share some more photos from both sides and the rest of the hall and living room and do you know when the house was built?

Here are some more photos. The house was built in 1985

I thought it was Craftsman so could just be a replica being built in 1985, I think it's great and helps transfer light into that internal darker room

i meant wider views of the whole living room and hall not just the window.. but it looks like there is an opening next to the window which i will assume is the doorway between entry and living so if you really hate the window the neatest way would to remove the window and plaster board over the opening so you will need a handyperson or carpenter to remove the window and install some supporting wall studs, a plasterer to add the plasterboard then probably the whole wall will need repainting including the new patch and try and remove the window and frame carefully as someone on Gumtree or similar might be happy to use it in another home

Oh sorry, here are the wide views.
That’s very useful advice, thank you

It is true that it lets through light, but it’s so old fashioned that it doesn’t fit in with the rest of the house

I would remove the center panel and replace with glass and use white shutters or glass louvres

Turn it into a lightbox, LED lighting within and decorative translucent covering on both sides. Very contemporary cool. Illuminates both rooms and nice mood lighting at night.

That could work well, thanks very much

But what happens with daylight

Yeah I know. As oklouise said, the wall will need to be supported if I removed the timber & glass. I’d be happy to leave it as an open space but the fact that it needs support means that it will need to be filled it.

Remove all the timber. Open up the plaster above and see what is structural. Then square set plaster the opening. Add a bit of a ledge in the opening with some marble or something that works for you. You could fit shelves or more modern screening.

It looks like there's a fair bit of light coming from the brighter room. I think it could be an amazing spot for indoor plants.

You could remove the glass (it's heinous) and as much timber as you can without affecting the structure of you're wall.
Then add some hanging planters from above, with ivy or a similar trailing plant. Put a long planter on the ledge below going upwards.

Alternatively run 3 or so shelves from side to side and put rows of plants up.

That could look great from either side, let some light through, and you can always make structural changes later.

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Oh that looks great! Thank yiiu

You could always remove glass and add a decorative modern screen.

I'd double-down , and replace the ( admittedly fairly tacky ) decorative glass with a genuine leadlight -- theres all sorts you can get , some that are more modern in design , some traditional . I wouldn't go abstract , but judging by the pictures of the room , I think that chosen well , it would add interest and class and a bespoke addition .

The screen idea is great because it should be fairly easy to achieve & it looks modern & still lets through light.
Thank you so much!

Love Julie’s screen idea, Kate’s opening and most of all Michelle’s 2nd photo of the plants - though you would need plants elsewhere too, I think. Do show us your final results!

Hi Guys, here’s a update for you. Have finally removed the glass & painted the frame. Next step is to have the old light removed & style the space. Thank you for all of your advice

Michelle I think I am going to run with your idea of a vertical garden. My Dad is working up some ideas fir me

Looks better already. Well done

Thanks Kate, first step was following the photo you put up. Appreciate the tip!

My mums going to be hanging her Swiss cheese monstera hanging basket soon in her plasterEd opening. I’ll post it when it’s done, she is just hoping it’s has a timber beam above it.

Looks pretty good as is. I like that it lets light through.