It will mostly shade what is below it, although some sunlight peeks through the leaves, and as the sun moves, so do those sun spots. This is dappled light. I figured by now someone had invented a ...

Sunlight warms the Earth’s surface. Certain structures are designed to block the sun’s light to create shade and reduce the warming effect of the sun. Designing and building a structure to shade an ...

While recently shopping for some accessories to style on my new Joybird couch, though, I had a revelation: What if I treated lighting like throw pillows and swapped out my lamp shades for the season?

Because of the direction the window faces, bright light streaks in starting in the late afternoon. Most of the time, we get up and lower our shades manually until the sun is a little less intense.