Urgent help needed...window finish/color

12 years ago

Choosing windows for our new home is killing me!!! I know this is kitchen forum but it's busier here and I feel I might get help faster here. so I'm cross posting.

We had decided on Marvin integrity casements. That was the easy part. We chose Wood interior and white exterior (Integrity wood-ultrex). Interior is pine so we will use a grain tamer which will help it match our stained trim. We chose prairie grilles between the glass for easier cleaning.

Now the problems....I'm pretty sure the grilles will be white. How will that look (from the inside) if the window and trim is stained wood?

Other option would be to do prefinished white inside. But how does that look with stained wood window and trim?

OR we could switch to the all-ultrex in white and not have the wood.

Opinions and suggestions? I need to make this decision so as to not delay construction any longer!! And we are on vacation 1500 miles from home trying to make this decision!

Btw...building in the country. Not a super fancy home, if that helps

Comments (4)

toddinmn
12 years ago
Maybe skip the grills?
GulfBreezeWindows
12 years ago
You should be able to to get SDL grids were the grids on the interior will be wood to match the interior frame. They will either be glued on or snap on grids.
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millworkman
12 years ago
I would use the pre-finished white interior option and leave the interior trim painted white. My feelings are that it would look perfectly fine that way.
HomeSealed
12 years ago
I've seen all of those options done, it is really personal preference. Personally, I think that the sdl grids mentioned above would give you the "richest" look regardless of color. I'm not crazy about the stained wood with white GBG look, but then again, I'm not a huge fan of the white window with stained trim look either. Its pretty common, but it makes it look like you have vinyl replacement windows. That is not necessarily a bad thing, but you are paying a premium for those Marvins so you may as well take advantage of that.