We have canvas awnings on our southern and western windows, which are put up in the spring, taken down in the fall. Just this year we have started hiring someone to put up and take down the upper level windows. The house had awnings when we bought it 35 years ago, and we fell in love with them. The fabric does need replacement after a while, but the newer ones are made of the Sundowner fabric, which is a polyester and they are holding up really well, not fading like the others. And they last better if they are stored where there are no mice to chew holes in them. Ask me how I know!