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KITCHEN WINDOW TREATMENTS
May 1, 2023 By Hunter Douglas
Stylish window treatments can help amp up a kitchen’s aesthetic, as well as provide light control when you need it and privacy when you want it.
But before you choose your kitchen window treatments, you need to take into account where your windows are located. If they're near the sink, stove or other food-prep areas where your shades may come into contact with water, steam or grease splatters, you might consider faux wood blinds, faux wood shutters or vinyl roller shades because they're very durable and easy to clean with a damp cloth.
If your kitchen windows are located away from food prep areas, you could also look at window treatments like Roman shades, roller shades (in any fabric) and woven wood shades, as well as energy-efficient cellular shades.
1. Cellular Shades
Duette® Honeycomb Shades—the original cellular shades—are specifically designed to provide extra insulation at the window. Their unique honeycomb design traps air in distinct pockets, keeping a room cooler when temps heat up outdoors and warmer when temps are cold. (For maximum energy efficiency, look to Duette Architella® shades, which have a honeycomb-within-a-honeycomb design.) |
Their unique honeycomb design keeps a room cooler when temps heat up and warmer when temps are cold. |
Duette Honeycomb Shades Fabric: Architella® Elan®
Duette Honeycomb Shades Fabric: Architella® Elan®
Duette shades are available in numerous fabrics, colors and textures, and in a variety of pleat sizes and opacities, so they’ll complement any kitchen décor. They’re also available with different features, such as the Duolite® system, which combines a light-filtering and a room-darkening fabric into a single shade, for flexible light control. Have sliding-glass doors in your kitchen? Duette with the Vertiglide™ system gives you the flexibility to use either one shade to cover the entire expanse of the door or two shades that operate independently.
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2. Sheer Shadings
Sheer shadings magically transform the sun’s harsh rays into a gorgeous glow— which helps soften the look of a kitchen’s hard surfaces. |
Silhouette® Window Shadings Fabric: Radiant
Sheer shadings magically transform the sun’s harsh rays into a gorgeous glow. |
Designer Screen Shades Fabric: Abyss
Designer Screen Shades Fabric: Omni
Silhouette® Window Shadings feature S-shaped fabric vanes that “float” between sheers, so you can enjoy filtered light and a daytime view while maintaining your privacy. For even more light control, Silhouette shadings are also available with the Duolite® option that lets you pair a sheer shading with a room-darkening roller shade.
Pirouette® Window Shadings are designed with beautifully contoured fabric vanes that gracefully open and close along a single sheer backing. With two vane sizes, and semi-opaque and room-darkening fabrics in numerous colors, textures and patterns, Pirouette shadings will work well in any kitchen.
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4. Faux Wood Blinds and Shutters
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...the luxurious look of real wood blinds ...they're much more resilient to stains than genuine hardwood. |
Everwood® Alternative Wood Blinds
Everwood® Alternative Wood Blinds
EverWood® Alternative Wood Blinds, for example, have the luxurious look of real wood blinds with realistic grain patterns, but they're made with a TruGrain® finish, so they're guaranteed against fading, yellowing, warping or bowing, even when exposed to steam or extreme heat while you're cooking. To clean, just wipe down with soap and water.
Made with a UV-resistant Polysatin compound, Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Shutters are also guaranteed never to warp, crack, fade, chip, peel or discolor, even in extreme heat or moisture. And while your guests might mistake them for finely painted shutters, they're much more resilient to stains than genuine hardwood. |
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