Changing that dreary scenery may be easier than you think. A KIT FROM Scenic Window Wells dresses up a corrugated-steel window well. Dozens of scenes are available. Scenic Window Wells' WELLliner is a weather-resistant polystyrene liner that slips into a standard window well. When you look out the basement window, you might imagine yourself in any one of 36 postcard-perfect locales.
Liners are available in two sizes, and the flexible sheets can be trimmed to fit.
A light kit also is available to keep the scene visible when the sun goes down. It consists of a flexible well liner that fits inside an existing window well and a reflection panel that is attached to the side of the house. Sunlight striking the reflection panel is bounced onto the well liner and then into the basement. Bilco's ScapeWEL offers increased basement lighting as well as an emergency exit, which is typically required by code. Bilco's ScapeWEL provides light as well as an emergency exit from the basement.