Blackout Curtains Promote Sleep and Save Energy
Blackout curtains are made of dense material that blocks out close to 100% of sunlight entering through room windows. They create a quiet dark environment to help you fall asleep, making them ideal for people who work the night shift or other odd hours, infants and persons who suffer from insomnia. They also help to regulate room temperature, thereby reducing heating and cooling costs and saving energy.
Blackout curtains provide additional benefits:
- They work well in media rooms or home theaters as they minimize glare, improving picture quality and clarity.
- They reduce outside noise and promote total privacy.
- They prevent the sun from damaging upholstery and furniture.
Blackout drapes are fashionable as well as functional and come in a variety of colors and styles such as rod pocket, grommet, pinch pleated and tab top. If you don’t want to make the decor of the room dark, consider white blackout curtains which will provide light control without making the room absorb the interior light.
You may want to consider thermal curtains also as they are often made of blackout fabric such as velvet or cotton. Also called insulated curtains, blackout thermal curtains have a layer of insulation or lining to prevent entry or escape of hot or cold air through a drafty window. Due to their combined light and temperature regulating qualities, you will find that blackout-quality drapery may be called thermal blackout, thermal insulated or thermal insulated blackout drapery.
Eclipse blackout curtains come in four different product lines: Thermaweave (made with triple-weave construction), Thermaback (foam-backed), Thermalayer (made with three layers of fabric), and Thermaliner, a blackout liner that can be added to your current drapery. Learn more in this video:
Blindsgalore custom drapery features a special opaque blackout liner that faces the outside and comes in striped, solid, patterned and textured fabrics. They also offer blackout shades from Bali and Comfortex.
LightCatcher curtains from Beacon Looms are manufactured using their INSULDARK technology to enhance light, temperature and sound control and are exclusively cut in over 50-inch wide widths. Their products are designed for home theaters, living rooms, kitchens and bedrooms.
