Do blackout roman blinds actually black out the room?

[Reastie]

By black out I don't mean completely pitch black but I mean dark enough so the morning sun won't wake up dd.

I'm having a roman blind with blackout lining made for dd. I'm hoping this will be enough if I get a pretty tight fit in the window frame to keep her room dark but I'm wondering if I'll need to make curtains too. Could anyone advise?

Currently we have a blackout roller blind with is a teeny bit too narrow for the window I'll blame dh for that one and it lets in light around the edges still. She also has curtains with a blackout lining (the curtains are very thin and the blackout lining doesn't spread to the bottom of the curtain) so even with double the window coverage there's still light.

I'm hoping a really well fitting blind will negate the need for double coverage. I don't want it total pitch black but I would like it dark enough to sleep in when it's still lightisg in summer evenings.

Any comments from those who have more experience gratefully received.

I could wait until the roman blinds are up but my local fabric shop have 20% off blinds/curtains/fabric until the end of this month and it's only something they do once a year so I'd like to get it ordered asap if I'm going to do it.

I don't have experience of Roman blinds but the roller blind in my bedroom is absolutely fantastic. Makes one hell of a difference especially when I'm night shift

We currently have a blackout roller blind but alas dh cut the width to fit a little narrow so it lets out a fair amount of light around the edges. Maybe that would be solved if a blind was better fitting. The fabric we've chosen can't be made into a roller blind so roman blind it is,

Roller blinds are never that good for black out as the side brackets mean that there has to be a gap at either side plus there is usually light bleed over the top.
A well made Roman blind inside recess is much more effective but you will have a trickle of light at edges.
Blackout curtains outside recess as well as Roman will give excellent light block

Maybe a trickle of light at the edges will be enough not to wake dd in the morning....

We have blackout roman blinds from Campbell Creations and they are excellent. And we had tried loads of things before we got them including but not limited to GroBlind, blackout roller blinds and DIY blackout material that we velcroed to the window frames.

The joys of early risers

(The material velcroed to the window frames was the best for total darkness btw)

Blackout roller blind plus blackout lined curtains work for us.

We bought cheap roller black out blinds from Argos in a size larger than the indie and trimmed down to size. They are really good!

If your roller blinds are inside the window reveal, I'd go for Roman blinds that are larger than the window opening in addition to the rollers.
We have the same issue you have with the roller blinds, so have command stripped blackout material outside the opening. As others have said, it really blacks the room out, but looks scruffy, so my long term plan is to put up Roman blinds as well. Although, it doesn't actually stop them getting up early.

We have blackout roman blinds on the DDs' bedrooms. Shitloads of light comes in round the edges (both rooms SE facing). DD2's room has blackout curtains as well - better, but still some light.

I think cassette roller blinds are the only truly lightproof solution

We have blackout roman blinds and they don't let any light in at the edges no young child here, just a 41 year old husband who moans. You need to measure absolutely on the money, and discuss what tolerances the company uses (I specifically asked for smaller tolerances). Ours are cassette type and I think that makes a difference. They are slightly awkward to pull up - if you can imagine the chain is against the side of the frame as there is not even the tiny gap at the side so usually have to hold blind away from window to work the chain if that makes sense.

Thank you, this is very useful. I'm now doubting if a snug roman blind will be sufficient.