Don’t stew with fury

The windows came today.

Well, most of them. The critical windows did not.

Missing is the operable skylight for the upstairs bathroom. Until it is in place, the roof cannot be installed. From a timing perspective, however, we are in good shape: the metal roofing material is not yet onsite.

The other key elements yet to be delivered are the sliding glass doors needed to close in the great room, bringing in the view and sunlight while keeping in the heat. The great room was opened up to the elements on October 2.

Also missing is a big window for the downstairs bathroom and the sliding glass doors for the master bedroom.

What did arrive was wrong. We specified factory finish white interior. We got unprimed pine. We wanted satin nickel hardware. We got off-white. We wanted gliders. We got casement windows. And there is one window that must have been delivered to the wrong house, because there is no chance that ugly two-pane mistake is getting attached to this Casa!

It seems Alex did not refer to the window schedule Matt and I provided, nor did he write down or remember our instructions from the face-to-face conversations we had about windows. I guess he just guessed—and guessed wrong.

So I let out that deep, audible sigh—the kind that only a frustrated woman can make.

“Don’t stew with fury,” my husband advised.

Too late!

Renovation tip: Be sure to inspect the windows before they are installed to avoid getting a nasty surprise attached to your home. At least the windows sitting on our great room floor are the right brand and series, Anderson 400, so we can take small comfort that we did not get a quality and cost bait-n-switch.

Epilogue: Honey, love the one you’re with

Well, they are not the windows we ordered but now two of them are attached to my house, along with the new back door. We could see these improvements on Election Night because Willi the Electrician has begun putting in lights. Soon the space we call a walk-out basement will be referred to as a room.

I will accept progress with these windows rather than waiting who knows how long for the windows I expected.