25 dollar blackout shades

my apartment has no buildings behind it which is great if I want to look out the window but not so great if I want to sleep past 6:00 in the morning regular blinds don't block enough light it's still completely bright in here and this will keep me awake I prefer not to use curtains because they collect a lot of dust and they're always hanging down the solution I found were roller blinds [Applause] these roller blinds are from Ikea they're two plur model and they're listed as blackout shades they cost about $15 each there are much better solutions on the market but they generally start at about $150 each I wanted to keep this whole project below $40 these are Kia shades fit that bill and also met my light-blocking requirement when they're pulled all the way down note light enters through the fabric but a lot of light still comes in through the space between the shade and the wall if we can come up with a system to keep the shade always pressed against the wall we can keep nearly all of the light out I hot-glued metal strapping to the wall and tied a magnet on a string to it when the curtain comes down I can go over the curtain and magnetically tack it to the wall here's that in action on the window at the foot of my bed I used four magnets two per side on the window above my bed I used eight magnets four per side this makes a big difference the roller blind on the Left has nothing holding it to the wall the one on the right is magnetically tacked to the wall with both roller blinds held against the wall by Magnus it's more than dark enough for me to sleep in here well it can be a bit tedious to pin the blinds to the wall before going to bed when you wake up and open the blinds it's very easy to undo the magnets all at the same time I bought these magnets at Home Depot a pack of twelve costs four dollars this is the metal strapping that I used it can be bought in any hardware store for a couple of dollars I use tin snips to cut small sections and then a pair of pliers to remove any burrs or soften any sharp edges I used regular hot glue that I had lying around from other projects I will provide links to all materials in the description

Channel: David Langva

Views: 21,393

Rating: 4.8117647 out of 5

Keywords: blackout shades, blackout curtains, ikea, tupplur

Id: IbLkF1i-z7E

Length: 3min 12sec (192 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 22 2018