I second the UV film suggestion. We had the same problem. A huge south facing patio door and almost equally huge window right next to it. The heat coming in was unbearable. We bought ...

oooo Very nice!! Where did you get the poles to hang the lights from? I've been looking for something like that.

Horchow has one very similar on super discount:

overstock has a similar one..but w/o the wings: http://www.overstock.com/Home-Garden/Ludlow-Mod...

ooooo so pretty!!

I bought all the materials for the flowergirl's pomanders (they look like balls that are made of flowers) and SIL helped me assemble it all. All it took were: round floral foam (3in diameter), rib...

We just put this up (twice!) on our huge patio door windows (4ft wide by 7.5 feet tall each ). The first time we chose the darkest tint. Big mistake! It blocked too much light. We took it down 2 ...

Why not something like one of those tall-ish rectangular planter boxes with a trellis and climbing ivy restaurants commonly use outdoors as "room dividers"? You can put it on casters and move it ar...

I'm a lurker...but had to sign up and post to reply to this thread. I got this tip from the Heloise column in the newspaper. Mix equal parts baking soda and non-gel toothpaste (the "p...