Customer Reviews for Home Decorators Collection Pewter Cordless Blackout Cellular Shades for Windows - 48 in. W x 48 in. L (Actual Size 47.75 in. W x 48 in. L)

Thrilled. Made myself a COVID sewing room on our enclosed back porch. Sunny window was just too warm. Perfect fit, easy install, makes a huge difference in room temp. I was shocked how quickly it arrived.

I ordered the Home Decorators blackout cordless cellular shades for my bedroom windows. My house came with all dark brown vinyl shades, and while room darkening when closed, they still let in a lot of light from street lights at night. Also one window faces full west and lets in a lot of heat in the summer. The windows are old and drafty so I'm hoping for improvement with insulation for all seasons too. I bought the snow drift color to make the room brighter, and it does make my bedroom cheerier. The shade appears to be good quality, but I don't have anything to compare it to. Home Depot did a nice job cutting them; I ordered them online instead of buying from a store location. The shade does darken the room much better than the original vinyl shades although there is light around the edges. I have noticed a slight improvement in room temperature by about a degree or so although I was hoping it would be better based on some of the other reviews for this product. Reasons for 4 stars: I had a terrible time snapping the blind in for the second one that I installed. The first went in fairly easily. I spent two hours trying to snap it in. It seemed to make the sound but would pop out when I let go of the head rail. After much frustration, I finally got it to click in. To be fair, I only installed one of the screws into the window frame for each bracket when installing the second shade. I don't know if that would affect installation. I had two inches of depth as the one window guide recommends but not two inches of flat depth as the other guide recommends and that became a problem for me when installing the first shade so I opted to forgo the second screw on the second installation. Design-wise it would have helped if the brackets spaced the screws differently so they would work for my windows which have an additional interior framing. I prefer the look of an inside mount better than an outside mount. I also wish they could have been cut to lessen the light bleed around the edges. I feel that I should have bumped up my measurement slightly instead of using the actual width in order to get the finished blind closer to my window width measurement. I would have liked it to fill the window better. Overall I'm happy with the blinds, and I would recommend them.

Easy to install and block light and heat really well. Was concerned they wouldn’t hold up, but haven’t creased or wrinkled even with little hands playing with them

Measurement and quality of the shade are spot on and appear to be decent quality for the price. However, there is nothing on these shades whatsoever to make it “blackout”. If you need a decent affordable shade without blackout purpose, then this is it. But otherwise, look elsewhere and spend the money.

This window shade is perfect for my new kitchen. Already have friends asking me where they can get for their own windows.

Easy to install. Shopped around. A blind store quoted us over 4k to do the whole house! I paid 600.00 total. They look great and I actually prefer this brand over an expensive blind in my bathroom. The other blind has a push button when closing or opening and sometimes get stuck. This blind is a simple push or pull down. My son-in-law installed for me. The 1st one was a bear to install but after that he installed 12 blinds in an hour and half.

Very lightweight. Blocks out the light. Light does come through a little around the edges of the window but not bothersome. Room is much darker than before with the shade down. I bought 2 and put them next to eachother because it's such a large window. I would give it a 5 if it would've come the the bottom clip the let's you lift the shade without having to use your nails when it's all the way down. I'll be ordering another one.

This Cellular Blackout Shade was an excellent purchase! We have searched high and low for something that was affordable, would block out the sun, and look good. Prices were so expensive everywhere else, and the affordable options looked so cheap. I wish we would have know about these blinds years ago. Now we are saving on air and our eyes get a break from the bright sunlight that’s hits our restroom in the morning. Thank You for making a quality product that’s affordable! It also arrived quickly and easy to assemble. We will be replacing all of our old metal blinds with these Cellular Shades! Just waiting on the white to be in stock:)

I have bought two of these and hung them In different rooms. I just love them.!!! Will be getting more for all my windows.

They were easy to install and worked really well for a week, but now one side won't stay up! I have two--one is working great; the other isn't. I've tried to look for tricks and fixes, but nothing. Disappointed in the quality and frustrated they didn't last even a week!

Exceptional quality and easy installation. Purchased several for my home and love the blackout lining. The shades look custom made and I would definitely order them again.

Easy to install.. great reduction of light and heat

I replaced my old ones that were worn out but I mostly like the cordless.

I should have reviewed the Q&A before buying. This is far the worst design and engineering I have ever seen in a product. At the end of the day this is just a simple shade right? No way! If you follow the instructions it simply doesn't work. The brackets are too tight for tilting the headrail if you work on limited depth. I followed some comments and put the back side first and tried to align the front piece after but it also didn't work. I ended up trying to bend the back hanging piece of the bracket and guess what?!? It was broken. Now out of 3 brackets, I have one working bracket (which I spent 1 hour and lot of scratches) 1 non working bracket and 1 broken bracket. The shade itself is a good catch but with these poorly designed brackets, my overall experience is not a great one. Anyone can recommend me a better bracket so I can purchase separately? (see the scratches on the headrail, broken brackets, non working bracket)

Great prouduct im so happy with this product i definitely recommend it it totally has reduce the heat in my bedroom like discribed in the reviews

We were about to spend $350 on four room-darkening shades for our bedroom from Select Blinds when we decided to quickly check out Home Depot online. Found these blinds and were shocked by the lower price and the great reviews. Ended up buying four sets of these and spending $150 less than planned. The delivery took one week, the quality is excellent and they look great! They also do an excellent job making the room dark and providing thermal insulation in a very sunny room. Would definitely recommend. Only drawback was that one of the boxes got torn open at the end during shipping and showed up without the hardware box. Fortunately, the extra hardware that came with the other three sets more than made up for the loss and we were able to hang all of these easily. Took less than 30 minutes to hang them all with a power drill, tape measure, and pencil.

We bought these for our master bedroom in our old house and loved them, so we just ordered them for our new house. I wish they came in more lengths so that we could have used them everywhere! These function perfectly over time as well!

Easy to install and looks professional!

Very easy to assemble. The color is perfect and it fits wonderfully to block out light.

Easy to install. Nice color. Bottom bar is thicker than the top. Wish they were the same size. Darkens room. Light does come in around the outer edges.

I installed two of these blinds in about 5 minutes each. The brackets are the "clip in" style I've seen multiple times so there was no learning curve. We got the room darkening version and they work well with minimal light bleeding around the side. I could have got rid of most of that by installing the blinds closer to the window.

Almost there. Thank you

Others have commented that some of the cellular sections are fuzzy, torn, or ragged at one end. The problem is that the process used to cut the blind to size has the effect of "welding" (for want of a better word) together the adjacent sides of many of the cells at the position where the cut is made. Although the blinds are not torn when they are received they will quickly become damaged when the customer opens them. (The photo shows where the edges of adjacent cells stick together.) As I started to pull the blind down for the first time I happened to be looking at the end with the welded cells and saw the ends of a couple of cells start to tear apart from the adjacent cell instead of opening cleanly. I dismounted the blind and tipped it up on the good end. Then I used a sharp utility knife to carefully open all of the stuck-together cell-wall edges, of which there were many. It took about 25 minutes. After I had remounted it I found a few more that I had missed. The blinds are a reasonable value and suited to purpose but I can recommend them only for those who are willing to do the work required to avoid damaging them upon first use.

The cellular shades look great and make our guest Room appear elegant with their sophisticated appearance

Fantastic look and fit. Sturdy with the kids pulling the blinds at times when learning to walk.

Yes, the installation was tedious with trying to clip in the blinds to the brackets, but I think that for the price and wide range of sizes it was well worth it for us to buy this for our baby's room. There is no light coming though - maybe the tiniest bit on the side - and it was cloudy when I took the pic. We did not put the bottom brackets on to keep it secure at the bottom because our old windows have a handle that sticks out pretty far on the window on the bottom.

Very pleased with my window shades !

The shades are easy to install. They pull down easy and lift easily. The only thing I'd like to have with these is a center pull piece (like a plastic clip that clips in the middle at the bottom to make it easier to pull down). I have some with that and it does help. Other than that, they are great shades.

I'm rating this item 4 stars, because the quality is good, not great, but I think overall for the price these are a great value for cordless, blackout shades that are available in such a variety of sizes without being a custom order. They are plastic and the tops and bottoms look plastic. The shades function smoothly, they stay where you pull them, and they block out the light as well as one can expect from blackout shades allowing light in only at the edges. I mounted them inside the windows, and they were very simple to install.

Compared to custom orders placed and/or trimmed in-store, this blind is a great deal. Easy to install, cut exactly the length ordered, and completely blocks the sun – no glow from sunlight coming through the materiel. Be aware, however, that there will be some light leakage around the edges but that is not the fault of the shade. Came shipped in a long (mine was over 90”) carton with a small box with brackets, screws, and instructions. To measure for my INSIDE MOUNT, for a large over-bathtub window, I found it handy to use a pair of yardsticks with a (paper or glue) clamp. Put one yard stick to touch the left side and the other to the right; clamp them together in the middle. You now have a "stick" the width of your new shade. Then raise the "stick" up and down (like you would a window shade) to verify that the window casing is parallel and the blind will fit top to bottom. Leave just a little room side-to-side (maybe 1/4" or less; the more space you leave, the more light will come in the sides). Then measure the stick with a tape measure - voila! - that is the "actual size" shade width to order. You don't need to use the included end caps (which add 3/8" total to "actual width") for an inside mount application.