https://www.andersenwindows.com/options-and-accessories/grilles/

Looks like andersen may do them.

Question: do you want diamonds?

I wouldn't do white vinyl windows, how about a dark grey color?

Also remove the shutters, they are too small for the window.

One large picture window, with smaller ones each side (if you have to go that way).

Thank you. Yes we would like to do diamonds to stay with the original style of the house. A number of the houses in the neighborhood have them but as people are updating they are all going with vinyl replacements (typically 25, 50, 25) for their front window, and we feel like the houses are losing their charm. Our opening is much larger than most of the houses so we are worried we may not like what we choose. We considered a darker vinyl but we didn't want to deal with that on the inside of the house since all of our trim is white and we have a more modern or mid century feel with cool colors on the inside. thanks again!

Windows can be one color outside and a different color inside. Why are you replacing the current windows?

Hey There: If you want to stay with the diamond style windows - don't go vinyl. You should just see before and after pictures and without insulting our neighbors who have opted for vinyl - wood is the much better choice and preserve the character of the house. I hope you budget allows for wood.

Good Luck

The only problem with wood is maintenance - needs painting in a few years.

Your home is lovely. Looks like the bushes need to be trimmed down a bit on the left to show off the window. You can upload your photo to the Anderson website visualizer and play at will. They do offer a choice of color outside and white inside. Most do.

http://www.renewalbyandersen.com/get-inspired/visualizer.aspx

Thank you all for the feedback. We are replacing the windows because they are the original aluminum, no longer have screens, do not block sound, and are far from energy efficient. Most homeowners here in Texas, in the price point of our neighborhood replace with vinyl. This is not our forever home so although we wanted to invest in the upgrade, wood was a bit much.

We have looked into doing different colors on the inside/outside since we originally like the almond color on the outside of the windows but it is an additional $150 per window to do so, which again seemed like a bit much. If the general consensus is the diamonds are terrible, maybe they are. Perhaps we are biased because we see them in the neighborhood and think they are charming. I know for a fact they are from the 60's and original to the home as our entire neighborhood was build in the late 50s and early 60's, many homes have the diamonds, and I know they neighbors didn't get together in the 80s to all make the updates together.

If we went with white vinyl, would it be terrible? I included a photoshop picture. We would need to repaint the trim on the house a bright white to match...and maybe update the door and shutters. We are first time home owners, we don't know anything, we just don't want to spend money on new windows and hate them.

Thanks again for the input!!

The white looks very stark in the photoshopped image. Walk around the neighborhood and see what you like on similar houses. Also, you might want to consider openable casement windows instead of stationary picture windows if you think you might actually open them for a breeze several months a year. If that's not realistic for your climate, then I'd go with the three stationary picture windows.

why don't you do the 3 panel windows and get the beveled diamonds?? so much prettier. It's a bit expensive, but will look amazing.

I would select bronze aluminum windows, sliders on the sides of the picture window and use bronze low e glass. The diamond grilles were never appropriate for your ranch home, nor are the shutters so I have removed those also.

I would use dark windows (brown or charcoal) in the front, although I wouldn't care as much about side or rear. I think a single large pane or side sliders/casements on the big one. Agree with Beverly that you'd gain by dropping the vestigial shutters too.

I must be alone in this. I love the diamond grills but I am also in the boat you are in. I want to keep our diamond grills and our contractor suggests they are far more expensive (wood) than ordinary thatched grills. My home was built in 1960 as well. Believe me, these are original casement windows.

And those windows fit the house perfectly, Kelly. I love the look as well. How silly that would look if you replaced them w/vinyl retrofit windows!

Thanks, Beth. Having such a hard time finding a good substitute for a reasonable price (they want over $2,000 for the big window alone) that we may forego the energy savings (we live in Arizona so energy savings is important to us) and may simply strip the paint off these and restore them. Right now they've been painted over so many times (before I bought the house 15 years ago) that we can't even open them with the hardware. We have to push them open from inside then go outside and push them closed. We're actually embarking on a huge remodel of the home (mostly interior but some exterior, including driveway/garage, roof) and open to ideas for improving the front. We don't want to do anything with the brickwork but we're dying to get rid of the weeping/seeping mortar on the left side of the front of the house. Possibly painting all but the brickwork. Not sure what color though.