I totally get the appeal of white vinyl—ours went in about two years ago, and honestly, it made the house look a bit more “put together” from the stre...

Yeah, I’m right there with you on the sticker shock for new windows. I priced out replacements for just the front of my house and it was almost as muc...

Good tips here. Hadn't thought of the outlets thing—makes sense though, they're basically little holes in your walls. Wonder if that's why my living r...

Yeah, totally agree on the noise thing. When we swapped out our old double-pane windows for triple-pane in the bedrooms facing the street, the differe...

We upgraded ours last fall, and honestly, condensation was one of the biggest improvements I noticed. Before, every chilly morning meant grabbing a to...

I've done the shrink film thing before too, and it works pretty well, but I gotta say the aesthetics can be a bit iffy sometimes...especially if you d...

I gave those films a shot a couple winters back too, mostly because our living room windows are ancient and drafty as heck. Honestly, I went in pretty...

Interesting you mention UV films...I've thought about those, but honestly, I'm a bit skeptical. Do they noticeably darken the room? I mean, part of wh...