By choosing an awning to provide your shade, you can have shade when you need it and sun or stars when you don’t. When fully extended, a retractable awning can still match the color and style of the Phoenix house while providing shade below and behind it. When retracted the awning simply blends in with the house. A retractable awning is perfect for patios and RV’s. The best part is, a retractable awning is motorized, the user only needs to push a button to open or close it.

If your Phoenix home has a particular window or room that receives too much sun during the day, but provides a spectacular view at night a retractable awning can provide the solution. Liberty Home Products awnings simply roll down the awning during the day, and after the sun goes down roll it back up. The best part is retractable awnings provide shade but do not limit visibility.

So the next time you go to apply sunscreen or turn down the thermostat, consider other alternatives. By providing shade with a retractable awning you get cooler temperatures and protection from the sun when you want it, without compromising the look of your home, RV, or patio. Sun or stars when you want it, shade when you don’t, all at the ease of a button.

If so, you likely saw a Shade Sail!

Shade Sails are gaining in popularity on outdoor patios, playgrounds, ballparks, arenas, swimming pools, yacht clubs and marinas, amusement parks, theme parks, water parks, outdoor shopping spaces, and even in our own backyards!

Imagine if you will, walking down the pathway of your favorite botanical gardens. The midday sun is beginning to feel uncomfortable, when suddenly you find yourself walking under a draping Shade Sail in a color that blends into the natural beauty of your surroundings. You may not even realize that because of this graceful Shade Sail you are now protected from the sun’s UV rays while you enjoy the beauty of nature around you.
Or perhaps you’re heading to the ballpark for the game that you’ve been waiting all week to see and as you join your friends you find yourself standing under a blend of colorful Shade Sails in dancing geometric shapes that shield you from the sun’s UV rays and provide the shade you need to comfortably enjoy the game with your friends.

Then there are those lazy afternoons enjoying your backyard, patio or pool with your family and friends while your Shade Sail provides shelter and UV protection while beautifully complimenting your home’s outdoor design.

Shade Sails can be whimsical and modern all at the same time. Who do you know that wouldn’t smile when seeing a bright splash of geometric color dancing above offering shade just where you need it most?

Shade Sails provide the right amount of UV protection and shade in just the right place, and with an artistic, decorative flair that will satisfy even the most selective architectural designer. Available in a wide variety of colors and shapes, you can have just the right Shade Sail for your home or commercial property.

Do you enjoy socializing with your guests outside or inside?
Do you have a patio attached to your home?
If not, are you looking for a way to create a seating area outside?
Is storage space limited?
Are you looking for a portable source of shade?
Does too much sunlight come in through your windows?
Has this sunlight also increased your energy bills?

The 3 Differences

1. Where they are used
The most important difference between awnings and canopies is the way that people use them. Usually, awnings are either mounted above an outside window or patio while canopies are freestanding.

Awnings
Window awnings prevent harsh light and shadows from entering a home, keeping temperatures low and protecting furniture from sun damage.
Retractable awnings are often used on patios to keep you and your guests cool and comfortable in the outside heat. Both retractable awnings an window awnings can add style to your home by complimenting its architectural design and coloring.

Canopies
Canopies are often freestanding, used to provide shade over a seating area separated from the building or home. If you live in Arizona, you may be wondering why you rarely see canopies. There are two explanations: First, most Arizona homes are built with patios and pools which not only eliminate the need for a canopy, but also take up a lot of the available space in the average backyard. Secondly, the soaring temperatures in Arizona rarely inspire families to “hang out” outside.

2. Disassembly and storage
Awnings are meant to be installed as a permanent structure on your home for shade year-round; something Arizona residents need anyway. Canopies, on the other hand, often have to be disassembled when not in use. A plus side for the more outdoorsy type is that many canopies are portable for taking to events or parks (but how many months out of the year can you do that? Unfortunately, only a few in the Arizona heat).

3. Interior influence
The last main difference between awnings and canopies is the way they influence your home’s temperature—something Arizonan’s are frequently concerned with. Because awnings provide shade around your windows, the amount of the heat resulting from that sunlight is greatly reduced. They also decrease the amount of sun damage on your furniture, flooring, and artwork; while canopies only provide shade to those sitting under them.

If you do not live in Arizona, canopies can be great for trips to the beach and provide comfortable seating in your backyard if you don’t have a patio. But in the “Valley Of The Sun,” awnings are clearly the better choice for year-round energy savings and comfort.

Shade when you want it and sky when you don’t. That’s exactly what Liberty Home Products provides its customers with the retractable awnings.

As Phoenix’s premier factory direct awning manufacturer, the family-owned company has led competitors for over 23 years by delivering uncommon capabilities and superior customer service. Staying in the forefront of the industry by using state-of-the-art technology is one example. An automatic fabric seamer, ultrasonic fabric welder, and a specialized thread guaranteed for the life of the fabric allow Liberty to produce customized awnings more quickly and of a higher quality.

Paying attention to something as simple as the thread made by the same company known for developing Gore-tex for the garment industry provides the Liberty customer an advantage by eliminating the need to ever resew a seam.

As a Liberty customer, you are in total control of your shaded environment. Add visual appeal and value to your home by selecting from over 200 fabrics including stripes, solids, and subtle patterns, and three available frame colors. Choose from manual, motorized, or wireless control operation. Finally, for the utmost in convenience and high-tech operation, add electronic sensors that extend or retract the awning automatically according to weather conditions.

All of this, combined with the fact that you deal with factory-direct with Liberty and avoid the middleman, returns more value for your dollar.

There’s another option for your control of the sun verses the shade that helps homeowners protect their views: the retractable solar shade. They function like sunglasses, blocking up to 90 percent of the heat, glare and solar radiation (UV rays). Yet they allow the beauty of warm sunlight to filter into your home.

They can be applied to the interior or exterior of your home. Solar shades protect your carpets, rugs, furniture, artwork and wood floors. They also help minimize incoming glare on your TV or computer. And, of course, these are another custom-built Liberty product custom designed for your home.

If you need protection from the sun and wind for your covered west-facing patio, a gazebo or hot tub, see Liberty’s patio and wind screens. The screens block up to 94 percent of the direct sunlight and wind, but maintain your view.

Friendly, free in-home estimates and professional advice are a Liberty tradition. Why not schedule a convenient appointment at your home by calling 602-956-1642, or see the company website, www.ibertyhomeproducts.com.

Shade for your home, patio, or RV can come in many forms.  One solution is the addition of a latticed patio cover.  Made of durable metal or wood, latticed patio covers come in many colors and provide stylish and permanent shade for your patio or deck without completely eliminating the sun.

If your looking for a more versatile patio cover to provide your shade then maybe a retractable awning is a better fit.  Retractable awnings can be attached to buildings or RVs and can provide easily removable shade for your patio.  These forms of shade come in many forms, colors and sizes as well.  A retractable awning for your patio can also be motorized for ease of use.

Of all the ways to provide shade for your home, RV, or patio, outdoor curtains are by far the simplest and most elegant.  Outdoor curtains can be hung over windows, doorways and even provide shade and privacy for a latticed patio cover.  Curtains come in all shapes and sizes so finding the right style to match your patio is not an issue.  Outdoor curtains provide a way to block the sun for your patio, home, or RV that does not compromise.  They protect paint, carpet and rubber from the damaging rays of the sun while still providing style.

So if you want to cool your home or patio, or protect your things from the damaging rays of the sun remember to provide shade.  Remember latticed patio covers, outdoor curtains and retractable awnings can compliment not compromise the look of your home, patio, or RV because they come in many styles, sizes and colors.  They provide shade, protection and privacy without giving up form.