What's Hot in Windows and Doors

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Bringing the Outside In

Homeowners are looking for doors that draw on the natural beauty of the great outdoors to expand indoor living spaces and complement outdoor entertaining. Bi-fold doors, which open up accordion-style, provide this seamless transition from the outdoors to the inside comfort of your home. The vast opening of bi-fold doors maximizes the amount of warm natural sunlight in a room and can extend your living space onto patios, decks and courtyards. Bi-fold doors are available through Marvin's custom capabilities department, Signature Products and Services, in a variety of sizes and operating styles. Marvin's Sliding Patio Door, now available in a four-panel OXXO configuration, also allows homeowners to bring the outside in with the door's vast opening and slim stiles and rails.

Weathering the Storm

Given the devastating 2005 hurricane season, personal safety and property loss concerns, stricter building codes, and the rising cost of insurance, high demand for impact-resistant windows and doors has extended along the entire Eastern seaboard. In response to these demands, Marvin expanded its StormPlus™ line in 2005 to include swinging French doors in three new shapes - rectangles, eyebrows and half rounds - available to fit a standard 10-foot rough opening. StormPlus products meet stringent regional building codes and are capable of weathering violent wind and driving rain through their combination of high performance, energy efficiency and impact resistance.

Door Hardware

Valli and Valli Handles

Demand for architectural hardware designs that create a consistent style across the home has seen a dramatic increase over the past year. The growing emphasis on design within the hardware category is driven by several factors, including: consumer demand for design flexibility, interior design trends promoting cohesion in finishes, shapes, colors and textures, a desire for architectural consistency between exterior and interior spaces, and the recent availability of more design options with faucets, appliances and light fixtures. Marvin's new architectural hardware offerings bring back creative design freedom with a wide-ranging spectrum of handle designs that have been carefully engineered to fit any prepped Marvin swinging French door. Featured selections from Marvin Architectural Hardware include designs from Ashley Norton, Bouvet,® Stone River Bronze™ and Valli&Valli. Transformational Transoms

Transoms easily add height and dimension to windows and doors. They not only increase natural light but also enhance design possibilities. Marvin offers a wide range of shapes and sizes of transoms including eyebrows, half rounds, and a plethora of polygon transoms such as octagons, triangles or pentagons. Placing an eyebrow transom above an Inswing French door or mulling a round top to an assembly of Ultimate Double Hung windows can help achieve a customized look while providing additional light and improving aesthetics. Creating a Historic Look

Many consumers want the technological benefits of new windows, coupled with the historic character of windows from the past. With Marvin's custom capabilities, homeowners can enjoy superior energy efficiency and low-maintenance windows without sacrificing historical authenticity and integrity. Marvin's Made for you® philosophy ensures that whether building a new home or remodeling a 17th century masterpiece, homeowners can achieve the historic look they crave. With custom sizes, styles, wood species, clad colors, casings and more, homeowners can create authentic wood or clad wood windows for their exact needs.

A Tall Order to Fill

The sky's the limit on the height options homeowners now expect for windows and doors. Architects are specifying many homes with taller ceilings, which ultimately result in bigger windows and taller doors. Taller ceilings maximize natural light and space and increase depth and dimension. To accommodate this trend, some of Marvin's door heights are now available up to 10 feet.

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Marvin Windows and Doors is a premier manufacturer of made-to-order wood and clad wood windows and doors. The company's Made for you® philosophy enables Marvin to offer the industry's most extensive selection of shapes, styles, sizes and options. The privately-held, family-owned company is headquartered in Warroad, Minn., a small Northern Minnesota town just six miles from the Canadian border.

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