What is the best species for wood exposed to the elements on a house, shutters, window sash, etc.? Is one type of pine better? How come old sash without paint lasts longer than modern sash with paint?

Editor -- In your response to Mary Lou Cranna on "finding the perfect window covering. . ." ("Dumping drapes on bay windows," July 4) you listed as a disadvantage the use of shutters as "the ...

Traditionally, in India, wood and stone were used to create different types of windows. The use of glass in window shutters (the openable part of a window) was first introduced by the Romans ...