Life Under The Shade

Live in the Country without Annoying Bugs
You have to smile as you settle into the outdoor lounge chair from the inside of your Eclipse E-Zip awning with the bug screen because with it, you have solved the age-old problem of enjoying the great outdoors in the country without blaring sun and annoying bugs. You grew up in this house on the edge of the woods and have countless happy memories of family days and summer gatherings with your Mom calling you and telling you to make sure and not get sunburned, to sit under the awning... Read more...
Enjoying Your New Office with Commercial Shading from Eclipse
You are very happy with your promotion and excited about your new office because it’s on the side of the building that has Eclipse awnings. The office is relatively new and not a huge corporate structure, but your boss is environmentally committed and she likes saving money on operating expenses. More solar radiation comes through glass than through walls so savings on energy bills from using less air conditioning can be substantial. Retractable awnings help to reduce heat gain by as much as 77% with western exposure and as much... Read more...
Outdoor Living with Shade from Eclipse Shading Systems®
You have always enjoyed this time of year when the kids come home from school, you’re there waiting with healthy after school snacks and loving conversation, but after that you gently guide them to do their homework …on the back deck under the shade of your Eclipse retractable awning. It’s fun for children to combine being responsible with getting fresh air and being a little silly. Even though it’s still early in the spring, the sun’s UV rays are stronger every day, so you want to make sure to shade... Read more...
Work from Home in Eclipse Shaded Comfort
You love your new Eclipse interior solar screens and enjoy their benefits all year round. Your home office gets the midday and late afternoon waning sun so you need to keep the glare off the computer and also like that the heat of the sun cannot radiate into the room and bump up the temperature because the roller shades block out that possibility. It’s just like having eyeglasses for your windows! Working at home is about as good as it gets, especially in the summer time. You like to start... Read more...
Outdoor Room with Shading = Arts & Crafts for Cousins
Your three sisters are coming over to do arts and crafts with the kids. Why is your home the ‘go to’ place? Because you have an outdoor room with a floor that can be hosed off when they are all done. Doing art projects outdoors on the shaded back porch keeps the mess manageable and keeps the kids safe from the dangerous rays of the sun with Eclipse retractable awnings. Eclipse Shading Systems® retractable awnings have so many advantages for the homeowner. When colorful retractable awnings are installed on a... Read more...
Like Mother, Like Daughter – Popsicles under the Shading of Eclipse
Sitting on the front porch always brings a smile to your face. Not only because you are cooler and protected from the harmful UV rays of the sun, but also because it reminds you of your childhood and the many summer afternoons you came up the street, walking back from summer camp programs and saw your mother sitting on the front porch, under the awning waiting for you. She didn’t have a glass of cold lemonade or milk and cookies, but there was a reason for that. Any minute, with... Read more...
Fight Rising Energy Costs – Spend More Time under Your Eclipse Awning
You have always been a big fan of spending hot summer days in the shade so you’ve wandered off into the wooded area behind your house, gone to the park, or taken a drive to the lake. This year, you are going to stay at home because you have your own shaded backyard oasis with Eclipse Shading Systems® retractable awnings and accessories from Bowden’s Fireside Hearth & Home to help you relax and reduce your energy costs. You went to Bowden’s Fireside Hearth & Home and their expert consultants explained... Read more...
Eclipse Shading Systems® – a Family Tradition
It’s time to get your outdoor spring-cleaning going, so you rake out the brush from around the shrubbery and wash the deck. Maybe you’ll give it a new coat of paint this year. Mostly what you’re thinking about while you get your extended outdoor living space ready for another season, is the conversation you had with your son the day he graduated from college. That conversation took place under the very awning you are hosing off and the fabric looks just as good now as it did then. You’re glad... Read more...
Outdoor Activities under the New Eclipse Retractable Awning
Since you had your Eclipse Shading Systems® awning installed, and the weather is getting warmer, you’ve had a couple nice family afternoons sitting on the back patio. Today, you find yourself longingly looking to outdoor activities and wishing you had time to relax alone on the porch. You figured that unless you were sick and staying home from work, you’d likely never find that alone time under the awning. Oh, but then you figured it out! You figured it out. You remembered that you have flexible hours at work and... Read more...
Spring Skiing & Eclipse Shading Systems® Sun Protection
In the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, reflection off the snow and the overall intensity of the sun at high elevations calls for the innovative shading only available from Eclipse Shading Systems retractable awnings. When you go skiing, you are always up at the crack of dawn so that you can get those early morning runs in before the mountain gets too crowded. You also like to escape to some outdoor shading for sun protection while you relax for a few hours. So after some great morning skiing you head down... Read more...
Shading your Small Office Building Reduces Indoor Temperatures Find A Local Dealer
You transitioned to a new job last fall and work in a cozy small office building with a few other small companies. You loved the sun on winter afternoons because it warmed your office space, but now that spring is here, it’s getting a little too warm. Thoughts of the summer months without shading reminded you of the time the edge of your computer screen and the plastic lamp began to melt from the sun glare. It was on your mind to ask the boss about some shading for those... Read more...
The Art of Porch Sitting with Shading from your Eclipse Retractable Awning
You purchased your first home, a lovely little town house. There were a few remodeling issues on your list, but they could wait. Number one was to shade the front porch so you could relax outdoors and watch the scenery on the street. There’s not much of a back yard, but the woods is right behind the back windows so it’s shady and cool in the kitchen on sunny days, but the living room was just too hot and you wanted to use your front porch, so you called your... Read more...
Fall in Love under Eclipse Shading from Queen City Awning Find A Local Dealer
You are a believer in a smart cocktail after a hard workweek so you take your stylish self in your very high heels to the tiny corner café near your home to chill for an hour and take your mind from a hectic schedule to a relaxing weekend. Sitting on the deck of the café, kicking off your shoes, enjoying your martini, and staying cool under the café’s Eclipse retractable awning is your Friday afternoon ritual. You only work half days on Fridays so stopping by the shaded outdoor café... Read more...
Relax at the Beach House Under Eclipse Retractable Awnings
Yahoo! It’s officially spring which means that summer is right around the corner. Even though you’re still battling a little mixed precipitation, all you can think about lately is getting to the beach house. What stands out most in your mind are the many years you have had your Eclipse retractable awnings on both sides of the house to prevent the heat from radiating through the walls and windows so indoor temperatures stay cooler and the protection your family gets from the damaging ultraviolet rays of the sun. You’ve watched... Read more...
Eradicate Sun Glare on Game Day with Eclipse Solar Shades
It is the beginning of baseball season and no one is more excited than you and your buddies. You have your den all set up with the lounge chairs, drink holders, wet bar, and make sure plenty of snacks are always available. Just as it’s time for the pregame show, the sun reached a point in the sky where the entire side of the room slowly disappeared with sun glare and it will be like that for about an hour and half. Hmm…could this be why other family members rarely... Read more...
Your Summer is “Made in the Shade” with Eclipse Solar Protection from Kohler Awning
There have been many months of winter snowstorms this year, but you are not going to let that stop you from “thinking spring” and getting ready for summer! Number one on your list every year is to prepare the yard and back deck for summer living. Your outdoor retreat would not be a retreat without your Eclipse retractable awning for solar protection. There’s never been a summer day that could get any better than relaxing with your family or entertaining friends in your extended outdoor living space. There was a... Read more...
Great Advice from Friends. Great Eclipse Shading Solutions!
Awnings have become more and more popular through the years. Many homes have them and so do businesses. When you added awnings to your corner café business, more customers came out for lunch and stayed, enjoying the comfort of the shading. When you shade outdoors the indoors stays cooler too because solar shading solutions prevent the heat of the sun from radiating through walls and windows. When your long-time friends got their Eclipse awning a couple years ago, you had some great visits with them. While discussing how the café... Read more...
Longing for Shady Afternoons under the Awning
You just woke up and looked out the window to see that it’s snowing again. “Are you kidding me!?” you ask out loud. This time last year, you were cleaning out the garage and clearing the flower beds to get ready for spring. Next, of course you opened your Eclipse retractable awning to get it ready to roll in anticipation of the sunshine to come. Spring did come and so did summer and you had wonderful lazy days outdoors with walks around the neighborhood holding hands, sometimes wandering over to... Read more...
Rediscover your Side Patio with Shading by Eclipse Retractable Awnings
You have lived in the same house for over 15 years. The backyard is big and the kids have grown up enjoying it. Since you had the Eclipse Shading Systems® dealer come out and install the Total Eclipse for your equally as big back patio, it seems like weekends are pretty busy back there and you have nowhere to go for a little ‘you’ time. Then you realized that the side patio with its flagstone walk has gone neglected for too long. When the kids were little, you didn’t want... Read more...
The Best Retractable Awnings in the World for Your Home from Eclipse
What a crazy snowy winter we’re having out on Long Island! We at CJ Flag & Son in Lindenhurst want to help you get over the winter blues and begin to think about how much fun you have when you visit your friends and relatives who shade their homes with Eclipse Shading Systems® retractable awnings and solar protection products. You called Eclipse and found your local dealer, CJ Flag & Son. They came out to the house and helped to determine what type of awning would best suit your shading... Read more...
Eclipse Solar Shading & Beach House Fun
Coming back from the beach to the beach house with the kids has been a welcome break since you got your retractable awning from Toms River Door & Window, your local authorized Eclipse Shading Systems® dealer. Relaxing over a little lunch and some board games is cool and comfortable thanks to Eclipse. After a nice long lunch break, it’s back to the beach for a late afternoon swim. Since 1971, Toms River Door & Window has been providing the best solar protection products with personalized customer service to customers in... Read more...
Solar Shading with Retractable Awnings Protects Your Pets
Hot summer days can be especially trying for your pets if you don’t have shading on your home. Your dog or cat will wander around moving away from the sun to find even the tiniest bit of shade to stay a little cooler. And if the concrete patio is hot when you step on it barefoot, imagine how your little kitty feels. It’s not much better indoors either because without outdoor shading systems, the heat of the sun radiates through the walls and windows and heats up the house as... Read more...
The Eclipse Shading Systems® Small Space Solar Protection
You decided to downsize a few years ago and sold the big house, moving into a great condominium in the woods with open floor plans, cathedral ceilings, and a spiral staircase. The place has great character and a tremendous lack of insulation! When the temperature rises outdoors, it gets hotter inside too. The corner condo backs up to the woods with a lovely deck right off the bedroom that seems to drink in the morning sun. At noon, the skylight in the loft roof indicates that the sun is moving... Read more...
Keep Your Youthful Skin with Sun Protection from Eclipse Shading Systems®
Sweet 16 parties are coming back in style, especially when you have a swimming pool in your backyard. The gang is here and even with a dozen young ladies splashing, gossiping, and of course texting on the side, it’s always relaxing to be outdoors. You are someone who is very conscious of sun protection as well as preserving energy. You think that the best place to relax outdoors is under your Eclipse Shading Systems retractable awning and you know that shading the outside of your home will keep temperatures cooler... Read more...
Outdoor Birthday Party with Eclipse Shading from Durkin’s Inc.
It’s almost spring and you know what that means, homeowners. It’s time for home improvements! This year, you don’t even need to review your mental list. An Eclipse retractable awning is the most important change you need to make for your family’s protection from the sun as well as cooling comfort during leisure time. Eclipse Shading Systems® select dealership in Danbury, Connecticut has walked you through the steps to having your home shaded with the best retractable awnings in the industry. Kevin always wanted to have his end of June... Read more...
Ultimate Shading for Your Backyard Oasis from Eclipse Shading Systems®
It’s the neighborhood potluck and your entire family is looking forward to going down the street for playtime for the kids and the grown-ups. The two-block walk with your food contribution all wrapped up is fun as you join others on their way with you. When you arrive, you drop the salad with the secret Caesar dressing and homemade croutons off in the kitchen and head out for the back deck, which is set up nicely with matching retractable awning and upholstery fabric by Sunbrella for Eclipse. You notice that... Read more...
Care for your Eclipse Retractable Awning and It Will Last
It’s been five years since your old college friends have been able to get together for a little reunion. The backyard pool is open, bad mitten court set up, and the deck is laid out with great afternoon snacks and washbasins of brew. The afternoon passes under the cooling shade of your Eclipse Shading Systems® retractable awning with great food, drink, stories, and laughter. Then your former college roomie, Joe who has become a big-time DIY kind of guy comments on your Eclipse retractable awning, saying something about how it... Read more...
Host Your Book Club for Breakfast in the Shade from Eclipse Shading Systems®
You and your friends have your book club meetings as a late breakfast get together because it’s the only time of the day you can steal for yourselves. There’s so much to do for the rest of the day, so this is your ‘me’ time and you prefer to entertain in your favorite place…on the back deck under your Eclipse Shading Systems retractable awning. You got up extra early to bake fresh muffins and squeeze juice. The coffee is ready and the fruit platter looks beautiful. Your friends enter your... Read more...
Your Days under Your Eclipse Awning – Without the Bugs!
You waited all week to spend this time with your brother and your families and you have no intention of letting bugs ruin it. You worked with your local Eclipse Shading Systems® dealer to select and install your customized Eclipse E-Zip Side Retention Solar and Insect Screen system so you can cook your feast outdoors and consume it with your family in comfort with protection from the sun and insects. Your company arrives early afternoon, tired from the long drive. The kids have pent up energy so they run off... Read more...
Get Ready for Spring Parties under Your Eclipse Awning with Lighting & Heat Accessories
You’ve been planning this surprise anniversary party for a couple of months, waiting for the early spring weather with sun shiny days and lovely early evenings. Cocktails on your patio from late afternoon into the dusk and beyond are so much more classy and comfortable under the protection of Eclipse Shading Systems® awnings and accessories. You always add refreshing home improvements such as your awnings one year, then patio upholstering to match – with the wide selection of Sunbrella fabrics, and since you’ll be the first in your neighborhood to... Read more...