Windows, Windows and More Windows

I love to shop but shopping for windows are not fun!! Windows are one of those items in a house you take for granted until you have shitty windows.

We built our last house with a builder and they just put windows on our house. The only question that was asked were grilles or no grilles. During that build, Jason and I were 24ish, living in Vegas while building a semi-custom home in Mokena. So what does a girl do who has no idea about windows, I just let the sales lady pick them out for me. Let’s just say I rolled with the flow back then. Now, I am a little bit more wiser, pickier (yes Jason I admitted that I am picky) and concerned with the future value of our fixer upper.

Since our fixer upper was built in 1950 and still has the original casement windows on it, it is time to change them out. All of them. When I received my first quote, I wanted to vomit. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH WOOD WINDOWS COST! Lets just say they are fucking expensive. Well, it has to be done. My window buying tip to anyone who needs windows is to get multiple quotes and make sure you are comparing apples to apples. There are a ton of different type of windows out there and a lot of different companies. Be careful and do your homework.

So what did we decide… Since we are trying to preserve the farmhouse look of the house, we are going with double-hung, no grilles, wood windows. I decided on not having grilles on the windows for two reasons. The first was the outside color (black) and second is because of our view. We want to be able to see the view of the outside without any obstructions.