Out With the Old...In With the New

Imagine a nice Sunday fall afternoon, the air a bit crisp, leaves that have changed to beautiful yellows, oranges and reds.  You are sitting upstairs in a cozy chair, maybe drifting in and out of sleep while reading a book; the windows are open and you feel a slight breeze that blows through the room. 

Doesn't this sound nice?  Well, it's not that kind of weather here yet, nor do our trees ever change colors, but...once it turns cooler I can open the windows upstairs and feel the breeze! Why?  Because we got new windows!  I bet you're thinking why is she so excited about new windows?  A few reasons.
One: ours were single-pane, wooden windows that were probably installed in 1950 and you could literally see the outside air from the inside of the house where the panes were separating from the wood. Two: our last electric bill was $400, partly due to the 100+ degree weather streak we had, and partly due to the terrible state of our windows. Three: they were painted shut and I couldn't open them. And, four: No matter how much the upstairs A/C worked, it never cooled the rooms in the summer, so it was way too hot for our guests.

Before: Original, single-pane, energy-sucking windows that are painted shut.

 After: Beautiful, secure, locking, energy-efficient windows that open and close!

Bring on the fall!

*Guests are now welcome :)