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Summer starts on June 20—is your outdoor patio ready for the season? At A Shade Above, our design team helps home and business owners power up their patios with high-quality motorized outdoor screens. If your patio isn't reaching its full potential, motorized screen shades are exactly how to get more livable space for [...]
Understanding Louver Size The biggest choice you'll face while designing your plantation shutters is selecting the louver size, which refers to the depth of the horizontal slat that can [...]
What is Gesso Coat? Most shutter manufacturers rely on economical, rough-cut lumber and apply a brittle clay coating known as Gesso Coat to smooth out defects. Traditionally used [...]
Solar Screen fabrics come in a range of weave patterns and percentages that determine their functionality. The percentages—typically 1%, 3%, 5%, or 10%—refer to the tightness of the weave. [...]
Choosing the right solar screen color for businesses can greatly affect functionality and form. But it's not just a simple matter of preference between black or white. Each color [...]
Elevating Shades to New Heights In the Spring of 2019, a special mission was underway—not in outer space, but in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The mission in question was [...]
Now that the days are getting shorter and nightfall comes more quickly, it’s time to seek privacy and refuge in your bedroom for relaxation, reading, and movie-binging. There is nothing [...]
