Removable Blackout Window Covering from IKEA - Cheap, Easy, No Film, Shade, or Curtain!

[@GEAUXFRUGAL]

Anyone from the south knows you want to black out ? Nothing ($ or darkness, insulation) beats Al foil.

[@lyndacrockett5362]

Great video. Home Depot in bed bath & beyond also sell cuttable paper shades that attach your window with velcro. The more expensive one has an attractive push button at the base to easily raise and lower the shades whenever you want. After remodeling and putting my house on the market I put these paper shades on every single window and left them on there for a long time before I put the house up for sale. They looked really attractive and they were only 6 to $12 per window for the fancy ones at home Depot and bed bath & beyond.

[@carolynf34]

I like the idea of Home Depot’s cuttable paper shades that attach to the window with Velcro. Thanks for the idea.

[@terijones2337]

Thanks for showing the exterior view! Exactly what I wanted to see!!! Great review. Straight to the point 😊

[@jacquelinelu8900]

Thank you. I need temporary black out. The video was really useful

[@sammears7548]

Great video thank you. This is just what I needed for my rented flat. My windows were wider so I needed to extend the blind, a bit fiddly but it turned out ok. The clips you get with it are very well designed but quite tricky fit needing two hands. So I thought I could improve it a little. I added a batten on the bottom edge and a plastic trim up both sides on the wall (with Command strips, every renters best friend) to reduce the light bleeding around the edge also. With a couple of magnets hot glued onto the trim and a little nut on the batten, hey presto one handed operation. It's a shame I can't add a photo or two in the comment.

[@carolynf34]

I definitely need to try something like this. I am not a morning person. And I have the problem where the curtains don’t block all of the light. It peaks through the top. I might run to Home Depot and check out what I read. In the other comments. I also have a craft store right across the street from where I live. So first I’m going to check out what options they have. I might just buy some really thick, dark material And just tack it to the wall. At this point, I don’t care. I wake up every morning when the sun starts coming up. I do get back to sleep, but I hate always waking up when the room starts getting lighter.

[@barbaradiffenbaugh6660]

This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank's so much. Here's hoping we all sleep a little better!

[@generalsworkshop]

Can you remove it conveniently or does it always have to stay in the down position? basically, I’m trying to get a cheaper version of it. That allows me to bring it up when I wanna allow light to come in but easily stretch down to block out the light when I need it.

[@CreativeThinking52]

Very helpful. Thanks for sharing. 😴 🛏

[@pteddie6965]

Thanks for this great suggestion. I've been looking at heat reducing window film to help reduce the AC bill this summer, but the window film is soooooo pricey. These shades are going to save me some money this summer. Thanks again.

[@SuperLittleTyke]

How do you raise the paper blind easily, for example when you want to work at a desk during the day. Last week I bought a very similar blackout paper blind, though not from IKEA and I bought it for the same reason, namely insomnia caused by ambient light especially during the summer. However, I've found collapsing the concertina is frustrating. Although the blind did come with plastic clips, I find plastic clothes pegs are easier to use. My latest method is to raise the centre first, clip with a clothes peg, then raise each side and clip. But it's not instantaneous like if you had a proper blind with a cord. So how do you raise these blinds?

[@martinhawrylkiewicz2025]

Great vid! Just curious if these shade block out the heat entering the room due to the exposure of the sun during the day. My apartments two big windows are always facing the sun throughout the day and it's just unbearable when I get home. Too hot.

[@manansgzone]

Have a toddler that is not adapting to the late sunsets of spring. Will give this a go, thanks for the tip!

[@EbikeEscape]

Hi Court! Hope you're doing well. Cool to see some videos on your more personal YT channel. Any reason for the new content or just feeling like getting more creative outside of EBR?

[@withlove1717]

Hey! I have TONS of videos that I'd like to create, but my time has been limited. This is an older channel that was having some technical issues. I paused on it for a while and have been trying to get some help from KZbin on it recently since I have some contacts due to EBR (no luck so far). How are you doing?

[@EbikeEscape]

@@withlove1717 Doing great! I've been having lots of fun with ebikes recently. Just enjoying the nice weather while we still have it here in Wisconsin before the snow starts coming and things start slowing down. Hope you are doing well!

[@lenoregorman4688]

I bought the black one, it absorbed the heat from the sun and it was like an oven near the window.

[@selinaMarks675]

Yes, I could imagine that. Like I am wearing black jacket and driving, my left arm burns.

[@janellemauldin]

Any temporary shades that DONT take paint off?

[@marilynshelton2371]

But that can pull the paint off. Which happened to me. Oops

[@kalsang570]

Any more vids of car camping ?

[@californiakev1071]

Do you still have the Prius?

[@sfboo007]

I wanted to see it with your blackout and curtain covered in the am to see. It was definitely helpful.

[@charlesharris2749]

Thanks.... think it would work in a Prius, lol?

[@withlove1717]

Lol, well... If it were cut properly I think it could! A year ago I found these tension-fit window screen coverings that were custom made to fit the Gen 3 Prius. I am not sure if they exist anymore, but they were basically wires bent in a rectangle with black mesh fabric. You could squish them and they would stay in each window (besides the front) and they looked great from the outside!

[@midkort]

Thank you! That was very useful.

[@yfinla]

How does the blackout come off when it gets old? I mostly keep it open up and got a flower vase and glass items on the windowsill, so... Hopefully it comes off slowly little by little, not all at once!!!

[@soniczforever5470]

Duct tape is good idea sunlight is miserable 4 hours sleep every day during summer the light in the sides would put me off. That would wake me but just use static cling blinds and cut off extra material for sides

[@vineelp]

Nice explanation! I am planning to get Pleated shade to cut down the heat coming through windows. Do you think white is better in cutting down the heat? Can you please recommend?

[@castanedagus]

Thx for the info. I’m like you I need the room totally dark! Greetings from LA 👌🏻😀

[@kevinvillegas5269]

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[@wtfbocanegra]

Hey my man. Appreciate the new content. Fellow Prius owner and wanted to know how life is going and if you still do that lifestyle and such! Just moved back home since college is online now and had done a similar project for my room (with the sun hitting it all day). Anyways hope all is well and have a great weekend!

[@withlove1717]

That's awesome! I hope it's keeping your room nice and dark. I still have a Prius, but now renting. I also met a nice girl and life is pretty good all around, but a little less social than I prefer. Hoping things get back to normal and we get a vaccine etc. soon. What are you studying in college?

[@yanslyrics3289]

I need it really to cover the lightness of my room because im always nightshift

[@NoName-jz8fe]

Dont buy this. Its terrible quality and there are better alternatives.

[@SS-kc1wq]

Very helpful thankyou 💛

[@rainahd4255]

Super helpful !!! Thank having the piercing light in my eyes ! Nice voice and great calm tone by the way . I hate when people start yelling when talking about products in the you tube videos . Thank you 😊😀

[@diepluuquang5539]

What’s the music used

[@kalsang570]

Hello there. Nice video. Thanks for sharing. Do you still travel on Prius?

[@withlove1717]

Thanks! I hope it helps you. No, I donated that Prius and bought another used one because I moved to Canada. I haven't been car camping in this one yet: kzbin.info/www/bejne/j4HclXWwjZyAh6c

[@kalsang570]

@@withlove1717 Canada is great for car camping. Ontario here

[@Andrew-m4w2f]

Hell yeah! Now, to find or make them 🤔

[@thesullivanmusic]

Hey just wanted to say thanks for this video. It helped me with my problem.

[@erenguven8461]

Thank you i just installed it should’ve bought this a long time ago

[@oldschooldiy3240]

I just installed the WalMart version! Very satisfied!

[@milinshandilya]

Thanks for posting and it really helps.

[@MrOrigami123]

Nice

[@B-Hathaway]

That great! I just moved and my apartment faces directly east, so I get a ton of sunlight way too early for my liking. My current curtains are not doing the job, so I’ll definitely be making a trip to Ikea.

[@minidocstv3339]

This is great I’ll get the white my blinds are slightly open even with them all the way shut brings in street lights at night. Bravo 👏🏽

[@Red_AIert]

Great idea thanks. I’m looking for something that isn’t permanent. 👍🏽

[@aminehedjazitv9121]

Thank u, i was looking for this 😁😁

[@pkmoi]

you saved my sleep thank you 🙏

[@_LVC]

Eye mask works good too 😎

[@dounasiek2065]

Can it block rain,sir?

[@darcycamacho31]

Hi will this keep heat out

[@michaelvillarreal430]

I appreciate this video. Was just what I was looking for

[@CK30585]

Do you have any white one ?

[@jasonleo5735]

sleep mask is alot easier

[@stoneblue1795]

More Prius videos please!

[@withlove1717]

Hey! Thanks for letting me know that you enjoyed that one. I gave that Prius away when I moved to Canada recently (bought a new Gen 2). Now renting and working on my ebike reviews at ElectricBikeReview.com sorry to disappoint, this is just my fun channel where I'll post about other interests and how-tos ;)

[@ididsubmititalreadys7733]

You are THE BEST sir.

[@jackrippers8526]

not all heros wear caps...

[@rpvespa]

With love your brilliant sir.

[@igazsag4839]

Thank you

[@hbbstn]

Handsome man

[@V-r708]

Good idea thank you

[@mariedelmar9429]

Thank you 🤗

[@shanz377]

Thanks for sharing❤

[@HuwisClark]

AMAZING, i had been looking for a solution just like this.

[@Katy809RD]

Thanks! I’ve been trying to get something cheap and that can be folded up like this!