Collection: Blackout Shades

Blackout shades for a room that actually goes dark

A blackout shade is not just a dark colored shade. The fabric itself is opaque, so no light passes through the material at all, and what light does get in comes around the edges rather than through the shade. That is why blackout shades are what people buy for bedrooms, nurseries, night shift sleep, media rooms, and any window where a television or monitor is fighting the sun.

Every blackout shade here is made to order at your exact width and height, because on a blackout shade fit is the whole game. A shade that is half an inch narrow leaves a bright line down the wall. Mounting outside the window frame, with the shade overlapping the opening on all four sides, blocks more light than an inside mount, so choose an outside mount when total darkness matters more than the trim.

Which blackout shade to pick

• Blackout roller shades for the simplest, flattest look and the lowest price
• Blackout Roman shades when you want soft folds and a tailored, drapery like finish
• Blackout cellular shades when you want darkness and insulation from the same shade, since the cells trap air against the glass
• Woven wood shades with a blackout liner when you want natural bamboo and reed texture in the room and darkness behind it
• ZeroGlow Blackout Shades for skylights and for the windows where ordinary blackout shades still leak light around the sides

Order free samples first. Hold them to the window in daylight and you will see immediately which fabrics are truly opaque.