True, honeycomb shades do insulate well, but speaking from experience...cats absolutely love shredding those things. Learned that the hard way—privacy...

Yeah, that's pretty much been my experience too. When we replaced ours, I was mostly doing it because the old ones were practically antiques—single-pa...

I messed around with both options a couple years back when the street noise at our place was driving me up the wall. Initially, I thought acoustic gla...

Glad someone else mentioned this, because that's exactly what happened with our place. A few years ago, we moved into an older house—beautiful charact...

Had a similar situation myself—thought it was just the cold weather causing condensation until I noticed the dryer was getting super hot and clothes w...

I'm with you on energy-efficient glass being a solid investment. A few years back, I replaced the old single-pane windows in my house with double-pane...

Had a similar experience with Andersen myself. Installed a bunch of their windows during a remodel a few years back—hardware was solid, no complaints ...

Haha, your experience sounds exactly like mine when I tried fixing up some rotten trim around my garage door. Thought I'd breeze through it in an afte...

Haha, mornings might be key. I once called Lowe's late in the evening about a promo and ended up chatting with a rep who sounded half-asleep. Got nowh...

Did mine last summer—thought it'd be a quick afternoon job, ended up taking all weekend because I underestimated sanding (ugh). But honestly, once pai...