window

http://images.cheezburger.com/completestore/2011/6/14/5231375a-9f64-41b2-a54b-c2b9f4c82ece.jpg

And, to illustrate the above point: http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2789/4290061946914d465763z.jpg

http://www.platypuscomix.net/otherpeople/edits2.JPG

Put it on the ceiling and it's a skylight! Or a sideways room!

This assumes that the person had a job or wife to begin with.

http://pipeline.gnr8.biz/index.php?task=home&id=92

Window blinds IRL that don't work. I've been punching the "X" all day.