A restaurant with a wall of storefront glass gets the best light in town and the worst glare. This Weatherford space has floor-to-ceiling windows and a row of transoms above them facing the parking lot and the road, and by mid-afternoon the sun came straight across the tables nearest the glass. Those were the seats nobody wanted, which in a restaurant is a real cost.
The owner did not want to block the view or make the room dark, because a storefront that looks closed from the street loses walk-in traffic. We used a three-percent solar screen in black. It is a tightly woven mesh that stops most of the heat and glare while keeping the view through it, and black mesh gives the clearest see-through of any color because it does not scatter the light the way a white or grey weave does.
We fitted eight shades, one per pane, including the transoms above the main glass, each mounted at the top of its opening so the black frames of the storefront and the shade hardware read as one system. From inside, the parking lot and the trees are still there. From the street, the windows look tinted, and the room does not look covered.
Installed in a single visit in February 2026. The tables by the glass are usable through the afternoon now, the room kept its daylight, and the storefront still says open.