Effective Ways to Darken your room with Window Treatments!
Are you one of the many people who love natural light flowing through your home? Many people love the natural light from the sun and want it to shine all day long within their living spaces. Sunshine can make us feel happy and energized, but in reality, there are certain times when a dark environment is needed or preferred.
You don’t have to have one or the other. There are a number of ways to create a dark space when needed or let the sun shine through as you please.
Why Would I Darken A Room?
Darkening the rooms in your home can be, at times, very beneficial. Covering the windows might enhance your TV or movie-watching experience or maybe help your child take a nap. Blocking some of the sunlight filtering into your home can also help keep your home cooler in the summer and possibly reduce utility bills.
Most importantly, many people need a dark space in order to get proper rest. Whether you are sensitive to light or are just looking to improve the quality of your sleep, knowing how to darken your bedroom windows will allow you to get the rest you need.
Ways to Darken Your Bedroom Windows
There are several products that help you darken the rooms in your home. When you are searching for various products, keep in mind the existing aesthetic in the room. Take the opportunity to add to the preexisting design of your spaces. Whether you have a classic style or a bit of contemporary flare, here are some popular options for you to consider.
Shades
You might consider Honeycomb Cell Shade, Roller Shades, or room darkening Roman Shades if you are thinking about how to darken your bedroom windows. Shades give warmth and sophistication to the bedroom as well as insulation. The blackout fabric, designs, and options are there for you to discover.
Roman Shades
Now you don’t have to choose between light-filtering or room-darkening fabrics in a Roman shade, you can have both. Vignette® Modern Roman Shades take light and privacy control one ingenious step further with the extraordinary Duolite® dual-opacity option. Vignette Duolite shades are the only Roman shades that combine a sheer or light-filtering fabric along with a room-darkening back panel on a single roller. The dual-opacity option lets you enjoy the luxurious textures, colors and weaves of our sheer and light-filtering fabrics; once the front shade is completely lowered, the back panel can then be lowered to provide room-darkening when desired.
Hunter Douglas, dual-opacity option on a single roller is unique to Hunter Douglas Roman Shades and the industry. While there are other dual-roller shade products in the market, Vignette Duolite Shades are the only ones that require a single roller, as opposed to two rollers. The single roller allows for a single PowerView® Automation motor surcharge, a major advantage from a cost perspective. In addition, less mounting depth is required with a single roller than with a dual roller system.
As with all Vignette Modern Roman Shades, luxurious fabrics and soft folds give the shades a clean, crisp look with the added benefit of no exposed rear cords for enhanced child safety. These shades are the perfect reinvention of the traditional Roman shade. The Vignette fabric line has many contemporary fabrics and stunning colors.
Vignette shades are designed and custom-crafted in the U.S. with the highest level of quality.
Drapes ~ Curtains
You can pair the blinds/shades with other various window coverings to create an even more effective way to darken your bedroom windows.
From a design perspective, you can choose to add texture to your bedroom space and enhance your existing design, whether it be classically comfortable or has a bit of a modern twist.
Adding blackout drapes / curtains provide a layered designer look and provide the room darkening effects when needed.
Child-Safe Window Coverings
If you are questioning how to darken your bedroom windows in your child’s bedroom or play spaces, We have several child-safe window treatments. With these, there is no need for concern that is typically associated with cords or hanging strings.
There are many cordless and motorized products you can install in your child’s bedroom designed to prevent accidental injury. We all want a safe, calm, and, at times, dark bedroom environment for our children, especially at nap or bedtime.
Plantation Shutters with blackout cordless cell shade behind it is an example shown above is an option that provides many light filtering or room darkening effects.
It’s Time For Better Sleep
Nothing impacts your day more than the amount and quality of sleep that you had the night or the day before. When people think about healthier living, they always put their diets and exercise first, but sleep is just as important.
No matter what time of day or night you want to sleep, you should have the chance to create the dark and quiet room necessary for a great uninterrupted sleep. So ask yourself, is your bedroom space conducive to a good night’s rest? Are temperature, noise, or light issues interrupting your sleep? Stop worrying about how to darken your bedroom windows, and let Window Spaces help you.
It’s time to create the ideal environment in your bedroom for a well-deserved night’s rest. Let’s reduce the noise, darken the room, and give ourselves the best chance to stay healthy.
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