where will it go?

although the home depot stuff would not have lead paint chipping off it.

is there paint on it? doesn't look painted...

I thought the same thing (lead paint) when I saw those white windows in the last post. Seems like a dumb idea to me.

On gosh, I gasped at the white window picture, but I have a daughter with a lead paint issue we're working on now. Thought I might be overly sensitive.

Jeez, on the lead paint issue, maybe you folk can go live in some stainless steel surfaced bubble somewhere... and make sure you stock up on lots of anti-bacteria soap...

Brownstoner: do you have an architect that is overseeing your project? I do not mean to be critical of your choices, but I find that it's always good to run these sort of design decisions past a professional who can anticipate issues that you may not be fully aware of when making what seem to be ad hoc decisions.

I say this because I am about half-way through an approximate one-year major renovation of a brownstone. My architect has given me excellent guidance and has stopped me from making mistakes that at first seemed like such great ideas. Bottom line: the heavy-duty design work should be completed BEFORE construction even starts. This enables you to keep the design consistent. Change orders as you go are inevitable, but should be minimized.

We've been looking for a pair of simple transom-style windows like this too (for an interior hallway upstairs) so I can agree with your comment that they're hard to come by. Nice find!

Not sure why you have a problem finding transoms. We ordered ours from Anderson and quite sure Marvin does them. We ordered some others some years ago from a window outfit on Long Island. Wood. Nice. And open and shut, which is what transoms are for -- to allow light AND air.

To clarify, we were having a hard time finding an OLD transom window...As for lead paint, we'll scrape and repaint both of these interior windows. The actual lead window will be near the ceiling, so it won't be reachable by children either. Regarding, planning ahead with your architect, that's certainly sound advice; our architect is our father, but he's out of state, so has not been performing much of a project manager role. (He didn't charge us anything either!) Given our desire to use as salvaged items as much as possible, this isn't always possible. The only real "changes" we've made have been the two interior windows and moving a toilet a couple of feet. The size and exact location of a couple of doorways have changed as well, but that was anticipated. If you are changing a layout significantly, it's not always easy to know what the resulting space will feel like, though good archtitects are certainly better equipped to envision the finished product than the layman...

Are these new floors? There are a lot of sources for salvages wood for floors -- say the word if you need some sites