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Updated -- going with Window 2 for the first style (grungy substyle after that).
The start menu is a little incomplete in this shot because the gears and gauges are going to be animation, and I haven't gotten to the animating part just yet (except the start button, which is a gauge that fluctuates on mouseover).
Number 2, the first one looks perhaps a bit too elegant, well to me!!
Great work, Karen! I agree with everyone else about #2. It's awesome!!! 
I like #2 the best of the two, but I think the window should be consistent with the start menu; that is use the rounded pipe to join the two different elements, and add whatever else to that basic structure.
I was wondering about that myself, and all I could think of was reducing the width of the "pipes". It's such a nice piece of work that it would be nice to see it all the time, instead of just on the start menu. I really like the rounded corners and the design of the "pipes". In any case, it's going to look good. Are you going to have the whirlygigs "whirl"?
I liked window 2 best, also, but...willistruder is right --- not consistent with the start menu. So, here's the mockup I have to far.
That looks right to me. It was like two skins, either of which would look good, although I prefer the rounded corners much more. I think the corner pieces help a lot, as well. The bar looks a lot better too.
looking good i like no 1 to me it matches the start menu better 
nice work
I agree, it didn't go, but I think the reason most people liked #2 was the wood.......not to give You more work or anything.....but what if You added a touch of wood to the start menu, then it wood go! 
.........like maybe the pannel behind the programs and places lists??? .....once again, just throwing some ideas around.
I liked 2 as well, just a thought.. a little silver mixed in some where, ( you would now best) Steampunk to me, is a mixture of all the metals and wood. 
I may end up reworking the whole thing -- I've been squeezing in tutorials (a/k/a not concentrating on work like I should -- very bad), developing new skills, getting new ideas, understanding more of what Photoshop can do. Stay tuned. This is definitely a work in progress. It may look nothing like the screenshots to far.
If the wood window was the favorite of most, I could always just add a wood pattern to the start menu, too.
very nice...I wood change your inset hilite blend mode on the places graphic to overlay...that will allow the grain to show thru. 
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