What Blinds Are Best for Bedrooms?

Cassette Blackout Roller Blinds – Near-Total Darkness for Bedrooms

Cassette blackout blinds offer the highest level of darkness for bedrooms. The blind sits inside a full cassette with side channels that prevent light leaking around the edges. When fitted into a suitable recess, they can deliver near-total darkness, ideal for light-sensitive sleepers, nurseries, young children and shift workers who need daytime sleep.

These are the same reasons many top hotels now install cassette blackout systems in their rooms, often connected to the smart controls for effortless, fully automated darkness.

Blackout Blind Screen – Outstanding Darkness & Thermal Comfort

The blackout version of Blind Screen is a side-sliding blackout system that moves horizontally across the window rather than rolling up and down. The fabric sits under constant tension, keeping it smooth and evenly supported, while the built-in guide channels help reduce the light gaps you would normally see with standard blackout blinds.

When fitted inside a straight, square recess, the Blackout Blind Screen creates a very dark bedroom environment with noticeably less glow-through compared to ordinary blackout roller blinds. The layered honeycomb fabric also adds valuable thermal insulation, helping bedrooms stay warmer in winter and cooler in summer.

Perfect Fit Cellular Blackout Blinds – Neat, Modern & Highly Insulating

Perfect Fit blackout cellular blinds are a neat, modern blackout option designed specifically for uPVC bedroom windows and doors. They’re a true no-drill system, clipping directly into the window’s glazing bead with no screws, making them ideal for new-build homes and rooms with multiple window panes.

The cellular (honeycomb) blackout fabric is naturally energy-efficient, helping bedrooms stay warmer in winter and cooler in summer. The air pockets inside the fabric create a thermal barrier, reducing heat loss at night and improving overall comfort. The latest Perfect Fit frame design also helps reduce light seepage, giving stronger overall darkness compared to older Perfect Fit styles.

Curtains (with Blackout Lining) – Warm, Cosy & Perfect for Layering

Curtains are one of the most effective ways to make a bedroom feel warm, soft and relaxing. When lined with blackout or thermal lining, they can significantly reduce light bleed around blinds, improve warmth at night and help dampen sound, ideal for creating a restful sleep space.

Curtains are also excellent for layering. When paired with Blinds or Plantation Shutters, they help block the remaining light around the edges of the blind and add an extra layer of warmth and cosiness. Layering is especially useful for light sleepers, children’s rooms and bedrooms facing streetlights or early-morning sun.

Because Curtains hang outside the window frame, they’re effective at reducing light coming from the top, sides and bottom of the window – something most blinds can’t fully achieve on their own. Bedroom curtains also bring texture, colour and softness to the room, making them a popular choice for both modern and traditional homes.

You can choose from a wide range of heading styles, including Wave, Pinch Pleat, Pencil Pleat, and Eyelet, depending on the look you want and the space available around the window.

Shutters & Shutter-and-Shade – Privacy, Style & Strong Light Control

Plantation Shutters are a popular choice for bedrooms because they provide excellent privacy, daytime light control and a calm, stylish look that suits both modern and traditional homes. The solid frame helps reduce light and drafts with the adjustable louvres letting you control early-morning light without fully opening the shutters – ideal for front-facing bedrooms or rooms overlooked by neighbours.

For customers who love the shutter look but want stronger darkness, the Shutter-and-Shade system adds a blackout honeycomb blind discreetly behind the shutter panels. This improves warmth, reduces light bleed and gives much better darkness than shutters alone, without losing the clean shutter aesthetic.

Other Popular Choices for Bedrooms

Alongside the main blackout and layering solutions, there are several other window dressing styles that remain popular in bedrooms for their looks, practicality and flexibility. While they may not offer the same level of darkness as a full blackout system, they can work beautifully for bedrooms that don’t require a completely dark environment or where style and softness are just as important as light control.

These options are often chosen for their appearance, the way they complement décor, or how well they work in rooms that benefit from softer daylight rather than total blackout.

Roman Blinds (Blackout Lined) – Soft, Elegant & Cosy

Roman blinds bring warmth, softness and a more decorative feel to a bedroom, making them a popular choice for creating a cosy, luxurious look. When blackout lining is added, the fabric itself becomes fully opaque, no light passes through the cloth, which provides strong darkness and a comfortable bedtime environment.

However, as with all Roman blinds, some light seepage will still occur around the edges, whether the blind is fitted inside or outside the recess. Because the face fabric and blackout lining are stitched together, tiny pinholes can appear where the stitching meets the fabric. We use stab stitching to minimise these points (machine stitching creates a continuous line of light), but small pinholes are normal when strong sunlight hits the blind.

Roman blinds work particularly well when layered with Blinds and Curtains, helping reduce edge light and adding extra warmth and softness to the room.

Roller Blinds – Simple, Versatile, Popular & Available in Blackout Fabrics

Roller blinds remain one of the most popular choices for bedrooms thanks to their simplicity, versatility and wide choice of blackout and dim-out fabrics. They can be fitted as a standard roller or upgraded with a cassette at the top, which helps reduce the top light gap and gives a cleaner, more built-in appearance.

Even with blackout fabric, Roller Blinds will still allow a small amount of light to enter the room – usually down the sides and occasionally from the top. For this reason, Roller blinds are not a full blackout solution on their own, but they can work extremely well in bedrooms when used as part of a layered setup with Curtains or a secondary blind. This combination improves darkness, warmth and overall comfort.

Venetian Blinds (Wood & Faux Wood) – Stylish, Adjustable Privacy

Venetian blinds are a popular choice for bedrooms where flexible privacy and daytime light control are important. The adjustable slats allow you to angle light up or down, making them ideal for front-facing bedrooms or rooms overlooked by neighbours. Wood and Faux Wood Venetians also add a clean, stylish look that works well in both modern and traditional interiors.

Although they offer great control over daylight and privacy, Venetians are not designed for blackout. Light will always pass between the slats, making them better suited to bedrooms where some natural light is welcome in the morning, or where the priority is appearance and privacy rather than total darkness.

They can also be paired with Curtains to soften the room and reduce the light gaps, giving a warmer, more finished bedroom feel.

Other Blinds to Consider

While these blind styles aren’t the most practical choice for a typical kitchen sink window, some homeowners do prefer them for specific layouts, larger windows or for achieving a particular interior style.

They can work well in kitchens where the sink area isn’t splash-heavy, where windows sit away from cooking zones, or where design is a higher priority than everyday practicality.

Below are the main alternatives, with a clear look at their strengths and limitations to help you decide whether they may be suitable for your kitchen.