Having an octagon window installed and trying to decide what would look better--centering it with the wall or centering it between the trim board and the inside corner (wall is 3'-6" wide with outside corner on left with 4" trim board and inside corner on right with no trim. I'm leaning towards the latter because even though the window wouldn't be centered with the wall, or would give the illusion that it is because of the trim board. And I believe the opposite would be true (would look off center if centered on wall)

I am redoing family room- it has a big ol 6 foot patio door that is useless (Leads to side yard where there is nothing) I cannot afford right now to remove it and frame in a new window (plus winter is coming). I wanted to try and make it "look" like a big window. Any creative ideas for me to "build" a small wall inside frame of door (like 18" high)- and make it appear like a big window? (or I thought building a bench seat type thing)- I just need it to look nice for the holidays and I will deal with it later when I have more $$$. I thought maybe 2x3 inside the frame and just use trim and curtains to make it look like a window- thoughts?