• Do you want to bring the beauty of natural sunlight into the solarium in or near your home? Finding the right solarium window coverings is important to regulate sunlight. If your goal is to use solar heat to reduce your winter heating costs, you will choose different window treatments than homeowners avoiding high cooling costs. Regardless of the solarium's location on your property, window treatments provide shade and heating or cooling when needed.
  
  

Solar Shades

• Solar shades from manufacturers like Bali Solar provide a long-term solution for the solarium's windows. In a simple brilliant white, the solar shade easily mounts inside or outside the casement window. For homeowners who want to be able to see outside the solarium but block harmful ultraviolet rays from the sun, these shades eliminate plenty of light if desired. Manufacturers also provide prints for solar shades and different types of mounting hardware. If you don't want to match a shade color to your fabrics inside the solarium, rejoice because white goes with everything.
  
  

Roman Shades

• Roman shades composed of bamboo comprise an affordable solution in window treatments. Bamboo is versatile enough to be dyed to match just about any wood grain, including cherry and mahogany. One style of the Roman shade incorporates a series of woven slats bound together in an accordion style. The shades also have delicate matchsticks connecting the bamboo slats. The total Roman shade concept evokes a sense of a tropical climate where the objective is not just to block the midday sun but to discourage flies and mosquitoes from entering the home. Consider Roman shades if you want to open the windows and screens but lower the shades.
  
  

Halcyon Shades

• Many manufacturers of solar shades advertise products that block out the sun. Halcyon shades provide an alternative in which the homeowner reduces cooling costs because their shades filter sunlight, reflect sunlight back to the outside and reduce the sun's glare. In warm climates with year-round sunshine and high temperatures, leaving the solarium exposed to the sun in the long daylight hours creates a high cooling bill. One option with Halcyon Shades or similar shades is to control energy costs because you can always roll up shades to let sunlight pour in and nurture your house plants.