Install the blinds before adding anything else to your window like curtains.
Block light around door.
With heating costs going through the roof here s an easy way to keep heat from slipping out your doors too.
Blackout curtains or shades.
Cut a new length of stripping to fit into the groove and either nail it or stick it.
I have them on the windows in my bedroom it can be bright and sunny outside and completely dark in my bedroom because of them.
If you are seeing light through exterior doors you may need to simply replace the worn weather stripping.
I found that by blocking the light coming from under the door helped a lot with sleep.
Take 30 minutes and replace the weather stripping and door sweeps around your steel entry doors.
Roller shades naturally have large gaps to the sides of the fabric so these light blocking strips are the perfect solution for maximum light control.
Focus on blocking light and sound first covering windows masking and absorbing noises and blocking air leaks from around windows or doors.
You can see by this photo that the foyer has a lot of light and the bedrooms are right off of it.
Visit your local home goods store for blackout blinds which help prevent any light from entering the room.
Upgraded door draft stopper for large gap widened door sweep seal gap up to 1 2 5 for interior exterior and garage doors keeping draft dust noise unwanted light and pests out 3 w x 37 l black.
Move it up or down until the door closes smoothly with no light seeping through.
Check out how to make your own french inspired boxy door draft or light blocker.
Install blackout blinds that are mounted to your windows.
You can also purchase room darkening curtains and just hang them over the door these curtains are made of a kind of fabric that blocks light people who work at night and sleep during the day purchase them.