Bedroom blinds

What a bedroom asks of a blind

Your bedroom should feel comfortable at the end of the day and welcoming when you wake up. Perhaps you're trying to keep out the early sun, or you'd just like a little more privacy. We can help you find blinds that suit how you like to sleep and relax.

Most bedrooms need three things. They need the light dimmed enough to sleep, privacy that works at night with the lamp on, and a blind that is quiet and easy to use half awake. Style matters too, because it is the room where you notice a fussy finish most. Everything below follows from those priorities.

Four blind types that usually fit

Blackout roller blinds

The simplest route to a darker room. Blackout fabrics are woven or coated to stop most light coming through the cloth, which is why they are popular with shift workers and light sleepers. A roller blind is also neat, with few parts to catch on a curtain or a sill.

Lined Roman blinds

If the bedroom feels cold and flat, a Roman blind adds fabric and fold. With a lining or blackout lining, depending on the fabric, it can dim a room well while looking more like furnishing than a utility blind.

Day and night blinds

Day and night blinds combine sheer and solid stripes in one blind. They suit a bedroom where you want daytime privacy without losing daylight, though if you need the room as dark as possible, another option may serve you better.

Curtains with a blind behind

A blind for the dark and curtains for the finish is a common pairing. The blind does the practical work and the curtains soften the room and help cover edge gaps.

What to tell us at the measure

• How dark you need it, and whether anyone sleeps in the daytime.
• Whether the window opens inwards, has a handle that sticks out, or sits above a radiator.
• Where the bed is in relation to the window, which matters for cord placement.
• If there is a street light or a neighbour's security light outside.
• Whether you want the blind inside the recess or covering the wall around it.

A few things to bear in mind

It helps to know that no blind in a recess will be pitch black, as a little light can show around the edges. A bigger overlap or side channels, where a range offers them, can help. If privacy is the only worry, a lighter, opaque cloth may do the job nicely, so a dark fabric is not always needed. And it is kindest to keep any cord or chain well away from the bed, particularly where a child sleeps. See child safety for more.

Practical tips

1. Read the difference between dim-out and full blackout cloth in our guide to dim-out vs blackout.
2. For wider lighting ideas, see bedroom light control.
3. If you want privacy without a dark room, privacy without darkness covers the options.
4. Choose a fabric colour with the room lit as it usually is, not under shop lighting. Browse colours and fabrics.
5. Think about the control. A motorised option can suit a window that is hard to reach, depending on the range; see motorised blinds.

Book the measure

Bring your sleep habits to the visit as well as your tape measure. Book a free measure and we will look at the window, the bed position and the light, then give you a quotation before you decide.

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