Let there NOT be light

Around 11 months ago, when I was still pregnant and working on the nursery, I had a harm time justifying the cost of Blackout curtains. As I mentioned then, I opted for the regular panels. I don't want to say that I regret that decision but Charlotte's room was TOO bright.. even with blinds and curtain panels.

The reason I say I don't regret the blackout panels is that I am not 100% sure they would have made a difference in our case. Because Charlotte's room has 2 windows and 2 closets, we had no choice but to place both the crib and the dresser in front of the windows. So while she does have curtains, opening and closing panels behind the furniture would be super difficult (and noisy) to do each time the baby was sleeping.

So back in December, we decided to try our hand at tinting her windows. The only product our local Lowe's had in stock at that time was the Gila Glare Control Bronze. Honestly, we didn't really research anything in advance and just picked up one roll to try it out on one of the windows in the nursery. We lived with it for a couple of weeks and it did made a difference in the amount of light coming through. So, we decided to go back to Lowe's to purchase a second roll to tint the window behind the crib. This time they were fully stocked and we found Gila Privacy Control Black. It also is room darkening which is EXACTLY what we were looking for. So we tried that on the other window. It was perfect: the room was significantly darker and you can't see anything if you peer in from the outside. Oh and her room stays cooler!

We left one window bronze and the other with the privacy control film for a few days before deciding to replace the original bronze window with the privacy control. I thought this would be a nightmare but it was relatively easy to remove and didn't leave any residue on the windows.

As far as application goes, we laid the film out on the tile floors, measured the windows and cut each panel to size. You can really only get one average/large sized window per roll of the product.

We cut the product into two rectangles and applied one at a time rubbing out the bubbles as we went.

Overall the application went well: we don't have any bubbles and the product looks great. Our corners aren't perfect but there are blinds over the window anyway so you don't really see it unless you are looking for it.

We have lived with the product for about 6 months now and have been extremely happy with it so far!