A couple of things:
1. I have brand new windows in my house, and the sun coming through not only faded my upholstered furniture, but also rotted it. We bought the furniture new about 5-7 years ago.
2. BE CAREFUL adding any UV protection to your windows! We have south facing windows in our vacation house, and it can get up over 103F inside in the summer months. We put tinting on the windows (the kind you would put on your car windows), and this caused a VERY EXPENSIVE replacement to one of the windows that cracked.
YMMV, but it's good that you are taking these things into consideration. We have gone away from upholstered furniture to leather to prevent some of these issues.
SheFly
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04-11-2011, 04:23 AM #1
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04-11-2011, 05:56 AM #2
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I keep the sun off of the furniture with an assortment of light curtains, heavier curtains, shades, and lap blankets/shawls draped over them in the most hostile sunny times.
So far so good for the red leather!Each day is a gift, that's why it is called the present.
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