New Windows! New! New! New!

After a year and a half of talking about it, I finally, finally have my new windows! The workers came and installed them yesterday morning and they are B-E-A-utiful! No more broken -- or missing -- screens, no more difficult to open bedroom window, and I can already hear that the heater isn't working as hard. Awesome!!

And, because I'm me, and I'm proud of my little home, and I am thrilled to actually have these windows (in time to qualify for the tax rebate, I might add), I took a bunch of photos. I asked the workers if I could photograph them and they said it was okay, but I felt weird about it, so I didn't. They were very nice about it, though, and very photographable, and they did a terrific job!

Below is the old sliding glass door. Notice the broken screen

The same door, completely gutted

The new "sliding" sliding door waiting for installation

Look how pretty and clean!

No more broken screen!

In the spare bedroom

In the master bedroom

In the kitchen

I worked from home yesterday, and this is what I looked like. Did I mention that it was about 36 degrees outside and the windows were torn out for a portion of the day? Notice I'm wearing a coat and gloves. (Never fear, the condo warmed up as soon as all of the windows were in and I turned the heater back on.)

The only drawbacks are so minor I can't really call them drawbacks. The new, wider, double-paned windows don't leave any room on the ledge in my kitchen for one of my favorite Christmas decorations. It's sitting on the table now and is cute there, but it's not the same. Also, the workers had to remove the settings for my shutters and now the holes are covered with the windows (because, again and wonderfully, the windows are so wide) so until I have a chance to reinstall the settings I have no shutters. It's weird having the sun shining through my bedroom window in the morning. Not bad, only weird.

Yaaaay! One more remodeling project down, and I'm happy to put off the next until the Spring. Need to save up some more money, and I just want to enjoy the winter.

Thanks to everyone at Wasatch Windows and Vinyl who assisted me with the whole process. After I asked if I could take his photo, one of the men who installed the window asked me the name of my blog. So, if you're reading this: thanks for all of your help! You were great and I am very, very happy with the result!