Blackout Roller Blinds

Our luxurious collection of high-quality, made-to-measure blackout roller blinds features hundreds of gorgeous thermal fabrics in a wide range of stylish colours and designs. Choose from plains, patterns, botanicals, and stripes and find the perfect look for your home at affordable online prices. Each blind is manufactured in-house using only the finest fabrics and premium British-sourced components, so you can rest assured you're buying a premium-quality product.

Enhance Your Space with Made to Measure Blackout Roller Blinds

Blackout roller blinds are the perfect choice for any room in your home. They block out sunlight and allow you to sleep, watch your favourite film, or use a computer without being distracted by the glaring sunlight streaming through the window. If you require an even greater degree of light control, fitting the blackout roller blind outside the window recess will prevent even more light from seeping around the sides of the blind.

Whichever colour you choose, from classic whites and neutrals to bold patterns and vivid tones that make a statement, you can find the ideal shade to complement your room’s colour scheme. The special blackout coating or lining on the back of the fabric is specially designed to block out 100% of the light. This coating not only prevents the light from passing through the fabric, but it's also thermally efficient, so it helps to keep the heat in your home during winter and the heat out during summer.

What are the Benefits of Blackout Roller Blinds?

  • Blackout roller blinds are designed to completely block out sunlight and all external light sources such as streetlights to create a dark and restful environment. They're ideal for bedrooms, media rooms, or any other room where total darkness is required.
  • By blocking out light, they help create the right conditions for better sleep. This is especially helpful for shift workers or anyone who needs to sleep during the daytime.
  • They give you total privacy and prevent people from being able to see into your home. Their opaque fabric completely blocks views from the outside.
  • Their thermal and energy-efficient backing provides an extra layer of insulation at the windows, which helps to regulate your home's temperature and reduce energy costs.
  • The dense blackout fabric helps muffle and absorb outside noises such as traffic. Their ability to reduce noise will contribute to a quieter and more peaceful environment. How effectively they reduce noise will depend to some degree on the type of blackout fabric you choose.
  • They’re extremely stylish and versatile. They come in a wide choice of colours, patterns and designs to suit all types of interior décor styles, whether contemporary or traditional. When closed, they create a clean, seamless and sophisticated look.
  • Controlling light in the home is beneficial for many rooms, such as the living room, bedroom, media room, and home office, and even for medical reasons such as migraines. Blackout roller blinds give you complete control over light and shade, all with a simple pull on the control chain.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can roller blinds be blackout?

Yes, roller blinds can be blackout. They're made with a special fabric, either polyester or PVC, that has a blackout lining or coating on the back. This makes them completely opaque, so they block out light and provide total privacy. Roller blinds are a great choice for blackout purposes because they have a single, uninterrupted sheet of fabric without any gaps.

Are blackout roller shades worth it?

Blackout roller shades provide excellent light control and privacy, promote better sleep, and are energy efficient. Although they may be slightly more expensive than dimout or light-filtering shades, their benefits make them worth it, especially if you're looking for a darker, more peaceful space.

Can you see through blackout roller blinds?

Blackout blinds are great for blocking light and giving you privacy. Due to the solid opaque fabric of the blind itself, you cannot see through them from outside at night or during the day, for that matter. As long as they fit your window properly and there are no gaps. They provide complete privacy at night and won't let either light in or out.

What are the disadvantages of blackout roller blinds?

While blackout roller blinds excel at blocking out light, they don't offer the flexibility to precisely adjust the level of light in the room. This might not be ideal for rooms where you want to adjust natural light throughout the day. Plus, some people find they prefer to wake up with some sunlight filtering in, rather than a completely dark room.