Came up with an idea over the holidays to take the back wall windows all the way down to the floor. No question this would require additional cleaning, but it could really make the look of the house much nicer. I did a rough mockup (ignore the trash in the back yard, that's in the works). Here is what it looks like now. And here is what it might look like with the new windows (based on my crappy photoshop skills) As part of this, I would also cut the concrete in the patio and create a planted area between the windows and the patio, similar to this type: The raw glass costs about $600 per pane, and there are 12 panes if I do all of the back windows. Not cheap, but potentially a really nice look. I won't be able to start on this right away, but I may go ahead and rent a concrete saw and cut the planter section. Eventually I'll replace all of the rear patio concrete with concrete pads, but for now I can start with cutting the planting area. Once things warm up