Make them out of eco friendly bamboo slats and 36-in long sections of galvanized square steel, sell it flat packed on Amazon and people will go crazy over it
Comment on Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about
solarvector@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I don’t think the look good.
And literally never thought about it more than that.
So people may not really know what they’re for, just that they’re “old-fashioned”. Not sure how to make them trendy but that seems to be a deciding factor in how people invest in their homes. Maybe sell them with “live laugh love” printed on the front with wine bottles dangling from the corners?
baggins@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
meleecrits@lemmy.world 5 months ago
They definitely make a house look dated. I doubt this would pass the wife test for most people. I know my wife wouldn’t like them, and we’re all about saving energy.
NataliePortland@lemmy.ca 5 months ago
Same here. But make it with like jute and bamboo with a thin gold trim and she would buy 2
KillingTimeItself@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
it wouldn’t pass the wife test, but a cooler home and less expensive electricity bill would likely pass the wife test.
marx2k@lemmy.world 5 months ago
“The lake is that way”
“Gather”
“Eat”
NegativeInf@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Just start doing it and brag about your electric bill going down. Eventually others will do the same for the same reason. Then it becomes a trend for being a thing people are doing.
That which is old is new again.