Consider this your first home project of the season.
A little natural light goes a long way in making your kitchen feel more inviting and cozy, so finding the ideal window treatment for your aesthetic and needs should be at the top of your home projects list for spring. Typically, your kitchen isn't the room that requires the utmost privacy, like your bedroom or bathroom, and you're not sleeping in it, so blackout curtains and shades aren't necessary for this space. You have a bit more freedom to play around with your kitchen windows than other rooms in the house, both in the accessories and the windows themselves. But what kitchen window ideas work best for your space? Well, we've got some designer recommendations.
Switching up your curtains or painting your window trim are easy and relatively inexpensive ways to switch up the look of your kitchen, and they have a lot of impact on the space. For example, painting the trim around your kitchen windows a darker shade of the wall color adds depth to the room, keeping the space from feeling one-note. And hanging shelves in front of your view can actually create a more interesting point to look at. It just depends on how much privacy you want and what you're willing to spend.
Below, find 11 kitchen window ideas that'll fit into any budget and any style, and get started on that spring project.
In this butler's pantry designed by Eddie Maestri of Maestri Studio, curtains weren't needed over this kitchen window, so Maestri decided to use the space for storage. He attached hanging shelves above the window frame, giving the liquor and glassware a chance to sparkle in the natural light.
The colorful Roman shades that Fran Keenan hung up in this scullery add a much-needed warm balance to the space. In your own home, if you're looking for kitchen window ideas revolving around colors, consider choosing something at the opposite end of the color spectrum to create balance and intrigue.
If your kitchen windows just aren't cutting it in the natural light department, add skylights to the space. This kitchen by Alexander Reid has plenty of windows, but it needed some help to bring the sun inside. The designer's solution adds so much brightness to the space.
Heather French, one half of interior design firm French & French and owner of this kitchen, matched her café curtains to the skirt around her island, creating a darling cooking space. These short curtains still let light into the room, but do allow for some privacy if it's desired.
In this kitchen by Serena Dugan, the designer (and homeowner) painted her kitchen window trim a darker shade of green than the rest of the room. This adds depth to the space and gives it a more patinaed look, something Dugan was going for with this vacation home.
If your kitchen windows don't look out to the best scenery, create a beautiful landscape yourself by painting a mural around the windows. In this little speakeasy by Amber Lewis, the designer brought in de Gournay to design a custom mural for this room, giving the entire space beautiful scenery.
While not everyone has a view of palm trees outside their kitchen window, like in this kitchen by designer Janie Molster, removing your screens is great for reaching an outdoor herb garden or throwing out compost. Plus, it's a more European design choice.
Your all-white kitchen doesn't have to feel one-note, and you can make sure of that by accenting details of the space in other hues, starting with your kitchen windows. Do what designer Kelly Hurliman did in this neutral kitchen and paint the trim black—this not only frames the view outside, but it gives the space more depth.
Melissa Anderson of OAD Interiors wanted the kitchen to feel open, so she replaced the leaded-glass windowpanes with unobstructed ones. Now, the homeowners can admire the scenery from the row of clear windows behind the range and sink.
The open spaces flanking the stove would've been too small for normal windows, but designer Lindsey Black wanted more natural light in the kitchen. So, she chose to install unique corner windows to increase the light and fill out that empty space.
Lighting is one of the most important details in a kitchen, so add sconces to either side of your kitchen windows if you really need that extra light. Designer Kelsey McGregor did not hold back with the lighting in the 2024 Whole Home kitchen, choosing recessed lighting, pendant lights, and sconces in front of the windows to ensure whoever was cooking in here could see everything they were doing clearly.
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