Our west facing enclosed front porch has so much light and heat coming in - it's causing the wood inside trim of the (inside storm windows) to discolor. Years ago there was a huge street tree that provided some shade, that fell down during a storm & now the porch is terrible hot in the summer. There are shelves so blinds would be difficult to use unless I remove the shelves and just not replace them.. Anyone know anything about this "film stuff" Is it safe to put on the inside storm windows? These windows are never removed or opened. I don't want something to look wierd from the outside, I just want so the enclosed porch isn't cooking every summer.

We have a bedroom with 2 sky light windows. We have blinds in these windows but they are light grey / cream color. Once the sun comes up there may as well be no blinds at all. The room just feels like regular daylight. Will black out blinds make much of a difference and do they have to be a dark color. The missus insists the blinds have to be a light color.