https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sat, 01 Aug 2026 03:12:06 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-729079 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:49:50 +0000 pui 729079@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: Wow that looks nice!! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-729058 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:43:51 +0000 SAHM0811 729058@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes... we do now. We lived in one dark apartment once (but it had a backyard! in Manhattan!)... We lasted there not even two years and learned our lesson after that. We had a ton of natural light at our following place and now at our current one. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-729011 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:25:20 +0000 pui 729011@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Luckily the room we spend the most time in (the living room) has nice big windows that let in a lot of light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728956 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:08:22 +0000 Dandelion 728956@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not too bad...it's small and it's got big windows, but they're only on one side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728948 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 09:06:49 +0000 bunnylove08 728948@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>no we live on the first floor of our building and we're facing the back and all we see is a brick wall, it least its painted white so it reflects the light </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728758 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:13:45 +0000 Alivoo01 728758@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not really even though we have skylights in the house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728726 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 08:03:16 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 728726@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@HLK208: Every house is somewhat dark where you live! It's not the houses, it's the lack of ambient light ;) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728655 Fri, 19 Apr 2013 07:22:30 +0000 hilsy85 728655@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Running Elley: ha yup, I always took them in our kitchen which is right by all the windows! :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728422 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:49:48 +0000 HLK208 728422@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: gorgeous!!!</p> <p>I feel like I always have two answers for home questions.</p> <p>Ours does not. The only room that gets a lot of light is the kids room. Our living room is so dark and depressing. It doesn't help that we have dark floors that go into the kitchen with dark cabinetry. We also have tree's everywhere blocking the sunlight. When it's cloudy, I have to have every lamp and ceiling light on. </p> <p>Our new house, does! We have two huge windows from the top of the stairs that let a lot of light into the house. The mornings will be better for natural light. The living area does get a little dark in the afternoon but not nearly as bad as our old house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728376 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 23:03:09 +0000 Running Elley 728376@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@hilsy85: Your apartment gets great light! I remember from your bump pictures :)</p> <p>Ours doesn't. I wish it did! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728295 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 22:16:03 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 728295@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@sunny: Ok, so I thought this was initially a little cheesy when we first saw our house, but our dining room has a box beam ceiling (very pretty). In the recesses, they placed a number of small square mirrors (I'll see if I can find a picture). The dining room only has one set of windows and though it is south facing, light is blocked coming in... so those mirrors take in all the ambient light and focus it downward filling up the room.</p> <p>It is very tasteful and very light amplifying!</p> <p>[attach=104/13/mlhfqr.600x336.dining-rooM.png]</p> <p>Another thing you can see is that the brick is sealed, which also amplifies light and then the travertine tiles in the kitchen are the lightest dune color and also amplify light. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728136 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:28:02 +0000 sunny 728136@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@Mrs. Jacks: can you give an example of a light amplifying technique in action? That sounds cool!</p> <p>Our house gets very little and we live in a cloudy city :-( I feel like I need the lights even in the afternoon sometimes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728120 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:23:38 +0000 Mrs. Pen 728120@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Somewhat- for an apartment it's actually really great! Although its a lot of really harsh light which is a disappointment because then the curtains have to be drawn during the day.<br /> It's sooo much better than our last place. I hated how dark it was. </p> <p>It is definitely a must when we eventually buy a house </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728089 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:18:01 +0000 Ree723 728089@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! Our apt is wedge shaped in the lounge area and it is all windows around the crescent, plus big sliding glass doors (four of them in the lounge/dining areas) and big wall windows. Considering we live on the beach in Australia with ocean views, I'd say lots of windows and natural light are a must! The bedrooms all have big windows and lots of natural light as well, but they don't face the ocean. </p> <p>One of our criteria in finding a place to live is natural light and orientation to the sun (here that's north facing, in the UK/US it is south facing). </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-728066 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:14:07 +0000 VanillaBean 728066@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, I love natural light. We have four skylights (2 in the dinning area and 2 in the family room) in our home. It is the one unique aspect of our home that I love the most. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727934 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 21:01:07 +0000 Grace 727934@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We have windows all over the east and west sides of the house. All my apartments were so dark, it was one of my must haves for our house. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727908 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:58:12 +0000 Mrs. Pickle 727908@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727845 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:52:39 +0000 IRunForFun 727845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No, and the bedroom only gets light first thing in the morning, it is so dark the rest of the day! The living room gets decent light during the day, but still not what I'd consider a lot. The kitchen and spare room get hardly any because of the way the houses are situated in either side. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727799 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:47:39 +0000 chopsuey 727799@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Kinda. We have lots of windows, but they face North. All of the rooms get nice and bright when the sun's out except the living room/kitchen area. :T </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727787 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:46:17 +0000 Andrea 727787@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, in most of the house! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727770 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:44:27 +0000 Mrs. Jacks 727770@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes and the people who did the redesign used light amplifying techniques. Even right now at 8 pm I'm bathing in natural light :) </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727734 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:42:27 +0000 Reese 727734@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sort of but not as much as I would like. Things to think about for the next place. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727715 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:41:00 +0000 Foodnerd81 727715@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes! We have huge windows and are on the corner so we finally get such great light (well, when we remember/bother to open the blinds). Our old apt was ground level and got hardly any light, plus we always had the blinds closed for privacy since you could see directly in from the sidewalk. </p> <p>I love all the light we get now and am psyched that our baby photos will hopefully be better because of it. The landlord also left blackout curtains in the bedroom! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727679 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:38:27 +0000 teamjse 727679@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Not at our rental, but our house does. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727667 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:37:27 +0000 googly-eyes 727667@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No and I wish it did. It's depressing. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727656 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:36:35 +0000 citymouse 727656@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>@photojane Im a photog in VA too! </p> <p>Certain rooms at different times of day get really good light. I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727636 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:34:59 +0000 MrsH 727636@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Lots. We have a lot of windows. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727634 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:34:56 +0000 Meridian 727634@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes, we're on the top floor of a 3rd floor walk-up, so we get all the light! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727633 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:34:50 +0000 autumnlove 727633@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Yes!!! I love it! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/does-your-houseapartment-get-a-lot-of-natural-light#post-727605 Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:32:35 +0000 photojane 727605@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>No &amp; as a photographer it makes me sad. :( </p>