Blackstone Blackout Window Curtain Panel - Thermal Insulated Room Darkening Drapes for Bedroom & Living Room - Noise Reducing & Energy Efficient Home Decor

I just received these and they are very nice . I bought them because they were blue and room darkening & I had to have a valance for my sliding door to match. The color is darker then the picture shows they are more of a medium blue. They do a nice job of darkening the room . We have a rod on ours and the sides do let some light in but if you want total room darkening you need a regular rod that hangs closer to the wall so you can let the curtain wrap around and it will surely darken the room .They do hang nice and are very pretty drapes. We also bought the valences and they are just great on our sliding door. I was reading the instructions on how to wash and iron them it says to iron with a cold iron? How do you use a cold iron ? Duh ! When you plug in an iron it heats up in less it is off and what is the point ? ) and that is what makes it nice for getting out the wrinkles. I set my iron on polyester what the curtains are made out of 100% . I put a cotton towel over it and it did nothing so I took the towel off and proceeded to iron with out the towel ( figuring they are not that expensive so would give it a try ) on the polyester setting and it works fabulous. After ironing and hanging these they are really nice drapes .If you want blue drapes and they do work well for darkening the room you will not be disappointed with these .