{"id":11981,"date":"2023-06-05T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2023-06-05T09:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/?p=11981"},"modified":"2025-09-08T23:04:47","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T07:04:47","slug":"best-sleeping-window-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blindsgalore.com\/blog\/index.php\/exhibitions\/best-sleeping-window-treatments\/","title":{"rendered":"Best Sleeping Window Treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loving light and how it affects our lives, our moods, and our homes, the summer solstice which happens this Sunday, June 21st, highlights a\u00a0special day of celebrating light and fantasy.\u00a0Here in Southern California the summer solstice begins Wednesday, June 21st as the sun rises at 5:41 AM and sets at 8:00 PM to give us the longest daylight hours of the year.<\/p>\n

The sun rises high in the sky and as it begins to set, the sun appears to almost stop and then change direction on a downward southern path. Solstice comes from “sol” which means sun and “stitium” which means stop. Even though the sun is at its highest point in the sky on summer solstice day and the rays strike the earth at its most direct angle, after this midsummer night’s day, our sunlight hours will decline just as the first day of summer officially begins. No wonder there is so much magic and mystery wrapped up in this momentous event. As William Shakespeare mused in ” A Midsummer Night’s Dream”…<\/p>\n

Are you sure<\/p>\n

That we are awake?<\/p>\n

It seems to me<\/p>\n

That yet we sleep,<\/p>\n

we dream.<\/p>\n

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Sleeping and dreaming are essential to our well-being and as we embrace the light, our sleeping patterns are challenged with brighter and more abundant light. New statistics reveal that we are sleeping more, averaging (14 years and older) 8 hours, 44 minutes per day. We are working less, as watching TV still remains our #1 hobby, but the ease and popularity of our smart gadgets continues to erode sitting in front of “the big screen.” Reading, and socializing in person has declined and it is no surprise that surfing the web, pinging social media (TikTok alert) and playing video games now occupies more of our leisure time. Whether you fit this pattern or choose to be a throwback or a renegade, sleep time and restful time-outs are needed more than ever to calm hyperactive and overstimulated brains.<\/p>\n

A quick reminder that all light disrupts sleep, but the blue wavelengths that are released from electronics like TV’s, computers screens and smart devices, interrupt the part of our brain, the suprachiasmatic nucleus, which produces melatonin, our sleep hormone. Melatonin is cued during the onset of darkness to induce that sleeping feeling. Our body naturally craves a dark room for optimal sound sleeping and we need to be vigilant in protecting our sleeping spaces from all kinds of disturbances.<\/p>\n

Be prepared for ever earlier sunrises in the morning and for longer, leisure days of light. Here are some of my favorite bedroom window treatment ideas to surround your bedroom in subdued comfort.<\/a> Don’t cheat yourself out of a good night’s sleep. Get rid of the aluminum foil or black poster board taped to your window and control the light in style!<\/p>\n

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