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[Did] Blackout curtains up before any box unpacked

Still got boxes stacked in the hallway from the move, maybe 15 of them unopened, but the first thing I did before touching any of it was get blackout curtains up in the bedroom.

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The old place stayed dark from years of grime on the blinds, this one doesn’t, afternoon sun comes straight through. First morning here I taped a sheet over the window instead and that held for about 3 hours before it got too bright to sleep through.

So day 2, before a single kitchen box got opened, the curtains went up. Took close to 20 minutes, most of that spent digging through boxes to find the drill.

Slept until 9 that morning instead of waking at 6 like the day before. Everything else is still half packed, kid’s room hasn’t even started, but the one room that needed to work right away does now.

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  • SkinHarmony10.30 06:46

    The sheet over the window trick is exactly what I did too right after my move, the bedroom here faces a direction that lets the morning light pour straight in and I kept waking up way earlier than I wanted until I finally got real curtains up.

  • WindowSeat10.30 14:10

    Finding the drill taking longer than actually hanging the curtains sounds exactly like my place. I’ve had a blackout curtain sitting in the closet for 2 months now and somehow the boxes always win first.

  • SunnySide11.04 13:23

    Curtains over boxes, nice! Still unpacking?

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