House and Garden

A pergola doesn't just have to mean a living terrace or a carport to protect your car from the snow. Find out what a pergola can look like and how to use it in different parts of your garden.

Kill two or even three birds with one stone: equipment that will shade your home from excess sunlight, give it a unique style and even divide the room into two different areas. All of this is offered by sliding fabric panels, which we call Japanese blinds or Japanese roller shutters.

The beginning of the new year is a time of looking back for many households. People look at expenses, plan their budgets and look for ways to reduce long-term costs. Energy is one of the items that significantly and repeatedly affect the household budget. Yet, only supplier prices or replacing appliances are often addressed, while passive savings options are left aside. One of these is shading, which has a direct impact on indoor thermal comfort and energy consumption throughout the year.

A pergola as a place where families and friends hang out in the fresh air has been recently more and more designed as a part of the house, not just as a separate element in the garden. It becomes a natural extension of the house, a place to relax and work. But if your pergola should really work the way you imagine, you need to think ahead – not only about appearance, but also about technical solutions, orientation and especially shading of the pergola. This is what determines whether you will spend your free time under the pergola all year round.