In my office, one of my windows is behind/beside my computer monitor. Especially now in the winter with snow of the ground, I have to close my blinds to see the monitor comfortably due to the brightness outside. I need an inexpensive way to tint the one sash of the window (~20 x 30). What I would prefer is to get some grey Plexiglass and mount it in a frame so I can easily remove it from the window when not needed. The problem is the Plexiglass would cost about $40+. I could buy some plexiglass at Lowe's and apply a film tinting, but I had difficulty finding appropriate film tinting last year when I attempted this project. ? Does anyone know of a source for film tinting or have alternative ideas on how I can achieve the desired result? Thank you!

The house we've bought has a very large wood front door (8') with sidelights on either side. Anyway, there's a very large gap on the lock side, I can jam my finger in there it's probably 3/8", it's enough that the deadbolt grabs but the handle latch doesn't, it barely misses it altogether. I bought some hinge shims but I'm thinking that's a heck of a lot of hinge shimming. I'm assuming it was just installed incorrectly and maybe never fit properly, it's a custom home that the builder was going bankrupt at the end of the project and did the finish work ASAP to get the CO and close the loans. (Back in 2006). Any advice to resolve this other than just hiring a door guy to completely reframe this? It's got venetian plaster walls so I really don't want to disturb more than I have to around the trim. But we need this to be right, I doubt it's even sealing well against the weatherstripping right now. Thanks for the advice.