Pella Windows, Doors Enlighten Renovated Artist's StudioShades between panes of glass offer stylish, functional solution.

10-05-2007 - Remodeling a home often provides an opportunity to create areas that match a home owner's space with personal interests -- just as Brad and Cheryl Thompson did when they converted the garage of their Santa Fe, N.M. home into an artist's studio and den. The beautiful architecture and creative culture initially drew the Thompsons to Santa Fe. After living in their home for a few years, Brad needed more space to create his art. Not wanting to move again, they looked to their garage for the room needed to design an area that they both could enjoy.

To bring more natural light and air to the remodeled space, they replaced the garage door with a Pella® Designer Series® hinged patio door with shades between the panes of glass. They also added a Designer Series awning window to the repurposed space. At the same time, the Thompsons replaced a sliding door and windows in other rooms of their home with Designer Series products.

Designer Series Hinged Patio Door

"The patio door in the studio is the focal point of the room. No one would ever know it used to be a garage door," said Brad. "We chose the Designer Series windows and patio doors because of the cleanliness. Regular shades are always dirty and needing dusting. With the Pella shades between the panes of glass, this seemed like a good way to keep things clean, nice and orderly," said Brad.

A university study found windows with traditional room-side blinds collected 200 times more of certain indoor airborne allergens than Pella Designer Series products.

"Brad and I are unbelievably happy with our Pella windows and doors. They truly are a major highlight of our house and we tell everyone," said Cheryl.

Pella's Designer Series Collection brings home removable decorative panels for a new look between panes of glass. With a variety of more than 20 blind or shade colors to unique decorative panels in 10 different design patterns and removable grilles, Pella provides style and color choices to match virtually any décor. Perfect for both Designer Series windows and doors, the flexible options provide the homeowner ability to change the look of a room in minutes, simply by snapping in new window fashions custom made to fit each opening, and protected between panes of glass from dust and dirt.

About Pella
Pella Corporation is a leader in designing, testing, manufacturing and installing quality windows and doors for new construction, remodeling and replacement applications. Pella earned the U.S. Department of Energy's ENERGY STAR® Partner of the Year award for windows in 2007 for its leadership in manufacturing energy-efficient windows and educating consumers about them. Pella also earned the 2007 J.D. Power and Associates award for "Highest in Customer Satisfaction among Window and Door Manufacturers."

As a family-owned and professionally managed privately-held company, Pella is known for its 82-year history of innovation, making great products, providing quality service and delivering on customer satisfaction. Headquartered in Pella, Iowa, the company is committed to incorporating new technologies, increasing productivity, and practicing environmental stewardship to create satisfied customers. Providing careers for more than 10,600 team members, Pella is recognized as one of the nation's "100 Best Companies to Work For" overall and the "Top Company for Leaders" in the small-to mid-sized category by FORTUNE magazine.

The company manufactures quality windows, patio doors and entry door systems sold through a Direct Sales Network operating Pella® Window & Door Showrooms across the United States and Canada and select building materials retailers, including Lowe's,® which features the Pella Design CenterSM, a "store-within-a-store." For more information, call 888-84-PELLA or visit www.pella.com.