Sometimes, no matter how beautiful the sunrise, you just want to get some sleep. While there are ample products to help you fall asleep at night, there are only a few effective products to assist in helping you sleep when the day shines loudly. Our favorite option is covering the windows with blackout curtains.
Dual purpose
Easy to hang on a cafe rod, the large grommet design across the tops of the two-package of curtains adds a nice element of style. Fitting most standard size windows, each panel is 52-inches wide and 63-inches long. The soft white fabric adds lightness to the interior while keeping the light out. White also disguises the thick, dark, insulating panels that make these blackout curtains so great at keeping the external lights and sounds from bothering your family at bedtime. Both of them can hang nicely side by side, covering an 8-foot wide opening.
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Take these with you
Blackout curtain shades that are designed to be portable – what a great idea. These easy-to-travel kid’s window blackout curtains attach to the windows with suction cups. Just make sure the window is free from dirt to attain the best seal on the suction cups. The two-pack of polyester drapes have a cute moon and star pattern and each measures 78-inches long and 50-inches wide. The sides have hook-and-loop edges so you can adjust the size to suit your needs. It’s always a starry night for your little one whenever you don these shades.
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Shading for your furniture
Your carpeting and upholstery will also appreciate staying out of the sun’s rays. Room darkening curtains keep out sunlight, UV rays, and the penetrating heat of the afternoon sun. The insulated curtain panels can also work to keep heat in during the winter. Each navy blue curtain in the set of two is 42-inches wide and 63-inches long. The large silver grommets are simple to slide over your curtain rod. When they’re dusty, just toss them in the washing machine with cold water.
Buy: BGment Blackout Curtains for Bedroom
A better barrier
Each of the seven-foot-long drapes, 84-inches, completely cover tall windows. They also give the illusion of tall windows when closed, and we love that. The stylish long design looks good in bedrooms, living areas, and anywhere you like to grab an afternoon nap. The smooth polyester fabric comes in many other colors to suit your decor. We chose a darker color as it works to block nearly 99 percent of UV rays and light.
Buy: LEMOMO Blackout Curtains 52 x 84 inch/Black Curtains Set of 2 Panels
Nice effect
Most room darkening curtains have a dark lining showing, but these curtains feature matching panels on both sides. The darkening piece is in between. The heavy triple woven polyester fabric of these two curtain panels really keeps the light, wind, noise, and sun out of your home. The two full-length, insulated 84-inch panels have tab tops allowing the window coverings to hang to the floor with clean lines.
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Cyndi Mathews is a contributing writer to Florida Travel & Life, an online brand that inspires active, affluent travelers, providing them with insider information on discovering the best of Florida. Informative and engaging, the website showcases travel destinations, arts and cultural venues, vibrant dining scenes, recreational activities, the great outdoors and the revitalized real-estate market. Cyndi recently published her first book and enjoys traveling to Florida in her sailboat.