Kitchen extension with bi-fold doors and roof light

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Garden Room and Extension Blinds Ideas

Glass extensions and garden rooms bring the outside in. Here's how you can manage glare, heat and privacy without losing the view.

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Light, views and heat

Garden rooms and kitchen extensions often combine bi-fold doors, roof lights and big windows. That brings in plenty of light — but on sunny days it can also mean glare on screens and heat that builds up quickly.

Ideas that work well

Bi-fold door blinds: slim blinds that fold back with the doors — see bi-fold door blinds.
Roof and lantern blinds: these shade glass roofs to help reduce heat and glare — see roof and skylight blinds.
External screens and awnings: these stop the heat outside, before it reaches the glass — see external screens and awnings.
Motorised control: Somfy motors and sensors can lower the shading automatically when the sun comes out — see Somfy motorisation.
Flyscreens: so you can keep the doors open on summer evenings — see flyscreens.

Style tips

Keeping blinds consistent across doors and windows gives a calm, joined-up look.
Look for fabrics that reduce glare but still keep a view of the garden.
If you're thinking about outdoor shading, it's worth planning it at the same time as your interior blinds.