Shades keep furniture from fading by blocking out sunlight and the flashbulbs of paparazzi trying to catch the sofa in an amorous embrace with the carpet. Today's Groupon gives your furniture the privacy it craves: for $99, you get $300 worth of window coverings at Eddie Z's Blinds and Drapery. This Groupon is valid at four locations in Chicago, Downers Grove, Deer Park, and Orland Park, or for in-home consultations in the greater Chicago area, Milwaukee, Madison, and Rockford metropolitan areas.

Eddie Z's Blinds and Drapery dresses dapper wall-holes in a variety of shades, shutters, and other window-covering garments. During a complimentary at-home consultation, a designer will help clients select window treatments, or customers can come to a showroom to observe blinds in their natural habitat. Homeowners can opt to add an earthy accent to rooms with woven wood shades ($72+), or trap runaway air in the insulating compartments of honeycomb cellular shades ($67+). Horizontal-line haters can choose vertical blinds that come in more than 300 colors, styles, and fruit flavors ($55+).

Although not included in this Groupon, installation costs are based on a percentage of the product's price.