{"id":79078,"date":"2024-08-31T14:56:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-31T07:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/?p=79078"},"modified":"2024-08-31T14:56:29","modified_gmt":"2024-08-31T07:56:29","slug":"if-you-see-window-bars-with-a-potbelly-this-is-what-its-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/if-you-see-window-bars-with-a-potbelly-this-is-what-its-for\/","title":{"rendered":"If You See Window Bars with a Potbelly, This Is What It\u2019s For"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Why Do Some Windows Have a \u201cPotbelly\u201d?\n</h3><p>This style might be referred to as a \u201cpotbelly grille\u201d or \u201cwindow belly bars.\u201d Some Reddit users thought that the bulge was for placing flower boxes. You can\u2019t place a flower box on the rounded bars themselves, but you could extend one out from the windowsill.\n</p><p>Other Redditors argued that the bulges serve a a security purpose, since they\u2019re often found only on the ground floor of buildings. New Yorkers argued that the bulge was for AC units!\n</p><p><img loading='\"lazy\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"size-full' wp-image-79079 aligncenter src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/echowoven.com%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/08%5C/If-You-See-Window-Bars-with-a-Potbelly-This-Is-What-Its-For1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"2400\"' height='\"1600\"' title='\"\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/If-You-See-Window-Bars-with-a-Potbelly-This-Is-What-Its-For1.jpg' https: sizes='\"auto,'>\n</p><h3>Where Can I Find Window Bars Like This?\n</h3><p>You can often find them in Mediterranean and Latin countries. In the United States, look for them when you\u2019re walking down the street in New York. Window grilles have a long history of being used in urban areas for security\u2014and they double as ornamental ironwork. Certain cities, like New York, still have city codes requiring bars to be installed if a child under 10 lives in the residence. Whether the bars are straight or curved may depend on the builder.\n</p><p>If you ever move into an apartment with a \u201cpotbelly\u201d in the window grille, you\u2019ll know how to use it!\n</p><p>Source: tasteofhome\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"</p><p>Why Do Some Windows Have a \u201cPotbelly\u201d? This style might be referred to as a \u201cpotbelly grille\u201d or \u201cwindow belly bars.\u201d Some Reddit users thought that the bulge was for placing flower boxes. You can\u2019t place a flower box on the rounded bars themselves, but you could extend one out from the windowsill. Other Redditors &hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":79082,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79078","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tie-life-style"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79078","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79078"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79078\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":79081,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79078\/revisions\/79081"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79078"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79078"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/echowoven.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79078"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}</p>