Year in Review – Our Top blogs & case studies from 2024

Every year we look back on our most popular blogs to date...

This year you have devoured renovation-related content like no year before. Researching everything from what are French windows, to research into U-Values. It’s been a year of learning. As we head into 2025 wiser, we look forward to starting new projects and photographing some existing.

Our top blog posts

1. Popular Front Door Colour Ideas for 2024

The front door is the first thing that visitors see when they arrive at your home, so it makes sense that you’d want it to make a great first impression. Making you feel secure, and your guests feel welcome, your front door should be sturdy, elegant and provide flawless functionality.

2. This month we talk to Claire Garner Interiors

This month we talk to Claire Garner Interiors, the talented designers, who worked alongside Westbury, to deliver a complete transformation of this beautiful family home in Harpenden. Thanks to the owner’s vision and the combined team’s expertise, this beautiful house successfully combines modern family living with a calming interior…

3. Why should I add a roof lantern to my home?

Why should I add a roof lantern to my home? strength, stability, and durability and are environmentally friendly products.

4. Home Security: Choosing the Best Windows and Doors to keep your Home Safe

The summer holidays have brought joy and excitement as many of us embarked upon our well-deserved family holidays, but along with this may have come a sense of unease about whether your home was secure and safe from break-ins. We reveal the best ways to ensure your home is secure whilst you’re away.

5. Earth Day – Accoya the eco-friendly way of working with wood

This month we take a look at the Wedding Cake Tree! With its cream-coloured flowers and tiered structure, this very striking tree species certainly catches the eye at any time of year…

Our top case studies

1. Classic Georgian New Build

New build properties allow for creativity and flexibility, offering the house builder the chance to design their ideal home. Historical accuracy was very important to this client, who wanted her new build in Hutton Mount to look like a classic Georgian house. Westbury worked closely with the architect and homeowner to make sure every detail was considered, mimicking the generously proportioned windows and panes typical of the Georgian era.

2. Traditional Georgian Windows & Roof Lantern for Period-Style New Build

Set in the heart of the countryside an hour from London, this new build house boasts a classic Georgian style with spring balanced sash windows, a bespoke timber roof lantern and an elegant entrance door. While the homeowners benefit from the performance of modern windows and doors, the property’s period style is enhanced with traditional timber joinery and classic architectural features, resulting in an elegant aesthetic.

3. Timber Casement Windows Restore Edwardian Style to This Family Home

The owners of this classic Edwardian home were in need of replacing their original, drafty single glazed windows. They knew they wanted to stay in their property for another 20+ years so were looking to upgrade to double glazed replacements, without losing the property’s elegant characteristics and style that they originally fell in love with.

4. Grey Doors and Windows for Barn-Style New Build

Supplying quality timber and doors that fit with the style of the property lies in the ability of the designer to balance scale and proportion, but also to realise the client’s vision and what they want to achieve. While it might look like a modernised timber-framed barn, this unique property is actually a new build. The owner wanted to replicate the style of traditional barn conversions typically found across Essex, with their classic black weatherboarding and their domineering gable roofs. For this project, we carefully selected products that had quality and style, so that our client could focus on creating their dream home.

5. Georgian Renovation with Sash Windows, French Doors & Roof Lantern

The owners of this elegant Georgian property embarked on a complete renovation project, wanting to update their existing building and add a beautiful, large Orangery extension to the rear of their property.

As part of their renovation plans, they were keen to replace their existing windows with high-performing, insulating timber windows. While the client was keen to choose superior glazed windows that would stand the test of time, they also wanted to ensure that their home would not lose its original period character.