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Blackout curtains

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honeyrose Mon 21-Sept-26 10:59:53

Does anyone find that blackout curtains are effective in keeping out the sun, please? Our bedroom window faces east and so the room is extremely bright on sunny summer mornings (which I’m not complaining about!). My DH, however, doesn’t sleep well so needs a bit more darkness in the room. Our bedroom curtains are cream with cream linings and are medium thick and the sun streams through them - which I love, but DH would like a bit more screening from the intense light in the summer. I don’t particularly want us both to sleep in the back bedroom, which faces west.

Boadicea Tue 22-Sept-26 15:38:20

MT62

Jaxjacky

We use blackout curtains, a blackout blind and I wear a mask! East facing bedroom too, that lot usually works.

Going to refer you as Jacular 😂
I am the same everything pitch black, no ticking clocks, or LED lights on TVs, chargers, etc.

Yep, me too!
And no crumbs in the bed as I'm like the princess and the pea!

NannySarge Tue 22-Sept-26 15:46:22

I've used attachable blackout linings from John Lewis. They use curtain hooks to attach to the same loops as your curtains. I put them in two bedrooms as I like the curtains I have but they weren't dark enough. Work very well for me.

crazyH Tue 22-Sept-26 15:48:29

Vertical blinds , over that black-out Roman blinds , over that black-out curtains - I need total darkness to sleep.
My Roman Blinds are 2” over window edge top, side and bottom

1summer Tue 22-Sept-26 17:52:21

I bought a made to measure black out blind. Fits perfect and you get no light seepage at all. Its in the grandchildren’s room.

Boadicea Tue 22-Sept-26 18:07:14

I find this very useful when travelling as some hotels/B & Bs have their windows dressed purely for aesthetics, not practicality!

PamelaJ1 Tue 22-Sept-26 18:48:01

We have stick on window blinds from blinds2go. So easy, just stick on the glass.

Norah Tue 22-Sept-26 18:52:11

I made roman shades, perfect fit inside the windows, blackout lined. Raise easily and they're quite unobtrusive when up.

Oldnproud Tue 22-Sept-26 20:02:46

East facing bedroom here too.

I have a blackout rollerblind behind my curtains.
Some some light still comes in above and below it, but that suits me as i dont want total darkness.

Depending on the time of year and how bright the early mornings are I can lower it to different levels to allow through an amount of light that i am happy with.

MT62 Tue 22-Sept-26 20:21:11

Boadicea

I find this very useful when travelling as some hotels/B & Bs have their windows dressed purely for aesthetics, not practicality!

I stayed in an air b & b recently.
I let mum take the bedroom, I took the sofa bed in the lounge.
I was horrified to find no blinds, or curtains at the windows (high up in a block of flats) owner probably thought none were needed.
Oh, also WiFi thing on the high window sil omitting a bright blue light so I shoved Sharon (Osborne) biography in front of that ha.
Had my old faithful eye mask with me thank goodness.

MT62 Tue 22-Sept-26 20:29:38

Boadicea

I find this very useful when travelling as some hotels/B & Bs have their windows dressed purely for aesthetics, not practicality!

Oh where did you buy those?

MT62 Tue 22-Sept-26 20:31:51

See how bright this WiFi thing was