Our house isn’t finished yet but I do have photos of our alfresco area which is 95% done... we got a proper roof over ours. But we also have bi-folds…

My suggestion is that silver color for windows would be perfect because bricks are already dark. If you choose black then it will show same colour overall and also may…

People tends to look through or past darker frames, whereas you will notice lighter-coloured frames more. Look through black and white insect screens and you will see what I mean.…

Are you able to add a skylight of some sort?