Room darkening blinds - did i do it wrong?

[Nick]

This is in my son's room. My wife says that I messed up on the measurements and too much light comes in from the sides.

Is this abnormal? did I screw up?

 

[HD333]

Looks pretty dark to me.

 

[Nick]

My wife claims the blinds are too narrow and let too much in on the sides. It is pretty dark; but if you are in the room during the day it does light up the room enough that you can see around from the edges alone. Other than putting plywood on the wall I'm not sure how else to make it any darker :lol:

 

[marcski]

You should have paid the $75 bucks to have the blind place come and measure themselves, so you wouldn't have to listen to your wife.......

 

[darent]

looks good, you did good, but you should listen to marcski, he speaks from experience!!:grin: they are blinds not black out curtains!!!!

 

[ctenidae]

Apply duct tape liberally.

 

[hammer]

Looks like what we have with our room darkening blinds...when you had them cut did you give the exact inside measurement? IIRC the person cutting the blinds usually makes it a bit smaller than the space, otherwise the blinds could scrape the side trim if they don't go down or up exactly evenly.

And I'd go with cten, if you don't like it there's always duck tape.

 

[Puck it]

It is called diffusion.

 

[Nick]

Looks like what we have with our room darkening blinds...when you had them cut did you give the exact inside measurement? IIRC the person cutting the blinds usually makes it a bit smaller than the space, otherwise the blinds could scrape the side trim if they don't go down or up exactly evenly.

And I'd go with cten, if you don't like it there's always duck tape.

Basically exactly what happened .... measured and dropped like a eighth on each side and then they were cut even shorter.

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[deadheadskier]

Give your wife your credit card and tell her to buy some drapes she likes to go over the blinds. Between the drapes and the blinds, the room will be plenty dark.

"Window Treatments" are in the woman's realm btw. Stick to the chainsawing and snowblowing.

 

[ScottySkis]

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My roommate works 2 nd shift and doubles a lot, and I say that much sunshine comes through his blinds if not more and he has no problem sleeping when the sun is up.

 

[JimG.]

Nick, I assume these blinds are for your baby son during nap time. Don't teach him to sleep in pitch dark or he will only sleep in pitch dark. Just like folks who are silent during nap time...their babies learn to sleep only in silence. Those are not real world conditions.

If you teach him to live in a fantasy world now, you will all be miserable later on. He will sleep in blinding light if he is tired, just like he will sleep with jackhammers outside if he is tired.

 

[ctenidae]

Nick, I assume these blinds are for your baby son during nap time. Don't teach him to sleep in pitch dark or he will only sleep in pitch dark. Just like folks who are silent during nap time...their babies learn to sleep only in silence. Those are not real world conditions.

If you teach him to live in a fantasy world now, you will all be miserable later on. He will sleep in blinding light if he is tired, just like he will sleep with jackhammers outside if he is tired.

Sage advice, there. An important thing I was told early on- don't do anything now you aren't prepared to keep doing for the rest of your life. Because you'll have to.

 

[JimG.]

Sage advice, there. An important thing I was told early on- don't do anything now you aren't prepared to keep doing for the rest of your life. Because you'll have to.

Fortunately, this rule does not apply to bathroom procedures.

 

[Nick]

Sage advice, there. An important thing I was told early on- don't do anything now you aren't prepared to keep doing for the rest of your life. Because you'll have to.

My wife is mostly concerned about him waking up when the sun comes up , not naps as much ... but still that was what I said :lol:

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[ctenidae]

My wife is mostly concerned about him waking up when the sun comes up , not naps as much ... but still that was what I said :lol:

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I don't think the sun has anything to do with it. Little kids have amazing internal clocks. Somehow Hunter knows when its 6.30 am on the dot. Every morning. Without fail. No matter where we are.

 

[wa-loaf]

I don't think the sun has anything to do with it. Little kids have amazing internal clocks. Somehow Hunter knows when its 6.30 am on the dot. Every morning. Without fail. No matter where we are.

That's not bad. Mine were at 5:30 for a long time. They are still up at 6:30-7 these days, but at least now they can entertain themselves for awhile and I get to sleep in. I get to pay them back on school mornings now ...

 

[dmc]

I worked the midnight shift for a few years... My windows had aluminum foil over them to block the sun.

 

[hammer]

I don't think the sun has anything to do with it. Little kids have amazing internal clocks. Somehow Hunter knows when its 6.30 am on the dot. Every morning. Without fail. No matter where we are.

We are finding that out all over again with our dogs. The DW gets up at 4:30 during the week and they get antsy for breakfast soon after 5:00. Can be a pain on the weekends, just have to let the younger one complain and go back to sleep.

 

[JimG.]

I worked the midnight shift for a few years... My windows had aluminum foil over them to block the sun.

This is whole different thing though...night work and day sleep is a real and extremely difficult issue for alot of folks. I wonder if I could day sleep even with foil over the windows.

I know quite a few nurses (wives of friends) who have real health issues because of their schedule.