Yes, window wells are made for safety. But that doesn’t mean they have to look boring! There are many ways to spruce up that hole in your yard. Adding plants, whether real or artificial, interesting objects, and lighting to incorporating pleasant touches, there are endless basement window well decoration ideas to enhance the aesthetic appeal of your home.
Give your family something to look at instead of a metal or concrete structure. Make it eye-pleasing instead of an eyesore. When people walk into your basement, they will be impressed with the detail you put into your house by improving the view in your window well. There are ways to make it look fantastic from the outside and inside of your home, and we are excited to share with you our ideas in this article.
Decorating Basement Window Wells from the Outside
Here at Window Well Experts, we strive to make the safest and the highest quality product out there. But we also have some style! We give you options of different cover styles that complement your basement window well decoration ideas.
We make excellent covers. These serve as maintenance and safety products to help keep your window well safe and dry. But these aren’t the regular cheap-looking plastic ones you get at the big box stores. Instead, these are sleek, modern, and darn good-looking!
Sloped covers are our best selling cover for a reason. They have a lifetime warranty, bear up to 400 pounds of static weight, and allow the maximum amount of light into your basement.
Our Bubble and Atrium dome window well covers are made from quality crystal-clear polycarbonate, which will not become yellow when exposed to the sun. The plastic in the cover alone has a 20 plus year longevity. The material is practically “unbreakable” and guarantees the basement safety and its intact looks over time.
One of our best sellers is the Super Slant cover. The model combines a perfectly clear easy open top and the durable metal sides of a metal grate. The sides are made from aluminum to guarantee the durability of the product. Moreover, this cover is durable and keeps constant fresh airflow to the well.
Since we all know you are here for the window well decoration pictures, we are happy to share some of our top pics.
Use Different Textures to Define the Well Area (Pebbles, Grass, Stones)
Customize with decorative window well Liners
Use Plants to Hide the Walls
Add Decorations to Make a Focal Point
Build a window well garden to brighten your interior
For an easier to maintain landscape, use bark or rock mulch around the window well cover. This looks great and is a low-maintenance way to do landscaping.
Window Well Decor from the Inside
Decorating basement window wells from the inside is a breeze and there are many options to choose from.
Desire to look at something other than a piece of metal? Maybe you would like to look at a river scene, or maybe the ocean. You have these options with decorative window well liners. Relax in your basement and look out the window to see a gorgeous nature scene. You can pick from the wide variety of scenes that we stock. Please check out the installation video.
If you don’t want to look at metal, you don’t have to! We offer decorative stone window wells for an attractive code-compliant option.
Other Ideas on How to Decorate a Window Well
The design options don’t stop there. One of our stunning Stone View or Stonewall window wells is a great backdrop to make your own window well garden. Put some rocks at the bottom and add some beautiful plants in pots. This gives a warm feeling to your basement and also brings in some fresh color and texture to your room.
Don’t stop set limits to your imagination. There are hundreds of luxury backyard decoration ideas that might work around your window well.
Turn Boring Into Lively
Turning your window well into something great to look at isn’t so hard. Check out our other blogs to get great ideas on how to give life to your dull window well. You’ll get a great deal of satisfaction walking down into your basement and seeing this design project completed!