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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I think your best bet with the Gardinia would be South facing front of house to let the light in the 3rd bedroom/den, and the two windows in the kitchen area. This leaves your Lanai north facing. We have the same setup and love the north lanai since it is shady (and thus a lot cooler) all year long. Since we live here permanatly this is an ideal setup for our tastes. We do have a pool on the side of the house which is sunny all day until the sun sets in the west on the other side of my house. Best of both worlds and works for us.
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I agree with this. We have a west-facing Begonia, which is the Gardenia minus one of the dinette windows due to the golf cart garage. While we love the east-facing lanai, there is some sun in the a.m. which gets in our eyes and makes it hard to read the computer. We are about to purchase Coolaroo shades for it, and things will be fine.
We like sitting on the front porch in the afternoon before the sun chases us back inside. And watching the sunset from the porch.
The only minus is that it is fairly dark inside in the afternoon. So I would think your south-facing front idea would be ideal. We'll probably cave and get a sun tube for the living/dining or add skinny windows on either side of the lanai.