Designov, I visited your post regarding your gorgeous new kitchen and due to the recessed doors that I love since I have been wanting the cabinets that you bought and the crown molding and the overall look, I felt it looked beautiful just the way it was with the matching end panels that were just not door style panels. I felt it looked pretty and finished and gorgeous. Thanks for sharing.

I hate the sandwiched in between look. It looks cheap because it is cheap. I didn't build my current home. It has the snap in interior grills. They are wood and can be painted to match the interior trim. My experience is they shrink a little bit and after a while some of them don't fit as snugly into the window frame. They become easy to knock out. But, they are easy to take out and clean the dog noses. I prefer the divided light windows and that is what I put in when I built my custom home. You pay a premium and you can tell the difference from the street. Looking at your elevation, you won't be wrong with your choice. It will come down to personal preference. I'd advise you to either get the entirely smooth window or the fully divided light. Don't go halfway with the other two options.

We had replaced all but that "room" of windows with white vinyl. My husband and I couldn't agree at the time, with what to do with them. He wanted to use wood look vinyl. White vinyl is sort of our compromise as I feel like it's better to not match at all, than have it be close, but not quite. Is far as why not add a door, I guess because we usually have furniture in front of the windows and there is a door just to the right of those windows, in the kitchen, so another exit seems redundant. The room is such that furniture really needs to be by those windows, or there isn't a place for it, otherwise.

I agree with Beverly--one or two panel if you are bent on changing. Although a slab door like you have is more 'modern' than paneled doors. Although boring. What you have is most likely better quality than anything you will find at a big box store (if that is where you are shopping.) Don't buy just on looks--know what you are getting because a lot of the stuff out there is junk. Molded plastic, particle board, MDF...