a pyramid hip roof. That kind of roof will elevate the styling of your home. Commonly, the roof is made of metal, a standing seam metal roof.
4. Brightly colored columns. It’s not just the trim; the entire columns can also be painted in a bright color. This would be better if you lived in a townhouse, a row of identical houses everywhere. To make sure your house stands out in the crowd, add a splash of color to help you retain your identity. Don’t be afraid to paint your bay window exterior columns in colors like green, yellow, red, blue, or even black.
5. Two-tone trim. Keep in mind that the trim on your bay window exterior plays a part in the created mood. So it’s important to accentuate the trim. Instead of a single paint, you can use two-tone trim around your bay window. Black and white is the safest option if you don’t know what colors to pair. That’s a timeless look that will fit into any style.
6. Play with texture. If you want to add more characters to your exterior, you should combine several textures. For instance, stone or brick walls can be paired with wooden columns of the bay window. Wooden columns and trim of bay windows will add a rustic touch to your home.