I regret not bringing my curtains and curtain rod when I moved. There is a light right outside my bedroom window and the shitty venetian blinds installed by the landlord fucking suck ass.

[–] lobut@lemmy.ca 6 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

I would love those but I have blinds and am all thumbs with DIY. I have a sleeping mask and it works pretty good.

[–] MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io 3 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

You don’t need DIY fingers for basic blackout curtains.

As long as the blinds aren’t completely in the way, a tension rod (spring loaded curtain rod) is cheap and just slips into place wherever you need to fit it.

[–] Thassodar@sh.itjust.works 3 points 11 hours ago

The blackout curtains/sun block curtains I've recently seen use sticky tape and velcro to block out virtually all light. I've done it, but you have to have someone somewhat tall (I'm 5'11) to get the corners. They use a solid block of fabric, not blinds, to block out everything.

[–] lath@piefed.social 1 points 22 hours ago

Too bad we're moths to a flame