Have you ever taken a drive into the more prominent neighborhoods, just to admire the beautiful architecture of the homes and their landscaping detail? Maybe you noticed the window treatments in the long windows, and archways, that had you thinking to yourself those blinds look awesome, but they could not be blinds as they were more beautiful than ordinary blinds. What you were looking at was most likely the plantation shutters the homeowner had installed into their home. More and

Windows are a key element in any home – every house has them. Depending on how you dress them they can be a design feature in a room, a focal point, an accent or a contrast. When decorating a room it can be easy to get swept up in choosing the wallpaper, carpets and furnishings, but you shouldn’t overlook the windows. Updating the look of your windows can change the look and feel of a whole room. Windows should not

Beautiful Bow Window Type and style of Window What type of window – Double Hung, Single Hung, Casement, Awning, Gliding, Picture window, Bay and Bow window units, octagon or specialty shapes. Material window core is made from – Wood, Vinyl, aluminum, Fiberglass or a Fiberex composite Aluminum windows fast becoming obsolete these days. They can still be purchased, but not as easy to find as they once were. Wood windows normally are vinyl or aluminum clad on the exterior and

It’s Not Innate Information People assume that everyone knows about blinds. Just because most of us grew up with them hanging on the windows of our parents’ home does not mean that when we go to pick out a window blind for our very first apartment, that we know what we’re doing. Usually, we don’t. There are a ton of different varieties of blinds these days, everything from the traditional pull-down shades and cheap blinds to the more expensive and

No Plastic I decided to renovate and install insulated glazing sealed units to my wooden casement windows rather than fit plastic. There was a little rot here and there which was not a problem except that one of the top hung sashes was beyond repair and would have to be replaced. Having a carpenter fit a new one though was out of the question; it would have cost more than a plastic replacement window. The only answer was to make