Whether you are a home owner, remodeler, or builder, you're looking for a high quality entry door that can add curb appeal, warmth, and energy efficiency to the home. At Mead, we have made a major commitment to both Therma-Tru Doors and Acclimated Entry Systems in terms of in-stock, selections, and ability to provide our customers information, endless choices, and best value. Therma-Tru® offers hundreds of beautiful door options, including multiple textures, panel styles, glass designs, sidelites, and transoms to complement a variety of architectural and personal styles. From their broad range of beautiful and high-performance fiberglass door systems to their full-system warranties. Acclimated Entry Systems® surround your choice of a beautiful wood, fiberglass or steel door with a "climate enhanced" frame and sill system. Crafted with pride by the experts at Bayer Built, this entry system is designed and built to meet the rigors of our Midwest climate and is now available in an array of factory applied finishes. Waudena Millwork has become the recognized leader in the industry for providing only the highest quality products while providing a great value for your dollar. Whether your style is traditional or contemporary Waudena Millwork offers a diverse collection of products to suit your needs. We also feature storm doors by Larson, who build storm doors that last. They are energy efficient, stylish, and innovative and most importantly a great value to you and your family. Whether you want to showcase your entry, seal a draft, let light in, or ventilate, Larson storm doors can help you add further value to your home. Renovating your home or building from the ground up? We have what you are looking for, when you choose Andersen you are choosing high performance, dependable product and a brand you can trust.

Whether you are a home owner, remodeler, or builder, you're looking for a high quality entry door that can add curb appeal, warmth, and energy efficiency to the home. At Mead, we have made a major commitment to both Therma-Tru Doors and Acclimated Entry Systems in terms of in-stock, selections, and ability to provide our customers information, endless choices, and best value. Therma-Tru® offers hundreds of beautiful door options, including multiple textures, panel styles, glass designs, sidelites, and transoms to complement a variety of architectural and personal styles. From their broad range of beautiful and high-performance fiberglass door systems to their full-system warranties. Acclimated Entry Systems® surround your choice of a beautiful wood, fiberglass or steel door with a "climate enhanced" frame and sill system. Crafted with pride by the experts at Bayer Built, this entry system is designed and built to meet the rigors of our Midwest climate and is now available in an array of factory applied finishes. Waudena Millwork has become the recognized leader in the industry for providing only the highest quality products while providing a great value for your dollar. Whether your style is traditional or contemporary Waudena Millwork offers a diverse collection of products to suit your needs. We also feature storm doors by Larson, who build storm doors that last. They are energy efficient, stylish, and innovative and most importantly a great value to you and your family. Whether you want to showcase your entry, seal a draft, let light in, or ventilate, Larson storm doors can help you add further value to your home. Renovating your home or building from the ground up? We have what you are looking for, when you choose Andersen you are choosing high performance, dependable product and a brand you can trust.

Like most homes built in the 1980’s this combined entry, living room, eating area, and kitchen were completely compartmentalized with walls. They loved the idea of opening up the spaces to accommodate more of a great room feeling. Advance Design accomplished this by opening up the corner of the kitchen to not only make the space flow, but to let light into the dark eating nook and living room. Working on a budget, opening up the space and installing new hardwood flooring was a priority, so a more expansive kitchen had to be economical. Wanting a clean, contemporary feel; tall espresso shaker cabinets replaced old soffits, and River White granite made an impressive and clean lined contrast. A drywall pantry was replaced with an efficient roll out pantry, and stylish long stainless steel pulls tie the whole look together. Photo Credits- Joe Nowak

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Klopf Architecture and Outer space Landscape Architects designed a new warm, modern, open, indoor-outdoor home in Los Altos, California. Inspired by mid-century modern homes but looking for something completely new and custom, the owners, a couple with two children, bought an older ranch style home with the intention of replacing it. Created on a grid, the house is designed to be at rest with differentiated spaces for activities; living, playing, cooking, dining and a piano space. The low-sloping gable roof over the great room brings a grand feeling to the space. The clerestory windows at the high sloping roof make the grand space light and airy. Upon entering the house, an open atrium entry in the middle of the house provides light and nature to the great room. The Heath tile wall at the back of the atrium blocks direct view of the rear yard from the entry door for privacy. The bedrooms, bathrooms, play room and the sitting room are under flat wing-like roofs that balance on either side of the low sloping gable roof of the main space. Large sliding glass panels and pocketing glass doors foster openness to the front and back yards. In the front there is a fenced-in play space connected to the play room, creating an indoor-outdoor play space that could change in use over the years. The play room can also be closed off from the great room with a large pocketing door. In the rear, everything opens up to a deck overlooking a pool where the family can come together outdoors. Wood siding travels from exterior to interior, accentuating the indoor-outdoor nature of the house. Where the exterior siding doesn’t come inside, a palette of white oak floors, white walls, walnut cabinetry, and dark window frames ties all the spaces together to create a uniform feeling and flow throughout the house. The custom cabinetry matches the minimal joinery of the rest of the house, a trim-less, minimal appearance. Wood siding was mitered in the corners, including where siding meets the interior drywall. Wall materials were held up off the floor with a minimal reveal. This tight detailing gives a sense of cleanliness to the house. The garage door of the house is completely flush and of the same material as the garage wall, de-emphasizing the garage door and making the street presentation of the house kinder to the neighborhood. The house is akin to a custom, modern-day Eichler home in many ways. Inspired by mid-century modern homes with today’s materials, approaches, standards, and technologies. The goals were to create an indoor-outdoor home that was energy-efficient, light and flexible for young children to grow. This 3,000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom new house is located in Los Altos in the heart of the Silicon Valley. Klopf Architecture Project Team: John Klopf, AIA, and Chuang-Ming Liu 
Landscape Architect: Outer space Landscape Architects 
Structural Engineer: ZFA Structural Engineers 
Staging: Da Lusso Design 
Photography ©2018 Mariko Reed 
Location: Los Altos, CA
 Year completed: 2017

Photo Credits: Shupe Studios
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The Solar Decathlon project’s focus on energy efficiency and modern design led them to select the Glo A5 Series windows and doors for the project. Two large Lift and Slide doors paired with hidden sash windows and two custom – and bright red – D1 entry doors complement the modern aesthetic of the home and provide exceptional thermal performance. High performance spacers, low iron glass, larger continuous thermal breaks, and multiple air seals deliver high performance, cost effective durability and sophisticated design. Beyond performance and looks, the A5 Series windows and doors provide natural ventilation and a strong visual connection to the outdoors. Photography by: Nita Torrey Photography

This rustic style home on Hartwell Lake was designed and built for the owners to enjoy with family and friends during their active weekend lifestyle. The home was built on a narrow, deep lot that was semi-level on the roadside and steep on the lakeside. The back half of the lot heavily wooded with mature oak and poplar trees reducing the harsh sun’s heat gain on the home. The exterior utilizes fiber cement cedar shake and lap siding complimented by deep brown colors for the windows, soffit, trim and the large square columns. A nice balance of natural earth toned stacked stone rounds out the exterior materials completing the rustic casual lake living. The home 5400 SF is designed and built on thee levels each having a primary focus. The main level creates primary daily living for the owners. This level features an open plan with an entry, stair, dining, kitchen and living areas leading to a large lakeside screened porch. A master suite is privately tucked off its own hallway and allowing it to enjoy the lakeside as well with its own private deck. On the opposite side are two bedrooms, a study and a shared bathroom for each to utilize. An open carport for two vehicles was created with the motor court and connects to the mudroom/utility room giving the owners direct entry into their home. The upper level is for the grand children with an oversized bedroom, bathroom and loft area for play. The lower level is the considered the party level. Its primary feature is an elevated stage for the owner’s band opened to a large seating area, dining and kitchen for viewing and listening with direct access to another screened porch. Flanking each side is a theater and two additional bedrooms and bathrooms. Energy Efficient features include: • The majority of the lower level sunk into the site below grade • 6” thick walls utilizing advanced framing techniques • Foil covered roof sheathing • Extensive use of blown in cellulous • All windows & doors are double paned low E argon filed glass • Tank-less water heaters • Three separate high efficiency HVAC units with programmable thermostats and a fresh air ERV. Lastly the owner requested we make every effort to sound proof the home. Many materials and techniques gave a duel purpose and added to the energy efficiency. These items include: • 2x6 walls with staggered studs • Extensive use if rock wool acoustic batting • Tempered glass in all exterior doors and windows • ¼ thick Mass Loaded Vinyl (MLV) was installed on the top and bottom of the floor trusses and on all lower level walls. The combination of the design and detailing utilizing these specific materials enabled us to achieve a 5 Star Plus Energy Star Certification with a HERS Index Score of 50. This home received a the 2015 Pinnacle Award from the SC Home Builders Association for the “Best Achievement in Energy Efficiency” sponsored by the SC Department Commerce.

Transformed this unusable back entry into an efficient use of space. Adding shiplap gave this small area some custom detail and the black/white combination of finishes brought just enough drama to this mudroom.

Perfect for a view lot, the Mosscliff brings tons of livability in an efficient walkout basement home. An island kitchen serves a single dining area and great room, and accesses a massive utility room and pantry conveniently close to the garage entry. Two covered porches downstairs, and front and rear porches plus a screen porch upstairs bring the outside in.

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The client went with ProVia simulated divided lite fiberglass doors with sidelites for both houses, flooding the entryways with natural light. While true divided lites are separate panes of glass divided by muntins, simulated divided lights are one piece of glass overlaid by an external grille. Simulated divided lites offer the depth and dimension of a true divided lite with greater energy efficiency. They chose matching matte black hardware for each. For the primary house, they selected a ProVia Signet Fiberglass Entry Door in a rich espresso stain.

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