Awnings provide the ultimate way of shading your rooms as they are fitted externally and reduce the heat and glare from the sun before it gets through the glass.  Obviously they also protect your furnishings and carpets from fading without having to draw your curtains and lose your view.

They come in a wide range of fabric styles and colours and can be manually or electrically operated.  They are also ideal for alfresco dining as they will shade you and protect you from showery weather.

Dutch Canopies are an attractive and more economical way of giving you shade when you need it as they have a simple aluminium folding frame operated by a cord and pulley system and are still available in all the same fabrics as Awnings.  Due to size limitations on the projection, these are more suitable if you require shading over windows rather than doors.