Blackout Blinds

[Shivs1974]

I'm sure this has been done before....where can I get blackout blinds that won't break the bank? I live in a Victorian house so the windows are quite long....and the ones I've looked at are quite expensive. Just wondered whether anybody knew of anywhere which won't cost the earth?

Argos?

Ikea

John Lewis - they are lovely colours too!!

We have Edwardian sash windows, very long and no ready made curtains fit. I found long blackout curtains instead on Ebay (new but reasonably priced) and hung these on the same rail as the existing curtains (same curtain hooks, like a separate lining). You just need to hem the bottom if they are longer than your curtains.

Blinds seemed to be much more expensive and needed to be made to measure which would have cost me lots of money.

Got mine from e-bay \link{http://stores.ebay.co.uk/curgall-curtains-and-accessories\here}

do you have a Harry Corry? i got mine there and a great price

they were curtains (pink gingham, not the only pattern or colour btw) that were lined with a blackout lining

they also had blackout lining s on their own, blackout blinds (roller and roman)

hth

oh my goodness - what a response! And so quickly!! I will get measuring this weekend and then work out who's the cheapest.
Many thanks!

I've just ten minutes ago been talking to the woman in the curtain shop - I have a blackout blind already but light comes in round the side of it

she said the cheapest thing to do if it's for a child's room is to get some sticky velcro and stick it to the frame and stick a piece of blackout material to it so it is absolutely light-proof

I bought a piece of black out material for ds's room - from John Lewis and can't remember how much but can't have been much - maybe £20 - and nailed it to the top of the window. It's long enough that we can tuck it behind the radiator and during the day (if I can be bothered) we hook the material onto another nail at the side of the window.

Don't think Anthea would be impressed but it's cheap and it works!