I have a large old home and some of my blinds are inside mount and some outside mount, even in the same room! They look fine as long as the blinds are the same. It would bother me more to have the "gap" of the split blind than having 2 different mounts. I guess the worst case would be both outside mounts! I've probably confused you even more! Sue

Angie, Thank you so much for looking that up for me! Its good to know its not just me. The trimline company rep said the install looked pretty good A windowrama tech is coming out to check the hooks and if it was made wrong then a trimline tech will be sent out - but trimline doesn't make the trim it seems and the windowrama salesman is claiming he never told me it would look like the samples on display - which he did when I asked and even if he didn't shouldn't the sales staff let the customers know they are getting something different from the display model? I am getting really frustrated now!

Yikes. Tough crowd :) Did not intend to be annoying. I’d just been able to find and post the above Pop-Out window pic and decided definitively go with the pop-out and against replacing our bow window with another bow so wanted to clarify new direction in a new post. I guess I could have just added to last thread?? But wanted to clarify that new bow window wasn’t happening and now needed guidance re: pop-out idea. Should I now start fresh here and remove that last post (assuming my limited tech skills allow me to figure out how to do that?). Glad to take suggestions—I’m not a frequent poster here. Thanks much, Michelle in NJ

Thank you all for your comments! And thank you RL for the picture mock up. So cool! Your comments have helped us to see things that we easily over looked such as the shutters and black hole that is our front door. Much appreciated and will help us to make improvements to the overall look of our homes exterior. To answer some of your questions ... The function of the window that needs to be replaced is a bedroom. The little window in the leak can definitely be changed to a vent instead. Any suggestions? The lights on either side of the door are brown. Something I have wanted to change - at least painted black? Can I bounce some questions back? Our double front door is wood. Would it be worth the effort to strip the coat of black paint (looks like only one coat) and then stain it, keep it natural? Or just paint it a different colour as suggested. Our brick is more of an orange-red (pictures were taken just before a big storm, everything looks darker). We are grateful for any additional suggestions to improve the overall look of the front exterior of our home. Thanks!