New House Help!

• baseball4

  

  I just bought my first house and I am looking for some blinds for the bedroom. Seems like a silly question, but I work nights and NEED to get as much sleep as I can when I get the opportunity because of school and work kicking my butt. Does anyone know of any light cancelling blinds/shades/drapes? Anything? I want to have it as dark as I possibly can in the room. At Lowes they suggested these window tint packages that are just stickers that cover your window. I just feel like that'd look bad on the outside of the house. Plus, if I did want to let light in I couldn't.
  
  And if I could order online to save money on them I wouldn't be opposed to that!
  
  Thanks in advance!
• I Wear Pants

  Could always have some sort of really dark/thick cloth cut to the window sizes and then get some magnetic tape and put it around the window and sew it around the edge of the cloth that way it would be very effective at blocking the light but also easily removed.
• baseball4

  

  ^^ agreed. Unfortunately I can't get away with that. Lol If it were up to me I'd put thumb tacs up there with an old blanket hanging down.
• THE4RINGZ

  

  Screw some plywood over the windows. I have seen a lot of third shifters do just this.
• GuessWho

  Brylanehome.com has blackout panels in assorted colors cheaper than anywhere Ive ever seen.My daughter has them in her room and the place is like a cave I swear...
• j_crazy

  

  you can have blinds cut to your window specs. That should be the best way to cancel any and all light. I have that, and have light cancelling curtains over that. keeps it dark for sure.
• dave

  My wife works nights so we had the same problem. We just have regular blinds but got the blackout curtains at jcpenny. We looked everywhere and they had the best quality, selection, and price. Pretty much the only thing I've ever bought there. Custom blinds will cost a shitload.
• Ironman92

  

  Just twisting the regular cheapo blinds cuts out most all light.
• oberhaus

  

  Ironman92;815672 wrote:Just twisting the regular cheapo blinds cuts out most all light.

  
  Most the light isnt good enough. Blackout curtains are really the only option. Blinds alone still let in too much.
• Ironman92

  

  Sleep in the closet.
• Belly35

  

  Wooden Venetian Blinds .... I have then in my bedroom looks good from the inside and outside
  Don't buy cheap buy quality
• Scarlet_Buckeye

  

  Walmart carries blackout panels (curtain form)...........they do the trick. What I have done is put some little c screws on each side of the upper window underneath whatever curtains you already have up in the room. Then I just hook the blackout panel up and down under my regular curtains as it suits my needs.
• OSH

  

  I also have the Wal-Mart special blackout curtains.
  
  Works just fine. If need be, double up on them.
• Apple

  

  Check out blinds.com
  I heard they have better prices than box stores and can do cheap custom sizing with a good return policy if they don't fit correctly.
• oberhaus

  

  Apple;816031 wrote:Check out blinds.com
  I heard they have better prices than box stores and can do cheap custom sizing with a good return policy if they don't fit correctly.

  
  Blinds not fitting arent the issue. They have little gaps and holes where the strings go thru that let light in. Curtains are the only feasible answer.
• Sonofanump

  In college I taped pizza boxes to the window then tack a blanket over it.