At long last the cabin has new windows

It took a while for me to save my pennies because ... and this might come as a shock ... windows are ridiculously expensive. And when you want to punch holes in walls and add whole new windows? Yeah, not cheap.

First let's take a quick tour to see the Before.

Outside. Crappy old door, trim in terrible shape, and it's clear that the decking needs to be replaced soon (my current hope and plan is that that will happen by the fall).

Apparently I've been living for the last 20 years with a front door that was primed, meaning that at any time I could have painted it a nice fun color. But no one ever told me! 

The kitchen. The next project, before new decking, is to replace all the cabinets with something a bit more 21st century.

Don't judge the clutter. 

The living room. We've been unable to open this window for years because the screen let in ALL THE BUGS. And the slider was becoming pretty cumbersome. 

The bathroom. We remodeled the bathroom a couple of years ago but I always wanted a window above the shower. 

Hello Bear says hello. 

The bedroom (I'm just showing one of the two bedrooms ... the other one looks the same except with better windows). 

And the front door. Again, I was NOT HAPPY to learn that this ugly door had just been primed and I could have painted it at any time over the last 20 years. 

Now for the After. 

The kitchen. I ... I just can't express how much better this is now. One extra window has opened up the entire living space. It feels so much brighter, and somehow bigger. 

 

Hmm...apparently I didn't take any new pix of the living room. Suffice to say the new slider is quiet and doesn't require all of your strength to open and close, I can no longer feel arctic breezes on my neck coming from the window, and I'll be able to open and close it! The cross-breezes are going to be AMAZING come spring and summer. 

On to the bathroom. Again, the new window just opens everything up. All weekend I kept thinking someone had left the light on because sunlight was just POURING out of the room. Showers will be much more pleasant in the spring and summer!

The bedroom. Because I wanted a way to get to my Future Awesome Screened-In Porch from the house without going outside and letting all the bugs in, I decided we needed a slider in the bedroom. And again, this room feels about twice as large now. 

The front door. I have no words for how much I love this new door. It is a beautiful color, it doesn't need to be slammed with all your might to close, and it has a shade built right into the glass. I get all the light I wanted, my husband gets the security he wanted (without hanging a sheet over the door whenever we're not there). We also installed a new electronic lock. 

I now see that we really need new rugs. Ew. 

Here's a shot of the kitchen with the door. 

So much light! 

And finally, here's the exterior of the cabin with door blinds up and down. The window installers were nice enough to paint the trim green to match(ish) the metal roof (which they also installed). 

Money well spent.