{"id":28,"date":"2010-04-19T12:38:32","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T12:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/?p=28"},"modified":"2010-04-19T12:38:32","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T12:38:32","slug":"summer_is_coming_soon_-_time_for_outdoor_shades","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/summer_is_coming_soon_-_time_for_outdoor_shades\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer is Coming Soon &#8211; Time for Outdoor Shades"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=\"MsoNormal\"><span style=\"LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-SIZE: 10pt\"><font color=\"#000000\"><font face=\"Calibri\">A great way to enjoy the summer is to keep your home cool. A great way to do this is with outdoor shades.<o:p><\/o:p><\/font><\/font><\/span><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Outdoor shades, also called sun shades, can significantly reduce cooling costs inside your home as well as create a more pleasant outdoor atmosphere for your patio, deck or sunroom. In very hot climates, people also use outdoor shades on their sun-facing windows. Exterior shades offer numerous benefits: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Lower cooling costs<\/li>\n<li>They can help to block damaging UV rays and reduce glare without sacrificing views<\/li>\n<li>When used on windows, allow you to keep the window open for ventilation<\/li>\n<li>Dress up the look of a patio<\/li>\n<li>Provide additional privacy <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You can purchase <a href=\"\"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/products.asp?id=outdoor-shades\/window-shades\/\"\">outdoor shades<\/a> in many retail stores as well as online. They range in quality and price from the cheap plastic ones you can pick up at the Home Depot that&#8217;ll last for a couple years max, to high-quality exterior sun shades, like Coolaroo, which will last for many years. <\/p>\n<p>The other nice thing about the higher-quality outdoor shades is they are usually made to order, so they will fit exactly. <a href=\"\"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/products.asp?id=outdoor-shades\/window-shades\/\"\">Coolaroo shades<\/a>, for example, are available in two opacities, 8% and 20%. The 8% openness outdoor shades block more light (allows in 8% of incoming light). The 20% openness outdoor shades allow in more light for greater view-through. Coolaroo makes two version of their exterior shades: the <a href=\"\"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/WindowProduct.asp?id=420002\"\">Coolaroo designer series<\/a> and the <a href=\"\"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/WindowProduct.asp?id=420001\"\">Coolaroo premier series<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>The Designer sun shades provide 20-25% heat reduction by blocking 92% of UV rays and 75% of sunlight. The Premier Series solar screen material provides 15% heat reduction by blocking 80% of UV rays and 66% of sunlight.. So, depending on how intense the sun is in your part of the world, you can make the right choice. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A great way to enjoy the summer is to keep your home cool. A great way to do this is with outdoor shades.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":187,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[34,33,31,32],"class_list":["post-28","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blinds-and-shades","tag-coolaroo","tag-patio-shade","tag-sun-shades","tag-uv-protection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/187"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/homeimprovementblogs.com\/hg-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}