complete no chinks blackout blind home made has anyone tried it? with success

kazzys51

hi there all, Im looking to make my own blackout blinds x2 as cheaply and as practical as poss:money: expecting bubba num 2 soon so trying to get prepared. my thoughts so far was buying a cheap blackout rollerblind from ikea(cheapest one i cud find online 9.99)

fitting it to the inside of the window frame then getting a 2inch by 1inch strip of wood painting it white and glueing it as close as poss to the sides, so there is just enough room to roll the blind up and down and mabey putting a weight of somesort along the bottom of the blind so it dosent ruck or stick....... oh when you write it it looks as though it wud work but ill be well disapointed if there is chinks of light at the sides what do ewes use? kx

elfen

Wouldn't paint the wood white next to the blind as that would stand out....could always do the innermost side black so it blends with the blind?

chocdonuty

No idea what female sheep use tbh
Seriously though, do you really need a completely dark room? It will be much harder to see, how can you check on little un in the pitch black? much easier to get them used to a little bit of light, I never used blackout blinds with my little un and she she sleeps fine. Also never kept completly quiet either, she will sleep through anything!!

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I suspect because like most of the nation with young children she is experiencing early morning wakings and would rather not. I feel for you OP.

Have not tried the no chink solution, but have found the clocks going forward has helped a bit.

Unfortunately its not a one size fits all solution, excuse the pun, not intended.

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Plus i've found once one is up, despite your best efforts to get them past siblings room quietly, the eventual always happens.

Mrs_Thrify

Hiya, when mine were little I use to put a blanket over the curtain to keep it dark a bit longer.

In my bedroom now I have thermal lined curtains and unless I remember to open then a little at sleep time you cannot see a thing in the mornig. Try ebay.

nomnomnom

Sounds like a lot of hassle. These are great http://www.easyblindsonline.co.uk/
my friend has them in her nursery and they really do make it pitch black.

ailuro2

nomnomnom, that's a wonderful link, we have blackout blinds in our room, plus blackout/thermal linings on the curtain, plus a bit of velcro that keeps the curtains close to the window frame.

I looked and looked and never found a blind like that, it's perfect!!

For our DD when she was younger we had dark curtains in her room with normal blinds, it was enough to not wake her up.

Our room needs to be black for my shiftworker hubby to sleep during the day, it's a south facing room.

Greener_Grass

i have the gro anywhere travel black out blind in my sons room, I tuck it into the window and close the window with the edge stuck through the gap so it is flawless and pitch black. I used to have a blackoutblind i had stuck to his window with tape but got this as I can take it down and put it up easily and can also take it with me if we go anywhere

alleycat`

I built one out of a few bits of timber and some of that reflective / insulation stuff that goes behind radiators (mounted onto a large piece of cardboard.

The sun shines directly on DS bedroom window in a morning and it makes the room warm (hence the reflective surface).

To be honest we only ever use it in the summer as the room stays fairly dark during winter (well long enough for us to be up and about anyway).

milliebear00001

Both my kids have blackouts -definitely helps on summer mornings!

All I did was cut a piece of blackout fabric to the exact size of the window, stuck that sticky Velcro to the inside frame (mine are white UPVC anyway) and stapled the other side of the velcro all around the piece of blackout. Instant, total blackout and dead easy/cheap to do. I just stick them up at night and pull them off in the morning.

P.s. - I thought the velcro wouldn't stick enough to the window frame, but it has. Not sure how it would be on wood though - maybe worth a try?