RYB HOME Blackout French Door Curtain for Kitchen Front Back Door Window

Warning, long review! But a good read if you are detail oriented person, like me. I’ve been searching for a simple and easy (but classy) curtains for my back French doors. I live in city limits and neighbors can, at times, see into my kitchen. These curtains not only offer privacy but help reduce sunlight/heat/cold into my kitchen. In the following paragraphs/sections, I plan to explain how I went about my install then pros and cons of this product. Before I dive in, I’d like to mention that I bought a quantity of 2. I was a bit hesitant on if there were two panels or just one… easier to return one than have just one hanging up while waiting on the other. Also, I used rubbing alcohol to clean the surface area for the best adhesion. It’s important to note that rubbing alcohol may not work for every surface type out there. Use caution. Install: (Measure:) I measured the width and length of the window on the door then wrote it down on the instruction manual. I also measured the curtain - since I read a previous review that stated that the curtain was actually “smaller” in size than what is referenced in the description. I found that with my measurements I needed about 2” (on the width measurement) of the curtain to exceed the edge of the window. Almost the same scenario with the length, so I went with an inch above the window. This would allow the curtain to adhere on a flat surface above the window and hang over the lip of the window’s frame. This allowed the curtain to hang past the bottom of the window - for optimal coverage. (Marking measurements:) My door is metal, so I used a pencil and marked one inch above the center of the window (the bottom horizontal edge of the Velcro would sit above this marking) and one inch up ⬆️ and two inches ↔️ from the left and right edge of the window. (Three markings in total so that the Velcro was centered and level with the window). I measured the full length across of the two end markings to determine how long the Velcro strip needed to be. Cut the first one and used the first one as a template to cut the second strip. I then used a pencil to mark the two inches in from the edge of the Velcro so that they would line up with the markings on the door to be centered. Before removing the tape backing, I checked my markings against the markings on the door and they lined up. Removed the backing and adhered the Velcro tape to the door. (Curtain install:) I may advise letting the tape “cure” to the door for optimal adherence. I left it for about 20-30 minutes before hanging up the curtains. Pros and Cons: Pro: very easy and simple install that made such a big change in my kitchen. I could see an instant result in the reduction of sunlight. The color referenced in the listing accurately reflected the color of the panel. I went with the “linen” color to go with the neutral tones of my kitchen and to hide any future or potential stains that come about. In my opinion, solid color curtains show stains and creases easily. Light textured or light patterned curtains disguise it better. As far as sturdiness… I’d say that is very reliant on how clean the surface area is. After hanging up the curtains and then deciding to take them down for adjustments… it was rather difficult for me (a strong grown woman) to remove the Velcro curtain from the Velcro adhered to the door. Cons: and this is not anything the manufacturer could avoid… but it was an eye sore for me. After hanging up the curtains I noticed a ton of creases and wrinkles all throughout. While I could just let the curtains hang and the wrinkles will fall out eventually, I decided to just iron it for better aesthetics. The two straps that hold the curtain up in an “open” fashion were badly wrinkled. (Also worth mentioning, the straps hang underneath the Velcro strip adhered to the curtain, not over the top in front. I only have them flipped over the front to show how badly wrinkled they were) The tag says to iron on low. If you have a steamer, it’ll pull the creases out quickly. If you have an old school iron and iron board like me… it wasn’t that hard either. I started on low heat and gradually increased to maintain integrity of the material. I also used the steam feature on my iron to speed up the process. (Roughly 10 minutes per curtain) I took pictures to show the windows before curtains, one with and one without curtain, one wrinkled and one ironed… for reference. If you are renting or just don’t want to drill holes in your door, this is a great option! Would recommend!

I used this on a glass door and it made a huge difference right away. It helps block sunlight, heat, and adds privacy without needing to drill holes. The fabric looks much nicer than I expected for the price and installation was very easy. Great option if you want a quick and affordable solution for a door window.

Great solution where a curtain and rod isn't do-able. Reasonably priced and so easy to install! I'm using this for the purpose of blocking the sun that comes through my full glass door during certain times of the day and it's the perfect size for the door covering it entirely. This curtain has a white backing making the material somewhat heavy and it's a challenge for me to roll up neatly especially with the wide and long size of this curtain. I am a bit clumsy I hope I get better at it as time goes on. This is my second purchase of this item the first one I bought is a darker color and it does not have the white backing. It's also a smaller size and without the white backing adding extra weight it's easier for me to fold up neatly just like the picture shows. It appears that only the lighter colors have the white backing so I would be careful to check for that in the description with the color you choose if having or not having the white backing makes a difference to you. This larger sized curtain was quite wrinkled coming out of the small packaging it came in. The wrinkles didn't bother me enough to try to smooth out. But what a great idea this is! Highly recommend!

It will block the light pretty well. The material is hard to iron, it really wants to hold onto creases for whatever reason, even after washing and ironing. You can get most of them out with ironing, but still. Easy to apply to the door or window. As some have stated, it comes with two 3M Velcro strips (one backup), both longer than needed, so you'll have to trim them. The material can be a little off, not quite square when hung up, but it's not a dealbreaker.

i am so happy with this curtain. It has the best velcro. It looks great. went up in 5 min. it’s really good . perfect for my back door. i love it and the price was great!

I purchased these to blackout my bedroom door that leads straight outside. My wife and my brother in law both work nights so they both need a dark room to sleep during the day. The internal blinds on both of their doors just dont cut out enough. These worked very well. They were easy to install and fast. I used a couple magnets to better secure them to a metal door so that nearly 0 light gets through. I'm very happy with the quality, value, and useability of these.

Purchased the lightest green option. It’s so light it looks beige most of the time. (Included pics with curtain in daylight up and down, and with hall light on and off, including close up of fabric.) Wish I would have purchased darker color. The curtain itself fits window space on door well, I measured before ordering and expected this. Allows privacy at night when curtain is down and light filters in window by day when curtain is up. Bu day when curtain is down it’s light blocking material. The velcro function is holding up so far. I previously purchased a metal magnetic curtain rod for my door this curtain is used with. Reason for 3 star is because the bottom of curtain had cutout for rod to go into but the top was sewn shut. The top is where the valance part of the curtain is so it flips upside down and shows white underneath part if one were to put rod in the bottom slot instead od using curtain properly. My husband tore out the thread that sewn shut the rod pocket at top for rod to fit and curtain be properly used. We didn’t want to use the non rod hanging option. Aside from these reasons curtain itself is fine, but I likely would have chosen differently had I realized these things for the price paid. I don’t hate it. It serves its purpose so I’ll keep it for a bit before I replace with a different look.

THESE ARE WONDERFUL! Bought these for bedroom French doors in a short-term rental. Not allowed to install anything permanent, and existing drapes were thin and couldn’t sleep. Per instructions, I cleaned the doors (Dawn dishwashing liquid) and cut Velcro tape into 4-5” pieces (not one long piece) before attaching to the painted wood doors. Time to leave the rental, I used a hair dryer to warm the pieces of attached Velcro, then holding hair dryer near the tape, pulled away a corner of the Velcro and slowly pulled the strips off the wood and tossed them. No damage to the wood. NONE. Extra Velcro comes with the drapes, so I can reuse blinds again. Would not recommend for use on Sheetrock walls because the Velcro is very sticky and would probably remove the paint.

Nice material, works exactly as I expected. Very easy to put up.

This is just what I was after for my glass door. And looks stylish when rolled up

Simple. Neat

Ça dit 69x30. En réalité c'est 29,75x68.75 et avec le rebord. Pour la largeur, ça m'a donné 1,37 pouce de chaque côté pour couvrir la fenêtre. Pour la longueur ça arrive juste en bas car une fois le rebord du haut plié pour le coller au mur il reste 66 pouces juste, ce qui est la longueur de ma fenêtre sans dépasser le bas. Disons que le tissus même repassé reste frippé un peu partout et les plis ne partent pas. J'ai mis un plein jour par-dessus le soir pour donner une belle allure à ma fenêtre car on ne voit pas les rideaux plissés. J'en ai acheté d'un autre endroit dans le passé et le tissus est ne se frippe pas contrairement à celui-ci. Au printemps je vais chercher le genre de tissus qui ne frippe pas. Décevant.

Definitely not blackout curtains, but they do filter out some light. They were very easy to install. I got the pure white ones so maybe that affected their performance?