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The original was posted on /r/lifeprotips by /u/DiversificationNoob on 2026-06-25 16:00:58+00:00.

I live in a rented apartment and it gets super hot in the summer, also due to the lack of blinds in all rooms.

Most effective is of course blocking the sun on the outside, custom solutions easily run into the 100s of euros/dollars.

I bought suction cups (45 €), eyelets pliers (29 €), shade fabric (40 €) and fabric scissors (20 €) and shaded 4 windows with it. I have enough fabric etc. for a few more windows. And I only used so many suction cups because each of my windows is divided into several (4-5) sub windows

Works great so far and keeps the temperatures about 1.5 ^C cooler

I never worked with a eyelets pliers and was suprised how well it works