A balcony, whether it's on a compact city apartment or leading off of a bedroom or sunroom in a larger property, is a welcome feature, providing additional outside space and light. Yet in high summer, ...

[Udi] lives in an apartment with a pleasant balcony. He also has three kids who are home most of the time now, so he finds himself spending a little more time out on the balcony than he used to. To ...

Q: I have a patio cover that faces south and, consequently, we get lots of sun. We want to cut the amount of sun we get by installing some pull-down sun shades along the edge of our patio. We bought ...