We decided to install four new windows in the basement in order to let in more light and make it feel less like a basement. It is (hopefully) the most expensive single thing we’ll do in our basement, but we think it’s well worth it. We had two casement windows and two double-hung windows installed, but they are styled such that they all look like double-hungs and match the mission style of the other main windows in the house. Installing the new windows required digging large window wells and cutting into the foundation. Here we go:

Double Window Well

This next part made me a bit uneasy:

Yikes! That’s our foundation he’s cutting into!
And the wall comes tumbling down: