Pretty door! Would you consider having no screen door and opening windows for ventilation and listening to nature? I'm suggesting this because we had a glass screen door once that trapped so much heat that it cracked the wood door it was supposedly protecting. Just a thought.

I am thankful for any and all suggestions! I appreciate all views.

The new door is an insulated steel door by Waudena, out of Wisconsin.

I do open the casements windows on either side of the front window, but if the door is open I can see my Purple Martin colony and part of the garden from the kitchen.

I live in North Dakota with -20 to -40 temps common in the winter, howling winds, banking snow, and all sorts of lovely weather. A storm door is a necessary evil. Still, in the brief but bright summer, I'd love to have a "view."

Get a storm door where you can either switch out winter windows with screens or the kind that you can actually lower the storm window and raise the screen. Those are great.

And for screening get pet mesh.

Definitely get the "self-storing storm" as Tibbrix says, you can lower just the top for ventilation. The security door you mentioned just wouldn't work with your design, and would totally detract from the stained glass.

I would get the same color as the door so that it "disappears". Measure to get a door whose glass covers the stained glass, be sure the solid portion of the door doesn't cover it up.

Cute house and garden :)