The Nursery Edit

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The Nursery Edit · Blackout · Cordless · Installed by Rolli

Dark enough to nap. Soft enough to grow up in.

Nurseries and kids rooms in the shades and drapery Rolli makes and installs: blackout rollers behind linen drapery, cellular shades on small windows, Romans that read as fabric and go fully dark. Everything here is cordless or motorized, measured by the installer and fitted by Rolli.

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Nursery with blue toile wallpaper, a white crib and blush pleated drapery under a box pelmet

LightBlackout fabric, outside mount or side channels

SafetyCordless or motorized, no cords in reach

ProductsRoller · Cellular · Roman · Drapery

ProcessFree consult · measured by the installer

Lead timeRoller shades 3 to 10 days after the measure

Why the room still glows

Blackout fabric is the easy part. The edges are the job.

0light through the fabric

2ways to close the gap

3–10days, measure to install

A blackout fabric stops light passing through the weave. Every blackout we sell does that. Close one at one in the afternoon and the room still glows, because the light is coming around the shade, down each side and across the top, not through it.

So the nursery decision is mostly about the mount. An outside mount that overlaps the frame by a couple of inches on each side kills most of the gap. Side channels on an inside mount kill the rest. Drapery over a blackout roller does both and makes the window look finished.

The fabric choice is then a design choice: a roller that disappears, a cellular that insulates, a Roman that reads as linen. All three go dark. Pick on texture and color, and let the installer set the mount.

Arched kids-room window with the roller shade raised, blue drapery and a pink desk below — Shade up Light-filtering roller shade →

The same window with the roller shade lowered, fabric filling the frame — Shade down Light-filtering roller shade →

The edit

Six picks for a nursery

Roller · Blackout

Sanctuary Blackout roller

The quiet one. Flat, clean, disappears into a cassette. Cordless or motorized.

See Sanctuary

Cellular · Blackout

¾ in cellular, blackout

Honeycomb cells insulate a small window and go fully dark. Cordless lift.

See cellular

Cellular · No drill

No-drill cellular, blackout

Tension-fit inside the frame. For rentals and windows you cannot screw into. Shipped to you.

See no drill

Roman · Blackout lined

Rio Flax Roman, soft fold

Reads as linen, lined to go dark. The pick when the shade is the softest thing in the room.

See Romans

Drapery · Layered

Linen drapery over a blackout roller

Pleated panels frame the window and cover the light gap; the roller behind does the blackout.

See drapery

Guide

Blackout vs light filtering

Which opacity for which room, with photos of both at noon.

Read the guide

Drapery in the nursery

The soft layer. Sheers by day, linen at night.

Drapery is the nursery product people underrate. A sheer takes the glare off a daytime room without closing it; a lined linen panel over a blackout roller covers the light gap and makes the window the warmest thing in the room. Rolli makes drapery like this to the measured drop, in the same fabrics, and hangs it.

Kids room with floral wallpaper, sage pleated drapery and a light-wood dresser — Pleated drapery, kids room Pinch-pleat linen drapery →

Dusty-rose pleated drapery beside a white crib with a painted pink arch — Pleated drapery, dusty rose Pinch-pleat linen drapery →

Floor-to-ceiling sheer ripple-fold drapery beside a timber crib — Sheers, floor to ceiling Sheer drapery, ripple fold →

White pleated drapery on a black rod beside a timber crib and a framed print — Pleated panels on a rod Pleated drapery, wall rod →

Crib and reading chair beside a tall window with grey light-filtering drapery — The feeding corner Light-filtering drapery →

Sheer ripple-fold drapery in a grey nursery with a beaded chandelier and hot-air-balloon mobiles — Sheers, grey nursery Sheer drapery, ripple fold →

Grey drapery on a tall window beside a timber crib and a spotted rug — Grey linen, timber crib Lined linen drapery →

Sheer ripple-fold drapery across a wide window in a nursery with a rainbow mural — Sheers, wide window Sheer drapery, ripple fold →

Nursery with blue floral wallpaper, a white crib and pleated blush drapery on a tall window — Pleated drapery, floral room Pinch-pleat drapery →

How it works

Measured, made and installed before the due date

Consult

A designer visits with samples, or you order free samples online. Opacity, mount and controls decided at the window.

Measure

The installer measures every opening, sets inside or outside mount and notes side channels where the gap matters.

Make

Shades made to the measured size. Roller shades are ready 3 to 10 days after the measure; Romans and drapery take longer.

Install

Rolli installs, pairs the remotes and shows you the controls. Nothing to assemble, no cords left hanging.

Twin kids room with the roller shade closed on an arched window and blue gingham drapery — Roller behind gingham drapery Roller shade + pleated drapery →

Kids desk nook with floral wallpaper and built-in cabinets — Desk nook

Bunk room with blue drapery on a wide window and a toy shelf — Bunk room Lined drapery, wall rod →

Nursery with a daybed, grey walls and a white roller shade

What to specify

The nursery spec sheet

Opacity: Blackout for the nap room. Light filtering for a playroom or a shared bedroom that is used all day.
Mount: Outside mount with 2 in overlap each side where the frame allows. Inside mount with side channels where it does not.
Controls: Cordless lift or a motor. Motorized shades on a remote or an app; schedule them for nap time.
Fabric: Roller: Sanctuary, Balmoral or Tusk blackout. Cellular: ¾ in blackout. Roman: any Rolli range with blackout lining.
Layering: Drapery over a blackout roller covers the light gap and softens the window. Sheers for daytime rooms.
Samples: Free. Hold them against the wall and the crib before you choose.