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Lake house bedroom with a dark blackout roller shade

Blackout shades that let you sleep past sunrise

Total darkness for bedrooms, nurseries, and media rooms. Cut to the eighth of an inch and built by hand in Millersburg, Ohio, then shipped anywhere in the country.

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  • Up to 10-year warranty
  • Measuring help by phone
  • Ships nationwide

Why blackout

Real darkness, for the rooms where it matters most

Our blackout fabrics are fully opaque, so no light passes through the material itself. Paired with an outside mount or a cassette, they turn a sunlit bedroom into a place you can actually sleep in.

  • Bedroom with a patterned blackout roller shade lowered over the window

    Bedrooms

    Sleep in, every day

    Block streetlights, early sun, and the neighbor’s porch light. Go motorized for a clean, cord-free look beside the bed.

  • Bright room with a linen-look blackout roller shade

    Nurseries

    Nap time, any time

    A dark room at 2 p.m. is the whole trick. Motorized shades have no cords or chains to reach, safe by design.

  • Cabin great room with blackout shades on tall windows around a stone fireplace

    Media rooms & offices

    Glare-free screens

    Kill the glare on a TV or monitor without closing off the room. Pair with motorization for one-touch movie mode.

Know the difference

Blackout vs. room darkening

The terms get used interchangeably online, and they shouldn’t be. “Room darkening” fabrics dim a room; true blackout fabrics stop light at the material. Which one you need depends on who’s sleeping behind it.

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FeatureBlackoutOur blackout lineRoom darkeningLight filtering with a liner
Light through the fabric
None, fully opaque
Dim glow, not dark
Best for
Bedrooms, nurseries, media rooms, shift workers
Living rooms, kitchens, home offices
Edge light gap
Minimal with outside mount or cassette
Visible, and part of the look
Daytime privacy
Complete
Complete
Room feel
Cave-dark when down
Softly shaded

Make it yours

Every option, chosen by you

Pick the fabric first, then the lift, mount, cassette, and hem. Everything below is set in the online designer, and every fabric is available as a free sample before you commit.

Blackout fabrics

Solids, textures, and subtle patterns

  • AlberoSilver
  • AllegriaBeige
  • BellaDove
  • BellaInky Blue
Free swatches, mailed to you. No commitment.
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  • Lift & control

    • Continuous chainLeft or right, 7 colors
    • MotorizedCordless; one remote runs up to 15 shades

  • Mount

    • Inside mountSits within the frame
    • Outside mountCovers the frame, best for blackout

  • Cassette

    • NoneOpen roll, standard
    • SquareHides the roll, blocks top light
    • CurvedSofter profile, same light control

  • Hem style

    • Straight edgeStandard
    • Scallop or point4 decorative shapes, fringe or gimp finish

  • Hardware

    • BracketBlack · White · Zinc
    • Chain & clutchColors to match your fabric
Dark shade fabric on the cutting table in the Creative Holmes workroom, with rolls of fabric stored underneath

Built by hand in Millersburg

Cut, hemmed, and rolled in our Amish Country workroom

Every blackout shade is cut to your measurements from a full roll, not pre-sized stock, then hemmed, mounted to its tube, and tested before it ships. The same hands that build it answer the phone when you call.

10-year warranty

Covers workmanship and manufacturing defects, with local support if anything goes wrong. Motors carry a 5-year limited warranty.

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Good questions

Blackout shade FAQ

The questions we hear most on the phone and in the showroom. Don’t see yours? Call (330) 674-2590 and ask the person who’ll build your shade.

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With an inside mount, a small gap along each side is unavoidable because the shade has to clear the frame. For true blackout we recommend an outside mount that overlaps the window by 2 to 3 inches per side, or a cassette to seal the top.

Choose motorized: with no cords or chains within reach, it’s the safest choice for nurseries and kids’ rooms.

If someone sleeps behind the shade while it’s light out (a baby, a shift worker, or anyone who wants to sleep past sunrise), choose blackout. Room darkening dims a room but still lets a soft glow through the fabric, which suits living rooms and offices.

Yes. Motorization is available on shades 19 inches wide and up, and one remote controls up to 15 shades.

We build your shade in about 2 weeks, often sooner. Once it’s built, shipping takes 2 to 4 days.

Yes. Every blackout fabric is available as a free sample, mailed to you with no commitment. Order free samples.

Within 100 miles of Millersburg, we’ll come to your home, measure every window ourselves, and install the finished shades. It’s a paid service, quoted per project. Contact us to set it up.

Call us at (330) 674-2590 before you order and we’ll go over your numbers with you. Our measuring guide walks you through every step, and we look over every order before we cut it. If something still isn’t right when it arrives, call us and we’ll do what we can to help.

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Design your shade online in minutes, or talk to a real person who builds the shades.

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