I have old, wavy-glass, single pane windows in this 100-year-old house, and I'm slowly replacing them with new, energy-efficient windows, one window at at time. I have discovered that if you are very patient and check your sources diligently, you can find brand new windows for up to 50% off. I made this discovery by accident when I was pricing windows at Home Depot. They have a small, out of the way spot in the store where they place unclaimed or rejected new windows that were custom-ordered. These windows are deeply discounted and they're sort of an insider secret, so unless you happen upon them (as I did) you won't know about them. Kind of like the table of discounted "oops" paint in the paint department.
I needed a long, skinny window for my bedroom, and found one at Home Depot that was only one inch shorter than what I'd wanted, but was way cheaper than ordering a custom window to fit into the non-standard opening. I ended up paying $100 for my "custom" window! So I haunt Home Depot and Lowe's, checking out their oops windows for my next replacements.
In the meantime, I am currently having wainscoting and paneling installed in the hallway, and I'm painting and varnishing molding and wood trim, while trying to come up withdecent reconfiguations for my kitchen and laundry room expansions. If I survice, I'll eventually post pictures.
