where did you get the windows?

emkay45, gwarring is right, landscape lighting will definitely eliminate the black hole situation. Look at our project, "A Twilight Getaway" where we addressed that very issue. The attached image is from that project.

@ketra2000
We can help you for your window & door pricing if you are still looking for prices on steel & bronze windows & doors similar to these. We manufacture Renaissance solid bronze windows & doors with factory glazed insulated glass.

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You can install a sliding rail door to the wood frame that could be moved to the side when not in use. And no disrespect, but I wish the actual company who did this work would post their information, not companies looking to grab customers who may not catch that they weren't he ones who made this.

If that were my house I would put a natural grass/bamboo/or linen roman shade on those windows. Go to the Shade Store for help. They’re expensive, but so are those windows.