Sounds lovely. Leave it in, especially if you will be doing some "living" in your closet. North facing windows do not fade clothes.

"North facing windows do not fade clothes."

There is still UV present in the light from North facing windows.

While it may be lower than South facing, it is not zero.

Our home has a double window in the MBR closet, with a drawer unit below that makes a type of bench. We keep our grandson, and that bench has been our changing table. The windows are covered with faux wood shutters allowing us both privacy and light when we need it. I can't see any fading of our clothes, but then we are the faded jeans kind of folks. We had this same arrangement in our last home and copied it for the plan of this one. That deep, wide drawer unit is where we keep shorts and the sort of t-shirt that doesn't need hung on a hanger.

Keep the clothes or the window covered.

On the other hand, I have pics of recent multi-million dollar homes where the trend seems to be skylights. Maybe the thinking is if you have to worry about replacing ruined clothes you're just not rich enough to own such a house.

Skylight floods closet with "natural light". My, what an exciting suit collection: Every colour in the rainbow as long as it's beige! Source: Prince Bay Homes

We have a window in our closet. I use wood blinds and am pretty happy with the arrangement. In our case the exterior would have looked odd had we not put a window in our closet.

I would leave the window for the natural lighting it will provide. Plus the light from the window will realy open up the space. If you are using low-E windows, there shouldn't be an issue with your clothes fading.

i have windows in my closet. i'm planning a seating area directly beneath with a sofa and end tables. it's hard to photograph the whole room because of the shape. it's 26' long (all shelves and hanging space) and kind of narrow, but it opens up at the windows to 12' wide.

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I have an east facing but shaded window in my closet, with plantation shutters. You can't beat natural light when you are trying to select clothes and I love to open the window to freshen the entire room whenever I can. I have seen no evidence of fading after 4 years.

I would leave it in. By the time anything fades from light, it should have been discarded. I confess I still have suits from the 70's but I can't wear them.

I am surprised people haven't seen fading. One of DH's silk ties faded horribly in an east facing room. The room isn't in use, it is used for storage right now. I went in there looking for a tie for a funeral and he had left it out and folded over. You can clearly see where the sun faded it. Maybe dark silk fades easily?

Yes, silk fades easily. And east facing would get a lot of light.

Anne