If the sun is the issue use motorized solar shades they control heat and UV but let you see the view or in this case outside.If you want that same idea for all then you get to keep the view to watch the kids and see the trees.

Solar shades work well for your application

Thanks for the comments. What color shade would you recommend?

You need to get an in home visit from a local Hunter Douglas dealer.

HD has everything from solar shades to Silhouettes to anything in between. Motorized : )

There is no way to crowd source a selection, or the color of that selection which should be neutral enough to stand the test of time and decor changes.

You can see what is possible.....

https://www.hunterdouglas.com/

It won't be cheap in any scenario, but nice to change that carpet to hardwood some day?: )

Thanks for the reply. The goal is to keep the sun out in the summer and to keep them as warm as possible in the winter. Are solar shades good in this scenario?

My house has a 6’ wide west facing window on a 2nd story bonus room & the room gets very hot in summer even with AC because of the sun hitting the window. We have interior 3” slat wood blinds & a Roman shade with solar backing as well as have had window film appplied to block sun. Those 3 things help a lot. But, keeping the sun off the outiside of window is key & works best. We have a Sunsetter exterior shade & in spring / summer we lower the shade before the sun hits that window. It is a solar powered shade so is raised / lowered via a remote control & since window is west facing, keeping the solar motor powered is not a problem. We didn’t want to have to drill / cut into house for electric connection up there to power the shade. Adding that shade is the best thing we did for heat control in that room. The shade storage case is the same color as house trim & shade itself is a close match to the accent color of siding on that area so shade is virtually invisible when up & blends with house siding when down. The solar unit is small & mounted on top of the shade roller storage piece. Look at Sunsetter’s site to see these units. It’s the best thing we did to make this bonus room comfortable in summer heat & reduced the average temp in this 320 square foot room by over 5 degrees when our house AC running at 75 degrees, We do have AC but it’s not zoned for this one upstairs room in this otherwise one story house so to turn temp down to superchill the room upstairs would make the downstairs a freezer. Zoned AC wasn’t yet a commonly available option on new build homes in mid 2000 years. The exterior shade which wasn’t too expensive has paid for itself many times over in the 7 years it’s been up there.