Help - moving into house with no shades/blinds in bedrooms
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Anonymous
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I bought a house and am moving in next week, but there are no window treatments in the bedrooms (so totally exposed to the sun). I'm looking into getting custom blinds made, but it'll probably take a few weeks until those can arrive and get installed.
I can't imagine sleeping without some kind of blinds/curtains for that long? Any suggestions for what to do in the meantime? Get some cheap curtains? I have a young child whose sleep will definitely be affected by the light in the mornings. |
Anonymous
| Blackout film or good ole' cardboard cut to fit. |
Anonymous
| At Home Depot/Lowes you can get, what they call, "temporary paper blinds." They actually are thick and could be uses permanently if there are some windows where aesthetics don't matter, or at least until you get something else. They are very effective for black-out. They stick to the top of the window casing, no hardware. |
Anonymous
| Get the temporary blinds. |
Anonymous
| +1 paper blinds. They have blackout ones. |
Anonymous
| Use 3m strips to hang them instead of the adhesive that comes with them. Easier to take down. |
Anonymous
| THANK YOU! I had no idea temporary blinds existed.... |
Anonymous
They work great too. I used them for a bit. |
Anonymous
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Don't stick the temporary blinds to drywall, FYI. They won't come off without taking a piece of the wall. Not sure how well they come off the window frames themselves, I always have bad luck with stuff like that.
I would put up sheets on little nails, for privacy, and sleep in sleeping masks for darkness. |
Anonymous
| We just bought blinds at Lowe's today for two windows in our bedroom. We got the kind that you just lift up, that don't have a string dangling, and they were about $20 each and the install is easy. |
Anonymous
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I tacked up some cheap bedsheets from. Walmart until I could get the window treatments but I'm a little basic that way.
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Anonymous
| I have not had a problem with the temporary paper blinds taking paint off the window trim.. My experience is they work fine for months until eventually they fall down. |
Anonymous
If things are freshly painted, you have to be a bit more careful. |
Anonymous
| I had to do something temporary recently. The easiest was to buy some plain shower curtains at WM for $10. and tap in tiny nails above the window frame. Next push the shower curtain holes (where the rings would go) onto the nails. I only need 4 nails per window to make it secure. Super easy, cheap, and if you get the blue ones they block nearly all the light. Plus you can tie them back with a ribbon during the day. |
Anonymous
| Check ikea. I still have a bunch of blinds I got for $15 out of there |