One very cool thing about being a shelter writer is I get to see a lot of neato stuff. One of the most innovative products I’ve seen in a while are these Japanese-inspired windows called Glass Forest TM. (I can’t figure out how to get the little trade mark symbol.)

I got to talk to Brian Schafer the window’s inventor and President of Edgewood Log Structures on the Wednesday before Thanksgiving. When he worked in Asia he was moved by the culture’s appreciation for wood and for the out-of-doors. He combined both by creating huge windows that have no tradition trim, but uses hand stripped and finished trees to support the panes.  “It truly blurs the outside with the inside,” said Schafer.

Of course, these aren’t meant for one’s suburban home in Richfield or anything, but they’re dang beautiful.

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