Apologies…thread is high on boringness. 🙂

Need a new roller blind for our lad’s bedroom now that the evenings are lighter. The existing curtain and venetian wooden blinds combo leaks shedloads of light (biggish Victorian sash window) so we need something close fitting. Looks like roller or roman blinds are needed.

Anyone had any made online recently that were good value and reasonably well made? Rough coats for a made to measure set from John Lewis was £100+ 😯

We have blackout Roman blinds that work well.

I’ll ask the missus where she ordered them from as the mere mention of furnishing puts me into a coma.

Ikea do a blackout roller blind which Ive got for my shed window. It seems good for the price
http://www.ikea.com/gb/en/catalog/products/00130657/

Jr’s have these in their rooms

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Affordable-Blinds-and-Curtains/Plain-Blackout-All-Sizes-/_i.html?_fsub=3592505013&_sid=96245553&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Affordable-Blinds-and-Curtains/Children-Blackout-Blinds-/_i.html?_fsub=3991263013&_sid=96245553&_trksid=p4634.c0.m322

Not A1 quality, but they haven’t wrenched them off the wall or destroyed them yet.

DD, if you can shake the online-ness of this, it’s well worth a look in store at John Lewis, as they’re selling off a load of blackout roller/roman blinds. (At least they were in Southampton the other day!)

I feared the rapid climb to five posts was going to be a massive piss-take. 🙂 imagine my surprise. Helpful posts. 😀

Thanks all. I’ll look into those.

http://www.blindsuk.net

We have blackout roller blinds for our kids rooms from these guys, good strong quality and don’t let any light in!

Keep the cost down by not selecting and sash boxes and covers, just get the blind!

Well done all. Sensible and quick answers.

I think that we’ve all earned a treat. http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II

Roller blinds (from various sources) can be cut to width pretty easily, so you don’t necessarily need to order made to measure.

Even someone with my limited DIY skills managed to do a reasonable job!

Our local DIY store have bundles of blackout blinds, as above just get one a bit bigger and trim to fit, not really a problem. Our lad’s is self coloured, not sure how available ones that are patterned are.

Can’t imagine they’re much more than £30/40 odd to be honest..

We used http://www.blinds-2go.co.uk/

Were very good, quick to help when I realised I had incorrectly measured, good comms, cheap. No complaints.

BTW, we coupled ours with some uPVC beading (from our local hardware store) like this stuff

They further help by not allowing as much light in around the sides/top etc

Wilkos have a number of blackout blinds. Here.

Another vote for http://www.blindsuk.net/

We’ve had all sorts from them, mostly custom fit, many of which were cheaper than off the shelf stuff in the usual DIY chains.

If you can stand to go in there, dunelm mill have a lot of roller blackout blinds.

god, i hate that place.

This thread now needs a musical interlude;
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Dunelm?!?!? Nooooooooooooooooooooo 😡

*cough* I know a nice lady who makes roman blinds

For those who self-trimmed 🙂 what did you use? Could I just drop my chopsaw onto it (really quickly…like)?

you’ve gone soft-furnished in the head, nbt. What with living with the enemy and all.

DD, stanley knife round and and round until you’re through the fabric then a fine toothed hacksaw on the roll before replacing the end caps. Or if you have the space try a straight edge and knife on the unfurled blind and try to keep down one fabric weft (or is it weave?) as crossing them will give a little fray.

I got mine from dunelm mill for about £25. It works well, I have a street lamp right outside my bedroom window so it needs to!

We have a B&Q one which I cut down with scissors. Seems to work fine and the kids aren’t yet insisting on made to measure 😉

For those who self-trimmed what did you use?

A razor, obviously. Just need to make sure you follow the curves properly as you cu…Oh, sorry. Wrong thread.

Trip to Wilko for me tonight then – £11 – £20 🙂

(Have been using an old blackout blind that doesn’t fit, tucked into the curtain rail. Old skintflint that I am. Combined with:

🙂 )

Another alternative are these.

We have blackout Roman blinds and they still leak loads of light around the edges. Use the velcro sheets during the summer months and fold them up into the cupboard for winter. Different sizes available, cut to size, simple to put up and down.

Another thing to consider is reducing the light leakage to reasonable levels and getting them used to it. Conditioning kids to only be able to sleep in properly dark rooms becomes a rod when they’re elsewhere. We have venetian or roller + curtains in our kids and our bedrooms but don’t go to nth degree to make them blackout. Of course if the room faces the rising sun the problem is worse.

We use the stuff that razorrazoo posted – it has the added bonus of being portable, so can be used anywhere.

Of course if the room faces the rising sun the problem is worse.

Sorry…nothing like a bit of retrospective info when someone makes a helpful post…his window faces almost directly east. 😐 (it’s the light evenings which are a bother at the moment, but as the months pass, the morning would definitely be even worse.

you’ve gone soft-furnished in the head, nbt. What with living with the enemy and all.

I resemble that fact 🙂

There maybe a good reason why JL have a sale on, as rules and regulations have changed regarding blinds being fitted in a childs room.

You can no longer have the chain pully system (which I don’t use when making my blinds.)

DD. may I suggest that you buy a piece of blackout lining (larger that the recess) and fit it by either velcro or tape from a batten just out side the window, thus keeping the curtains. This can be taken down every morning and put back up at night (we did this for our nephew, when he was ickle). Cut it with scissors as it doesn’t fray.

Blimey I’m doing myself out of work here and you lot ^^^ should be supporting my small business, how on earth can I go skiing and afford new bike bits now? 🙁

DD. may I suggest that you buy a piece of blackout lining (larger that the recess) and fit it by either velcro of tape from a batten just out side the window, thus keeping the curtains. This can be taken down every morning and put back up at night (we did this for our nephew, when he was ickle). Cut it with scissors as it doesn’t fray.

Blimey I’m doing myself out of work here and you lot ^^^ should be supporting my small business, how on earth can I go skiing and afford new bike bits now?

Sorry to destroy you’re business before it got going but did you see my link 😉

Thanks for that advice Bunnyhop. I’ll run it by mrs deadly later. (Blows kiss while nbt’s not looking.)

*sees kiss*

*blushes and waves coyly*

Buuuuuuusssssssttttttttteeeeeeeeeddddddd! 😳

razorrazoo –

Sorry to destroy you’re business before it got going but did you see my link

I am a woman, I don’t have time to read everything on the interweb 😳

Kiss was intercepted by nbt. Doh!

Regarding the chains on Roman blinds. We hook ours up high in one room and have it pinned tight to the window surround in the other.

HtS – good idea.

DD. may I suggest that you buy a piece of blackout lining (larger that the recess) and fit it by either velcro or tape from a batten just out side the window, thus keeping the curtains. This can be taken down every morning and put back up at night (we did this for our nephew, when he was ickle). Cut it with scissors as it doesn’t fray

Hey! So my “tucked into the curtain rail” method is recommended by the pros eh? Not such a skinflint as I thought 🙂

rules and regulations have changed regarding blinds being fitted in a childs room

Er.. who checks this??

[/quote]Er.. who checks this??

Much like most rules and regs, no-one. However if I got caught making them, it’s curtains for me 😆

Ahh can’t work this editing thing.

🙂

“So, Mrs Bunnyhop, who are these Spongebob Squarepants blinds for? A child’s room??”

“er, nooooo. Course not!”

😀