I went back and forth between a 3 star and 2 star. This pattern and color is what I've been looking for, including black out curtains. I opened them as soon as I got them and held them up to my back door... these are not black out curtains. These are room darkening curtains. I was pretty disappointed by this. The material is thick and heavy, which is great and they look nice. I would skip if you're wanting black out curtains.