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First Floor Master Suites Demand Privacy

October 14, 2015 -- Aging baby boomers looking for easier accessibility within the home are gravitating toward master bedroom suites located on the main floor. Those same homeowners are now faced with how to protect their privacy when it could be easy for neighbors and people passing by to glance into first floor bedrooms and bathrooms.

"Since the trend of first floor master suites is here to stay, it's important for builders to take the steps necessary to protect homeowner privacy," says Roger Murphy, president of Hy-Lite, a U.S. Block Windows Company. "Especially in bathrooms, that solution is designer privacy windows."

Murphy points out that privacy windows come in a variety of styles, including opaque decorative glass, acrylic block and true glass block windows. Some units are operational, while others are fixed.

"Having a garden or whirlpool tub can be a relaxing getaway in the home --- unless you have to worry about people walking by or too-close-neighbors seeing you in the tub!" says Murphy. "Privacy windows take away that worry in style. Some windows, like our Home Designer Collection, offer silkscreen glass designs on the decorative windows that complement the overall style of the home."