Bedroom Shades & Blinds

A bedroom window has to do two jobs that pull against each other. It should let morning light and fresh air in when you want them, then shut out street lights, early sun and the view from next door when you want to sleep. Every shade and blind on this page is made to measure from the sizes you give us and shipped direct to your door, so you can pick the light control first and let the size take care of itself.

Shades and blinds that work in a bedroom

Blackout roller shades are the simplest way to get a properly dark room. The fabric rolls up out of sight during the day and comes down flat and dark at night. Light filtering roller shades suit a guest room or a bedroom that faces north, where privacy matters more than darkness.

Cellular shades come in blackout and light filtering fabrics, and both can be built top down bottom up, so you can lower the top rail for daylight while the bottom stays closed for privacy. A no-drill mount is offered on the cellular line if you would rather not put screws in the frame.

Roman shades, in blackout or light filtering fabric, give a softer, tailored look over a bed or a reading chair. Woven wood shades bring natural texture: on its own the weave is about 50% see-through, a light filtering liner takes it to about 70%, and a blackout liner makes it fully blackout. Zebra shades suit a modern room, and wood and faux wood blinds give the classic slatted look many people grew up with.

ZeroGlow is the option for a room that has to be dark in daylight. It is a 25 mm blackout cellular shade held in a slim frame that presses into the window opening, with a cordless lift that can travel up and down or side to side.

Sizes and limits worth checking first

Blackout fabric is made on narrower rolls than light filtering fabric, so it stops sooner. In our squared cassette a blackout roller shade reaches 94½" wide, while light filtering goes to 98⅜". Any roller shade over 100" high moves to a larger tube and cassette. Cordless roller shades in that cassette need at least 23⅝" of width, and motorized ones need about 20".

Cellular shades reach 94" wide and 94" high with a cordless lift. With a bead chain they go much wider and taller, up to 197" by 157". Motorized cellular reaches 126" wide but stops at 79" high, so a tall bedroom window is a bead chain or cordless job. Woven wood tops out at 96" wide on every lift system, and cordless woven wood stops at 106" high.

Measuring and DIY install

For an inside mount, measure the width at the top, middle and bottom of the opening and use the smallest figure, rounded down to the nearest ⅛". Do the same for height on each side. Check depth too: woven wood needs at least 1⅝" of frame depth, and 2⅝" to sit flush. For an outside mount on a cellular shade, add about 3⅞" to both width and height so the shade overlaps the opening.

Roller, roman and zebra shades hang on two brackets. Fix each bracket with two screws on opposite sides, using the anchor that matches your wall, then hook the top of the valance onto the bracket and press it back until it clicks. Check that both the top and rear latches have caught before you let go. ZeroGlow needs no drill at all: join the frame corners on a soft, flat surface, fit the rubber weather strip around the outside edge, then press the frame into the opening.

Start with how dark you want the room. If the answer is dark at night and bright by day, a top down bottom up cellular or a lined woven wood will give you both. If you sleep during the day, go straight to blackout or ZeroGlow. Order a sample or two, hold them up at the window in the evening, and pick the one that suits the way you actually use the room.