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Blackout Shades

Maggee206Maggee206
in Parenting after 35
What do you all use for window blackouts (after seeing the PB sale I am looking to upgrade). I know I should really ask on the Gear boards but I have come to realize that you ladies have the best ideas! Thank you in advance!
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Re: Blackout Shades

  • PeskyPesky member

    I have the PB ones and they are okay but not 100%.  I have had better luck with these suede type drapes I got at JCP.  Holy cow those block out every ray of light like nobody's business.  For DD's room with the PBK ones, we had to get a room darkening shade that I pull down as well and then it is okay but light still leaks in around the edges.

    ETA:  I will say that it would help (but not completely solve the problem) if I had a curtain rod in DD's room that went around instead of straight across.  That is what i have in DS's room and his drapes work great. 


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    DD -- 5YO
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  • gimmietimmiesgimmietimmies member

    I had roller shades that I mounted in the inside of the window casings in our old house, so you couldn't see them. I had really nice window treatments over them to dress the window up and also block out the cracks. But I had the shade cut within 1/8" of the size of the window, so there was literally no gap. I got mine at Sears, pretty sure that JCP also has them. Oh, and I got the kind with the chain, not the tension pull, because the tension kind is a PITA to get it to stay where you want it.

    ETA: This is exactly what I have. Sorry, I tried linking Sears US but my IP address says Canada and it keeps returning me to the Canadian site. Argh. And even though it talks about a bigger gap, I ordered slightly bigger and altered the mechanism myself with a pipe cutter and dremel tool.

    Here's an example of the fabric style I looped, I did a double rod so there were sheer panels behind it too. They were in shades of grape and lilac. Finials were in white, similar style.

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  • KarBearKarBear member
    Overstock has some.
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  • Maggee206Maggee206
    Thanks this helps....I hadn't considered JCP or Sears....I will stop by their stores today.
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  • MaxandRubyMaxandRuby member
    We have Eclipse blackout curtains. Those suckers WORK. I've seen them at JCP, Target, Kohls, etc.
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  • debbadebbadoo711debbadebbadoo711

    We also got the blackout shades from JCP. Cheap, but they do the trick!

     

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