Got any ideas to make a room darker?

Question

I absoloutly hate my room. The blinds are so bright, instead of making it darker, when the sun hits them my room explodes with brightness. I'm normally woken up at 5 AM by my dad and sister screaming. Not literally, but I don't know how they think they're whispering. Maybe making their voices a bit softer, BUT STILL GOING LIKE THIS. Why? They're in the same freaking room. Also, this room, the window is directly where the sun rises, and at a perfect spot to shine light directly onto my bed. I miss my old room. I could make it pitch black. But I can't go there because my SISTER is there. And the blinds are new, so I don't want to be ungrateful and say I need more new ones. So, I can't move into my old room, just close the blinds, move my bed, ask for darker blinds, sleep under the blankets(I can't breath), or complain because right now everyone's already stressed enough.

I don't want to go to sleep at two am only to be woken up a few hours later.

Answer 1

put foil on the windows.

Answer 2

The best thing to do is to measure the exact recess size of your window, and get some made to measure blackout roller blinds. Good quality Blackout roller Blinds will have a completely opaque layer sandwiched between two layers of fabric (the opaque layer is normally a PVC layer). This way, when the blind is closed, no light (or a tiny amount around the edge) will enter the room. To combat the light coming in at the edges, you could also hang decorative curtains with tie backs to cover the edge of the window.

Checkout the range of Blackout Blinds available

http://www.bruceblinds.com/blackout-roll...

Answer 3

But long dark, and possibly thick, drapes for your windows. That, with the blinds, will shut the light out. You can find them anywhere. For example, Target.

Answer 4

Get black out curtains or blinds or shutters.

Wear a sleeping eye mask or drape a heavy cover over curtains.

Quick east one just put some cardboard over window at night, you could paint it or wrap a sheet around it or a poster.

Answer 5

You Could Paint your room darker maybe a dark red or something and have darker curtains aswell  

Answer 6

Do you have any curtain rods around?  Not anything fancy ... even the white metal ones would do.  (They're really inexpensive if you need to buy them; I get mine at WalMart).  

Put the curtain rods up, if you don't already have them.  Find a dark bath towel (or buy one ... again, nothing too fancy).  Use safety pins to hang the towel over the rod.  It may not be light BLOCKING, but it will help dim the room and absorb extra noise.