The joys(?) of a south facing garden

Oh we’re struggling with our south west facing garden even at this time the sun is shining in, just hitting me sat on the sofa.
We have perfect fit blackout blinds at the patio door and window they’ve been shut all afternoon but it’s still boiling hot.
I think next year we’ll need to invest in an awning.

My south facing garden has no shade for most of the day, so I am grateful for the awning outside the french windows, which also keeps the living room cool.

Our garden is also south facing and enormous, by mid afternoon our shady space is a tiny square under the kitchen extension window.
But our bedroom and sitting room are lovely and cool.

My garden is south facing also. The beauty of this is that my living room is north facing and always cool in summer.

Our front living room faces south and has 8 windows
Luckily the four front windows are shaded by an upstairs balcony, and the whole front lawn by a large tulip tree. The living room is thus lovely and cool.