‘Window stacking’ is the method experts recommend to keep your home cool in the July heatwave – this is how to do it in your home

A neutral living room with a potted olive tree and a large window dressed with shutters and white voile curtains.

While we’re all enjoying a little respite from last week’s heatwave, another rise in temperatures is on the horizon as the July heatwave is set to start this weekend. And one very effective - yet unknown-to-many - way to keep your home cool in a heatwave is the ‘window stacking’ method.

You’re probably wondering right about now – what’s a window stack? It’s a fair question. It’s a window treatment idea which combines and layers a few different styles of window dressings. And it so happens that it does wonders in keeping the heat out during the summer.