Silhouettes/UV Filtering. Salt Lake gets a lot of sun!

These before and after pictures are a great representation of how you can transform the sunlight that enters your home with Silhouette Shades.



Silhouette® window shadings transform the same room, at the same time of day, with soft, ambient light.

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