Living on the water sounds idyllic — until you realize your south-facing wall gets 14 hours of direct sun in July, your hardware corrodes from salt spray, and a nor'easter can push 100 km/h gusts straight at your patio doors. Here's how we spec window treatments for lakefront and oceanfront homes across Atlantic Canada. The three enemies of waterfront window treatments Every recommendation below solves for one of these: UV load — reflected off the water, so twice the exposure of an inland window Salt-air corrosion — silent hardware killer within 5 km of the Atlantic Wind — patio doors and floor-to-ceiling glass rattle blinds off their brackets UV protection: preserve the view, protect the interior You did not buy an oceanfront property to hide the view behind blackout blinds. The right solution is solar shades with a 3–5% openness fabric — you keep the panoramic view, but block 95%+ of UV and cut fading on floors and furniture by roughly 80%. For Chester Basin, Hubbards, or Bay of Fundy properties with panoramic glass walls, we typically spec: Motorized solar shades on windows above 8' wide (manual chains fail at that width) Dual roller systems — solar shade for daytime, blackout roller behind for the primary bedroom Exterior awnings or drop-arm awnings for west-facing decks — see full-cassette retractable awnings Salt-air hardware spec Standard aluminum extrusions oxidize and…