Bright home office and gym transformation with roof windows
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“One of the cool things is that we have an app with this as well. It has sensors which measure, for example, the oxygen in the room and then you get a notification on your phone, which says “oh, we're ventilating the room” and then it just opens up the windows and gets fresh air.”
Feel the difference“Of course we did it because we wanted more light in but just how it feels and how much more light you get and how much bigger it feels as well. It’s a huge difference.”
Create a place for everything“Now it is a space where we love to work out and work from home as well - it has become a proper part of the house.”
Transforming spaces with daylight
The move from an apartment to their first house was big for Judith and Victor. The couple were transitioning into a new phase of their life and looking to create a special place for their family with multiple floors and a garden.
“A home to me is a warm space where I feel free, I can be myself and we can live and grow together,” said Judith.
With a baby on the way, the couple began a complete renovation from the bottom up and finished by transforming their loft space with two 2-in-1 VELUX roof windows.
“It's amazing. It's a big difference to what it was - if you see the before and after,” said Judith.
Now, the loft is a bright and airy home office and gym but also a place to do laundry and play with their little baby boy.
“It's a proper part of the house as well, instead of ‘oh, it's the loft and you don't really do something there’ - but we do a lot of stuff up here,” said Judith.
Using the loft in so many different ways has also uncovered some new benefits in the way the room feels.
“The best part of getting daylight in here is that it makes the room so much bigger and so much more bright. It's not a cramped room anymore. It's a room where you actually like to sit,” said Judith.
Choosing the right product
When the couple was considering solutions to brighten the loft, they also wanted to make the loft feel more spacious while creating some usable space under the sloped roof.
“We chose the 2-in-1 windows because they have one frame and it makes the room look a lot bigger and it is possible to actually use it - to put a desk beneath it and put our workout stuff beneath it as well,” said Judith.
Even though the before and after transformation is so dramatic, with the daylight now filling the home office area, the entire process of installing the roof windows was quite simple for the family.
“We were actually very surprised that it only took one day to put them in and another day to finish all the details,” said Judith.
Before and after: A dark loft transformed into a bright, versatile space with VELUX roof windows, now serving as both a gym and home office.
Working from home
Like many, Judith has started to work from home more than ever before. As an event coordinator at a large firm, she needed a home workspace to balance the challenges of her job and family life.
“Four out of five days I'm at home, so it has to be a nice space to be working from,” she said.
The newly transformed loft space with VELUX roof windows created a quiet home office with a view that brings nature inside.
“Being outside in the sun - that's a little bit how it feels now. It's bright, it's airy. So it feels much better,” said Judith.
After a full day of work and a little workout in the adjacent gym area, Judith has a new appreciation for the benefits provided by their loft transformation.
“We work here and we work out. So, it's important that it has daylight and fresh air,” said Judith.