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ikea blackout blinds (electric or otherwise) are cheaper than elsewhere and good - you might be able to add side channels to stop leaking light around the edges
t.o.-
That's a good shout.
We've also got quite a bit of spare scotia(?) beading and low skirting left over from the builders doing our floor.
I guess the appeal of these is that they are properly dark (see somewhere around 8m in the video)
Edit - looks like you can just buy u channels which could probably be glued to the wall
hugo7
Cheers.
Charlie DIY has a video
https://youtu.be/cGLdUK46uG0
... with a link to these https://www.electricblindcompany.com/copy-2-of-fabrics-3-2/ex-lite-white
(-20% using "Charliediy")
Quote calculator using guesstimates says it'll be ~£350 a set.
A lot more than we spend on our curtains normally, but I feel it would be worth it, given our 4.5yo seems to be staying up till 9pm at the moment.... and with the early starts I'm dreading the possibility of all the tiredness being saved up for a weekend implosion.