Everyone envisions something when thinking of their dream home, right? For me it's an outdoor kitchen, which I got hooked on from watching HGTV. It doesn't have to be one of those top-dollar, high-end, everything's-at-your-fingertips outdoor kitchen, just something simple ... a fun place for entertaining.
Indoor-outdoor living is just one trend in home designs and homebuiling. Homeowners and builders are finding ways to maximize on outdoor space to make it part of the entire living area. What better product to help do that than glass?
One product that is fast-growing in popularity is the opening wall. When closed it seems just like a fixed wall system, but when it's open the entire room becomes part of the outside. And for those with bug or insect concerns, screen systems are also available that work with the walls.
I wouldn't mind building one of these walls into my dream home either ... it could open to my outside kitchen ...but because the walls tend to fall into a higher price category than a traditional French door, for example, you've got to really want it. The best locations are those where there's a killer view--the ocean or snow-capped mountains. That's the other thing--most people tend to think of these products as being only suitable for warm-weather environments. Thanks to efficient glazing and framing technologies they can also be used in cold climates.
The building of my dream house is a ways off. In the meantime I can dream. I will make a list of all the things I would like for it to have, and while there will be some features I will sacrifice, I am sure I will find a few interesting ways to use glass.
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