What Blinds Are Best for Bedrooms?

The single biggest factor in bedroom blind choice is darkness. Adults can usually sleep through some morning light, but children, shift workers, light sleepers, and anyone trying to sleep in during summer all benefit from a properly dark room. The blinds that deliver that are different from the blinds you would put in a kitchen or a living room.

Blackout blinds: the obvious answer

For most bedrooms, a blackout blind is the right answer. The fabric is dense enough that almost no light passes through, which means a 5am sunrise in June stays outside until you decide to deal with it.

Blackout blinds come in two main forms. Blackout roller blinds are the cleanest-looking option. The blind rolls fully up out of the way during the day and pulls down at night. Blackout venetians (PVC or faux wood) give more flexibility for adjusting light levels through the day, but the gaps between slats let some light through even when fully closed, so they are a step down from a proper blackout roller for actual blackout performance.

For young children’s bedrooms, where naps happen during daylight hours, a blackout roller is genuinely transformative. The difference between a child napping in a properly dark room and one trying to sleep with light leaking through is large enough that this is one of the most asked-about products by new parents.

When you need both blackout and daytime light control

Bedrooms are also living spaces. Most people want light during the day and darkness at night, which is hard to do with a single blind.

The standard solution is a blackout roller blind paired with a curtain (or a voile). The roller does the night-time blackout. The curtain or voile does the daytime softening of light. The blind sits invisibly above the window when the curtain is in use during the day, and pulls down behind the curtain at night.

For trade buyers fitting out hotels, holiday lets, and B&Bs, this combination is what guests increasingly expect. Cheap or thin curtains alone do not deliver the dark room that paying guests want at 7am in summer.

The portable option for travel and guest bedrooms

For spare rooms, holiday lets, caravans, or anywhere that needs occasional rather than permanent blackout, a portable blackout blind solves the problem without needing to fit anything to the window.

The Snoozey portable blackout blind range attaches to the window with suction cups and removable adhesive strips, blocks light fully, and packs flat into a suitcase. For Airbnb hosts and holiday let owners stocking a ‘guest cupboard’, these are one of the most-used items families with babies will mention in reviews.

Sizing for bedrooms

Bedroom windows are usually 90cm to 150cm wide for a single window, or 150cm to 180cm for a wider patio-side window. Both PVC and fabric blackout blinds come in all of these widths. For dormer or attic bedrooms with non-standard window sizes, the Snoozey portable blind adjusts down with hook-and-loop tabs and fits where a fixed blind cannot.

The Homefords range

Homefords stocks blackout blinds in ten widths and ten colours, the Snoozey portable blackout blind for travel and guest use, and a full roller blind range for buyers who want lighter daytime privacy without full blackout.

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