These are thick and really great quality material. You can see light thru them a bit, but they cover really well and you wont notice if you are not using them to divide well lit areas. Like a kitchen or other room with lots of lighting. Still impressed by the coverage and material.<br />Now, the only down side which i was really unhappy with and took me FOREVER to hang them over. When you have the 2 pieces and run them on the rod, the top seem where you run the rod though? REALLY UNEVEN. And i mean an inch one one i bought and 2 INCHES difference on the other! When you drop the curtains after running thru the rod, the difference is so great, you have to hang the bar, then go to one side of the curtain and literally try to roll it back to match the other side to get the design to line up. it was a total pain! I had to use 3 hooks for the rod length, roll one side up an inch or more and use the hooks for the curtain rod holder to make it stay rolled up just to get it to match each side for the design lines.<br />This took WAY to long to hang due to this for both sets I bought. It was not just this one set, it was with both sets i bought. the seems at the top are completely uneven in the sewing/hem for the rod.<br />I made it work, but man did it take TO much work to get unevenly sewed curtains to match?<br />I had to put this one behind a couch so it doesnt look to bad as you cannot see the gap difference on the floor between one panel and the other. If you look in the center at the bottom, you can see where it 'starts' to pull up and uneven. couch hides most of it thankfully, This is because of the uneven hem for the rod at the top. I had to tape it for this one an inch up to make this one even.<br />if you are not in a well lit area, this one is really pretty tho toward evening when the sun starts to go down.