I certainly would not add anymore wood. What do you want from the window coverings. I happen to want to be able to see outside all the time so solar shades for heat and UV protection also daytime privacy and I get to keep the view . At night if i need privacy I mix those shades with drapes or roman shades. IMO you already have too much yellow maybe before choosing anything else make sure all the bulbs in all the fixtures are LEDs 4000K or daylight.

I would not do yellow. Sage green is a nice complement to oak. I would do roman shades in a fabric

It's a beautiful kitchen - does not look dated. Oak cabinets can look very current when they are a simple design like yours. I love that last fabric jck posted for Roman Shades. It's so fun and fresh looking.

For daytime privacy, look into exterior solar shades. You can still see out but others cannot see in - that changes at night. They are remote controlled so you can lower/raise them from inside the house. They can be mounted up under the eaves so they don't really show.

From the window treatment, we would like ability for privacy at night since the street is a little busy and we frequently come down to the kitchen in pajamas. No view we particularly want to see from this kitchen

I love the look of Roman shades with fabric! My fiancé is very against them. He says the ones above the sink will get dirty.

I have a fabric roman shade above my sink since 2014 and it still looks great. I lower it every evening

Are you sure those cabinet are oak? I think it's a lovely kitchen with very nice cabinets. But I also am not seeing the oak grain. Perhaps they are oak, but it seems like they are probably nice quality not some of the poor quality oak from the 90s.

Maybe they are not 100% oak. We just moved here. Kitchen was updated in 2015 so they might be a newer version of a material that looks like oak

We definitely love our kitchen, thank you! This is why we don’t want to paint over the cabinets - because they do not remind us of the outdated cabinets. I think im just worried if we put too much wood (faux wood) the whole kitchen will look woody. What if we did ivory faux wood blinds? Would that still be too much?

Fabric roman shades would look great- I'd consider doing them on all the windows- including the french doors. Maybe complimentary color/pattern for the breakfast area. Beautiful cabinets- definitely not oak!

Love the idea of Roman shades! This was what I originally was looking at.

So we actually are going through a local company for window treatment installment. They came out for measurements and told us the kitchen Bay Area windows wouldn’t be suitable for Roman shades because of these different knobs in the windows (you can very much tell I’m a first time homeowner with my lack of knowledge of home terms haha). They actually recommended blinds due to this component. Or roller shades but I feel like roller shades would not have a place in this kitchen at all

I’m also just worried with Roman shades if they would block out the very little light our kitchen gets (it still seems so dark despite our windows) would off-white faux wood blinds be better possibly for light?

I'm not sure how roman shades would block out much more light than blinds...and cleaning a roman shade is much easier than cleaning blinds! Your kitchen, right now, is made up of mostly "hard" materials - textiles will help soften the room, and give it some texture.

Agree with Sammie J. That company is wrong you can definitely do roman shades on those windows. That is the exact window I have with a roman shade that I posted above. Have the shades hung above the window trim so they don't cover so much of the window when up.

Jck910 yes I saw your window is the same! Maybe they meant this with woven wood Roman shades (that was what we showed them first). Thanks everyone for your input! I think Roman shades would be best also and can nicely have ones on the French doors. Next step is me convincing my fiancé who is against them because he’s convinced they will get dirty and be hard to clean. Do you recommend flat Roman shades in the kitchen? Anyone have problems getting the cordless ones dirty with your hands?

If possible, I would just live without shades for a little while and see how it grows on you, particularly since you're worried about blocking light. Your cabinets and furnishings lean modern, and going minimal on window treatments would fit that aesthetic. I did this in a city house, initially thinking I would want blinds for privacy, but then realized it didn't really bother us after living with it for a bit.

I’ve been playing around with green Roman shades and I’m actually loving how it looks with the warm cabinets and the velvet blue chairs

We’re going to change our lightbulbs also- I do see the light is too warm at night

Kpkowski I can say that after 3 months we definitely want the privacy. We walk our dog frequently at night and have looked into the other homes. It feels like we are the only house on the street that is so open and easy to see into at night. It might just also be due to our French doors - they provide a perfect view into our home (at evening/ night time) and there’s always people taking walks outside on our street. we also have a home gym so after pilates when I run into my kitchen for water, I feel a little self conscious depending on what I'm wearing. I love the look of open windows though in the kitchen! maybe in our next home

If you have a ton of cabinets, something to consider would be removing the cabinets to the left of the kitchen sink window. That would hugely open up light and space. Instead, you could put open shelves there in same finish as the cabinets.

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You could easily get some nice fabric "fake" roman shades, that look like roman shades but don't lower and can be hung so not much but the window trim is hidden. You can have something behind them to lower when you want privacy, like a pull down shade or a cellular (they come with remotes if reaching the shade is a problem).

Some people like top down bottom up shade which can provide a covering on just the lower part of the window, which gives you privacy from the street, yet you can still see out over them and the light comes in on the upper part of the window. Or you can raise them completely to hide them, also behind a fake roman shade if you want fabric. They also have remotes.

So I think our main concern with privacy would be the French doors and the windows by the breakfast area. The sink ones have a view that you really can’t see so much unless someone is right by the window washing dishes. Would it be weird to just put Roman shades on the door and breakfast area windows? Maybe we could just put them on the sink windows and not put them down so much and they won’t get dirty

Not at all! I think the door and windows by your breakfast area are enough of their own space that it could still look cohesive.

Wanted to provide an update. We went with Roman Shades for all windows including French doors. We picked Graber Fresco Royals in color “Storm” which is a grayish sage green. It came out so spectacular and we couldn’t be happier. Perfectly complemented our cabinets, made our navy blue velvet chairs and bar stools look more luxurious, was nice and light, but still added some fun to the kitchen. I love the soft look it added to the kitchen. We also changed our light bulbs to LED 4000K. Just want to give a really BIG thank you to you all for your input! I don’t think this is a decision we would have come across on our own as first time homeowners- to choose Roman shades and this color specifically. The advice on this post has helped us so much! Thank you!

Looks wonderful!