NEW HOUSE TEASER WINDOWS

 If you remember THIS POST last week about our door choices, we didn't realize we had some options for windows.  

The biggest choice was the one that makes the biggest difference in appearance and that's the lites inside.  

The builder uses double paned insulated windows throughout and we are fine with that (better insulated from weather extremes).  But you get a choice of what goes inside those panes.  It's more commonly called 'divided lite'.

These were the choices:

Our previous house in Houston was a craftsman style bungalow and that would have been a no brainer for the prairie style.  But with us wanting to go for a farmhouse vibe, something that looks old but new, we narrowed it down to the 2 over 1 and the 4 over 1.  The 4 over 2 and 4 over 4 both look a little too formal.  The others are a colonial style.  So in the end, we chose 4 over 1, this way we have a little decorative element on top and have a clear view below.

Here's a look at what it will look like on an actual house from the inside.  Pretty cool.

And here it is from the outside (different color of course) but with the barn shutter look like we'll have.

Another feature we opted for were windows that tilt inward for ease of cleaning from inside the house!  We chose white just for ease of color matching and blending with the exterior and interior.

Now there were also a couple of windows a bit different.  The window in front of the kitchen sink, is a large picture window (still double paned) but it does not open.  Our choices for the divided light in that one were limited as you can't have "two over one" when there is no "over one" on the bottom, ha.  In the end, we opted for this look, 4 lite:

It mimics the upper portion of all windows and keeps it cohesive since it's on the front with all the other windows.  We figured no division might look odd since you can see this window from the front of the house when you come in the front door.

On the back side in the dining room, they also do large picture windows but they are just solid pieces of glass (for views) with no division.  We're ok with that (side note, this is the dining room window from our actual plan and exactly the way it will look for us).

We didn't feel the need to add any extra windows in the house, except in one spot...the garage.  In fact, we made a few changes in the garage, so stay tuned for that next in the next installment, 'garage teaser'.