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The Best Window Treatments for Summer

With summer coming, it’s time to get our homes ready; not just ready for the heat, but ready to create a hospitable and comfortable space for our families to enjoy the season. And for many New Jersey families that means both keeping the heat of summer out of indoor spaces to maintain a comfortable home environment (with new window treatments for summer) or creating welcoming and pleasant outdoor living areas (with new custom awnings).

Duette® Honeycomb Shades Pennsauken, New Jersey (NJ) the best window treatments for summer and custom awnings.

Since one of the largest culprits for energy loss is the glass panes of windows and doors, it's practical to begin the process of getting ready for summer by addressing the windows and window treatments. Ideal upgrades for summer will not only help to block energy transfer (thus keeping heat out and air conditioning in), but they’ll also look good doing it. New window treatments for summer from Hunter Douglas can meet those requirements with panache to help create a comfortable indoor atmosphere. Our favorite styles of window treatments for summer include cellular shades, interior shutters, and solar shades for the unique ways each treatment helps to cool indoor spaces and create hospitable areas for our families to enjoy.

Honeycomb shades are known for their energy efficiency, which comes from the ingenuity of their cellular construction that traps a layer of insulating air over windows and doors to stop energy loss. Insulation in the summer keeps hot weather out and cooling air conditioning in for a more comfortable indoor temperature that takes less artificial cooling to maintain.

The unique slatted design of plantation shutters creates a window treatment for summer that can deflect direct sunlight to reduce the amount of solar heat entering a building while still allowing for natural ventilation and airflow. Allowing cooling breezes to enter while blocking unwanted weather is one of the original selling points for interior shutters that made them incredibly popular in hot climates, and by incorporating state-of-the-art materials like UV resistant Polysatin™ in the construction the shutters themselves are now more resilient to hot weather as well.

Combining the straightforward design of roller shades and the engineered protection of UV-resistant screen materials, solar shades (also called screen shades) are ideal for hot, sunny weather because of their light-control abilities. Screen shades can block up to 99% of the sun’s damaging UV rays to keep their harmful effects and subsequent heat out of your home.

While new window treatments for summer can help create comfortable indoor spaces, new awnings can help create their exterior counterpart by taming natural elements and transforming outdoor spaces into enjoyable areas for family gatherings. Awnings are great at blocking sunlight and its damaging UV rays as well as inclement weather to not only make an inviting outdoor seating area but also protect it to increase the longevity of your outdoor furniture and other items. Choose from sturdy aluminum awnings, ultra-convenient retractable awnings, or fabric awnings with over 200 different fabric options. So, custom awnings can not only increase the usable outdoor space around your home, they look good doing it and give the curb appeal of your home a polished finish.

SunBeam Window & Door Company is here to help your family enjoy summer to the fullest with new awnings and/or window treatments for summer. Their team of experienced staff will guide you through the process from design conception to professional installation to ensure that your family spends the summer enjoying the season not dreading the hot weather. Contact SunBeam Window & Door Company to request a consultation or visit their showroom located near Pennsauken, NJ. SunBeam Window & Door Company serves communities in New Jersey and Pennsylvania including Philadelphia, PA; Maple Shade, NJ; Cherry Hill, NJ; and the greater Pennsauken Township.