Tibbrix and busybee3, the photo and your advice that window coverings for that width would be practical, were just the reassurance I needed. Two window people came out Monday and both were very good. I have decided that a 70" x 70" window will go on either side of the fireplace, about 11.5" from the floor. The problem now is deciding color of the window frames. For the type of window I've selected there are only 3 color choices for the window frame -- bright white, taupe, and bronze (so dark, almost black). Choosing the frame color is the tough choice now. White does not look good on the home exterior, so only two choices left to go with. My home is contemporary with traditional furniture so that dark should go. Any thoughts or advice?

Ok,i find a contractor -a friend which i didnt even know he is in windows bussiness for the last 10 yrs, so he came out gave me lowest way lowest estimate than other bigger outfits or mfg instalers, and he took me to factory Advanced Windows [Chicago ],i was pretty impressed with the product ,is vynil strong sturdy picture windows ,so i vent and ordered the job ,so this friend came out today to od proper and measuring ,and quess what we find behind the cappinng outside and casing inside [old job was a aluminum windows, top pictures and botom pictures and slider,anyway what we find that the whole thing was sitting on botom 2x6 mounted slanted about 10-13%, and sides and top nothing touching only the street side 2x4 locking the windows against it and the inside casing but above and sides of windows nothing is holow space, so the friend said we have ot make a header and sides with 2x6 or 2x 8 againsdt brick and then install the windows in it ,and the sizes are pretty much will stay maybe 1/2" less, but it will be a strech 16 feet by 6feet and 12 feet by 6 feet openning and 3rd in other room 105"by 61". I told him ,before he orders the windows, maybe we should take old out completely and build the new framing out the and see what size to orderwindows, so we dont get to small or too large ones ,then we eat it if not fit,right? They coudl probably he said build in 1 day. but he said ,hel not go that route, hel built the frame according the window sizes hel bring even hel ferezes over... [I will have those above sizes in up posting in these openning.

I am so super bummed I found this article! I wish we would have made our one-sided walk-in closet narrower as we ended up with a very small bedroom! We settled on 40" deep after reading this article the closet took valuable space away from the bedroom which is 10' x 11'. I would have done ANYTHING for an extra 5-6" which would have made the room 5' x 11.5" and the closet 36" deep which is plenty for a side-entry walk-in closet. We wanted to do walk in instead of reach in because of the flexibility of the bed configuration and gaining more wall space in the room. But we ended up with a small bedroom and a large closet. Don't make the same mistake we did!

I did get a quote for LaCantina, they seem to have a good product. Nanawall is also a great product and reputable. Both Marvin and Anderson also make good bi-fold doors. The thing with Bi-fold doors is that they "hang" from the top, so your structure has to be able to support the weight. Unfortunatley our opening was so big and was under living area above, so we would have had to install steel beam in order to make a bi-fold door work. That is why we ended up going with panoramic, because the weight is on the bottom, not the top. If you can go bi-fold, there is alot of good options... I would have gone with Marvin to match our other windows and doors. But LaCantina, Nanawall and others have good products. I am not familiar with Windsor (i've only heard of them), but if thats what you are installing for your windows and other doors, then that might be a good option for you.