Transoms above windows
According to Merriam Webster, a transom is: ‘a window above a door or other window’. The experience of a transom is so much more.
Patio view
On the exterior of a home, it is the window to the sky. Sometimes we include transoms on doors leading to a porch. The additional window space allows more light in.
Interior transom
Inside it helps bring light to interior rooms, to hallways and accessory spaces. Before the advent of central heating and air-conditioning, transoms provided fresh air and internal ventilation.
Transom to pantry
We also use transom windows as a design element which visually extends the height of a door or window.
Hallway transoms
Interior and exterior transom
Transom in bay
About the Author: James Crisp
James M. Crisp has been an architect for well over 30 years. His architectural firm, Crisp Architects, designs projects throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts. In April of 2007, Taunton Press published 'On the Porch' by James M. Crisp and Sandra Mahoney.
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Seeing how you’ve used transoms in these rooms is so inspirational. Thank you for sharing.
Beautiful pictures, and I agree, saying its just a window above a door doesn’t do the transom window justice!