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High-Performance Windows and Insulation Chris Price of Klima Architecture in Park City, Utah, says triple-pane windows are key to improving comfort and energy-efficiency in your home. “Glazing makes up a large part of our envelopes, and they are proportionally very poor in thermal resistance versus a solid framed wall,” he says. Additionally, you want to be sure your solid walls aren’t leaking either. “Insulation is the cheapest and easiest material to add to a home. Very easily by increasing the depth of standard walls, you can substantially get better wall performance, for a small upcharge,” he says. “We try to firstly minimize the total carbon footprint our projects have over their lifetime, which, as research shows, is the energy performance, so we put most of our eggs in making the most robust, airtight, thermally broken and insulated envelopes possible.”
Use Just-So Details to Make the Room A rope-knot doorstop, vase of freshly cut flowers, soft fringed throw and tray for coffee add the right finishing touches to make your bedroom feel wonderfully coddling. Styling tip: Two big Euro-size pillows with proper shams makes a bed look more finished — and can be useful for propping you up in bed to read. Those plus your regular pillows are all you really need.
wall color with deep blue-grays, bedside lamp
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