Wood windows are fast becoming a construction solution of the past. Wood is problematic in building, and the end user seems to always be scrambling to keep up with its maintenance. Wood warps, splinters, cracks, and generally annoys us. The only problem is… we love the way it looks. Enter Stanek Windows. Stanek’s Wood Series Windows look exactly like wood, but don’t have any of its problem-child behaviors.

Melissa Skinner with Great Day Improvements demonstrates how to properly insulate your windows with plastic for winter and energy efficiency.

In our house, we have a great room with a little portative organ and a harpsichord. When we started planning our interior design, I decided that one of the things I really wanted was to make our music area as special as possible. We didn’t have any extra space in the room, so we ended up choosing to install a sparkling new bay window.