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.)

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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.

2. Modern Roman Shades

A classy and elegant alternative to traditional window shades, Roman shades combine the softness of a drapery with a clean, crisp appearance. And in kitchens that have a subdued palette, Roman shades are great for adding a pop of color.

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Vignette^® Modern Roman Shades, for instance, are available in a wide range of luxurious fabrics, even down to the fabric-wrapped hardware. And like Duette shades, you have the option of combining two separate fabrics with two different opacities into a single roller.

3. 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.

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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.

4. Woven Wood Shades

A great kitchen window treatment for softening the look of stainless steel and kitchen appliances, woven wood shades are made from natural materials, such as bamboo, grasses, reeds and jute. Nice thing, if you get a lot of sun in your kitchen, woven wood shades are durable and can hold their shape over time. In fact, Provenance^® Woven Wood Shades are designed specifically to minimize stretching, bowing, breaking and fading.

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You can use woven wood shades alone or with a room-darkening liner. A liner will not only increase your privacy but can beautifully contrast with the natural fibers of your shade, highlighting its texture. With Provenance shades, you can even get a light-filtering or room-darkening liner that operates independently from the front- facing fabric, for flexible light control.

5. Faux Wood Blinds and Shutters

The best kitchen blinds for windows located near food-prep areas, faux wood blinds and faux wood shutters are very durable and easy to wipe down.

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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.