Kitchen Blinds and Shades Make Great Choices for Your Kitchen

If you’re thinking of a kitchen redesign, or if you’d just like to add some pep to your kitchen- there are blinds and shades made just for the purpose of having them placed in your kitchen. Now, it’s true, you can place kitchen blinds in any room and they would still look great. But these blinds will help you out on the cleaning, and let some light enter your kitchen too.

Where there are practically a gazillion choices when it comes to blinds and shades, curtains and drapes, outside the kitchen windows; there are really only two you would want to invest in for the kitchen.

One great choice is faux wood blinds, or interchangeably, shutters. A different selection is venetian blinds. We’ll discuss the advantages of both types in this article.

Faux Wood Blinds Offer Substantial Quality At Low Prices

Faux wood is the kitchen blind of choice for most people. There are a lot of advantages and few minuses to owning them. They look great in just about any design theme and the cost to own them is negligible. This cost benefit is in reference to their mini blind and curtain cousins. You’ll spend approximately the same no matter which road you take, provided you’re getting quality goods.

As a matter of quality, we recommend either Bali blinds or Hunter Douglas for your faux wood blinds. Here’s a breakdown of what you can expect from these blinds.

• Both of these manufacturer’s blinds are crafted from high quality material.
• They make blinds that are guaranteed as fade resistant from direct sunlight.
• Both will withstand high humitidy levels found in kitchens. This makes them perfect here since they’ll not warp over time.
• When it comes to cleaning them, just swipe them with a damp cloth. Doesn’t get any easier.

Faux wood is also a great choice because it isn’t as high priced as real wood blinds. Buyer beware here. It’s common for sales reps to lead customers towards wood blinds even though they know the blinds are going into a kitchen. Hard to speculate on why this is so, but in any case, real wood blinds do not belong in the kitchen. There are other, better choices which offer attractive design, without the headaches real wood blinds can cause in a high humidity, busy area.

Venetian Blinds are a Great Selection For Your Kitchen

Known as ‘slats,’ venetian blinds share some qualities with faux wood blinds, but differ as well. Venetian’s offer enhanced privacy control over many other types of blinds, and shades. Total light control is one of their greatest assets. Whether you want to allow maximum sunlight or pitch darkness; these blinds can handle both. So, with an abundance of light control also comes a great deal of privacy. Other’s will not be able to see through to the inside with these blinds closed.

Venetian blinds are also drawn on a string such as the mechanism that lifts mini blinds. This is another difference between them an faux wood blinds. Relying on a string mechanism isn’t particularly ideal for a kitchen, but this depends on where your windows are located. It has happened before where a string from venetian blinds would be caught in a disposal.

These blinds can make great kitchen blinds because the material is a hardy composite able to withstand years of brutal kitchen activity. Where other shades cannot hold up to these rigors, these will. Like faux wood, cleaning them is a snap. A damp cloth is all you’ll need and it will take about five minutes of your time.

Price-wise, there are bargains to be found on quality venetian blinds. Most of these can be made custom for $50.00 to $100.00 a blind. Many kitchens only have one window, but if you have two or more, the price for what you’re getting is well worth the money.

Either is a Fine Choice For Your Kitchen

Look around at your local hardware stores so that you can see in person what you’ll be getting. If you come across the perfect blinds and they’re on sale, go for it. Otherwise, your best bet is online. With so much online competition for these, a brick and mortar store will have a tough time beating a good online deal. If you shop around, it’s possible to get free shipping as well.

Choosing the right blinds for your kitchen is a bigger advancement than it initially appears. It’s a myth that upgrading your home need be expensive. Yes, if you’re upgrading every blind in the house, it will get expensive. But, feel good about upgrading one thing at a time; placing quality blinds in the kitchen is an excellent place to begin your home interior upgrade.