How to Create Shade Without Losing the Beauty of Your Home
Shade should not look bolted on. How to specify awnings, outdoor blinds and plantation shutters that read as part of a Sydney home’s architecture.
The objection we hear most often is never really about shade. It is about appearance. Homeowners who have spent years getting a facade right are reluctant to fix something to it, and they are right to be: badly specified outdoor shade looks like equipment, and once it is up it is the first thing the eye finds. The good news is that everything which makes shade look bolted on is a specification decision, not an inevitability.
Hide the housing, not the fabric
What reads as clutter is almost never the shade itself. It is the roll, the brackets and the motor sitting proud of the wall. A cassette housing encloses all three in a single clean line, and where there is a soffit or a bulkhead the housing can be recessed into it so that nothing is visible when the shade is up. On a rendered facade this is the difference between a considered detail and an afterthought, and it costs less at the time of installation than it does to correct later.
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Let's Elevate Your Living Area
Plantation Shutters
Blinds
Contact Us
- 430-432 NEW SOUTH HEAD ROAD, DOUBLE BAY NSW 2028B
- 8388 8900
- sales@astyleofshade.com.au