A Blinding Idea!

Want to increase the comfort of your home? Think of two words: Window Coverings!

They can be blinds or drapes or sheers [but not too sheer] they can be expensive and in almost any colour and style. Best of all, used properly, they will make you home much more comfortable as well as possibly put more money in your wallet.

The trick is to get into the habit of using them, especially in the summer months. Before you leave for work in the morning close the blinds. When you come home in the evening you will find the temperature much more comfortable because the sun has not been streaming through your windows making the rooms hot as ovens. A similar logic to the difference between returning to a car that has been sitting in the sun all day and one that has been in the shade or with a windshield sun defector.

As an added bonus if you have air conditioning you will realize a savings because it does not have to work as hard!

For the really adventuresome in the crowd, this tip could be effective in making the office environment more comfortable as well. It is often a challenge in offices to get the air conditioning to be even throughout the building. Closing the shades on the windows could help to offset this problem.

By the way, in the winter, try the reverse by leaving the window coverings open to take advantage of the passive solar power of the sun during the day.