Types of Window Treatments for Your Kitchen

Not everyone is lucky enough to have kitchens that feature windows: Nearly all of us who lived in a major city at some point or another remember dealing with tiny, compressed apartments with kitchens consisting of a stove/oven combo and a refrigerator shoved into a corner that didn’t even have a proper countertop, let alone a window. So once we live in houses with kitchen windows, we shouldn’t take them for granted. 

All that being said, this doesn’t mean you need to stick with traditional window styles. Why not accent them with some treatments that bring a more welcoming or quirky aesthetic to the space? Here, we’ll take a closer look at a number of potential treatment ideas perfectly suited to the kitchen, one of the most vital hubs of your household’s daily activities. 

Bold Kitchen Window Treatment Patterns and Colors

Consider the color scheme of your kitchen – everything from the appliances to the cupboards and countertops. Are there a number of different hues that match one another, or is it only two or three, or even monochromatic? And are those colors simple and essentially neutral, like white, eggshell or light beige, or something that draws the eye? 

If this is the case, HGTV recommended adding treatments that feature patterns designed to immediately command the attention. For residential windows in the kitchen, shades or valances are ideal, giving the whole space a jolt of color and character without distracting from the view the way curtains might.