A number of manufacturers have re-imagined their window and door collections this year, highlighting old favorites and creating new product options for builders and buyers looking for a change. New exterior doors strike a balance between beauty and resilience, with a bevy of designs to match trending home styles, and bold black frames have come […]
Month: January 2022
How to Choose the Front Door of a House?
As much as walls, ceilings, and furniture pieces define the character and perception of an architectural project, doors play a critical role in building that style. Among all the doors used in houses, the front door is the first tangible element that homeowners and visitors will encounter, acting as the pivotal point where architecture greets […]
How Much Does Door Installation Cost?
The front door of your home affects the curb appeal, welcomes visitors to your space, and impacts your home’s safety. Planning and budgeting for a door installation can take some time due to the available choices and customizations. According to HomeAdvisor, door installation costs can range from $471 to $1,583, with the national average at […]
The Best Ways to Improve Your Home’s Value in 2022
With rising inflation and surging home sale costs, some homeowners are opting to remodel rather than buy a new house. Even those choosing to sell want to maximize their profits. Some remodeling projects offer little return for investment (ROI), however. Find out which projects real estate media company Zonda says can offer the best value […]
Smart windows can significantly reduce indoor pathogens
Daylight passing through smart windows results in almost complete disinfection of surfaces within 24 hours while still blocking harmful ultraviolet (UV) light, according to new research. For this research, she tested four strains of hazardous bacteria — methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus, Klebsiella pneumoniae, E. coli and Pseudomonas aeruginosa — using a mini-living lab set-up. The lab […]
Adaptable, smart window design can heat or cool a house
Homeowners know that the type of windows in a house contributes greatly to heating and cooling efficiency. Maintaining indoor temperatures consumes huge amounts of energy and accounts for 20 to 40% of the national energy budgets in developed countries. Read More […]
Windows that outsmart the elements
New research from the University of Pittsburgh and the University of Oxford takes energy efficient windows a step further by proposing a new “smart window” design that would harvest the sun’s energy in the winter to warm the house and reflect it in the summer to keep it cool. The work was recently published in […]
Bay window ideas – 10 ways to dress bays with blinds, curtains and shutters
Are you looking for bay window ideas? Bay windows are beautiful architectural features which bring huge amounts of light into the home. If you’re lucky enough to have a bay window then be sure to give it the finishing touch it deserves with a beautiful made-to-measure window dressing. Curtains, blinds or shutters can all be […]
Window treatment entrepreneur talks trends
After a decade working in the fashion industry where Davina Ogilvie held buying and merchandising leadership positions at companies such as J.Crew, Steven Alan, and Macy’s, she started Wovn Home, an online custom window treatment company, that tapped not only her business and design experience, but a lifelong passion for textiles. Read More […]
The magic a new window (and dining room built-ins) can do
As soon as Cibele Flamurtari stepped into this North Andover dining room, she knew it needed a window. “I told the clients that the space would not be beautiful without more sunlight,” says the principal of Kite Interior Design. Although initially hesitant about adding to the budget, once the team broke through the side wall, […]