Originally Posted by Sly

I have a courtyard right outside my bedroom window that is fully lit all night long. Extremely annoying, as you can imagine, and is more than likely cutting into my sleep quality. I would like to put up blackout curtains, but the catch is, I like the morning sunlight waking me up.

Is there any kind of motorized curtain system that I could put on a timer to open the blackout curtains every morning at a set time? I'm familiar with some of the automated blind systems, those are pretty intense from what I have seen though.

Interested in any ideas. Would love to come up with a compromise that gives me dark at night and light in the morning.