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This picture right here is what our kitchen sink area and window looked like the day we moved into our new home. All of the windows in our house came with these big white blinds hideously OUTSIDE mounted haphazardly. Not the worst, yet definitely not what we wanted! In 2024 I’ve made it my mission to rid our home of these window dressings one by one, starting with our kitchen.
I’ve been eyeing posts on Pinterest of windows prettily dressed up with wood or bamboo shades and I decided to finally take the dive and see if those would update our window to our liking. If you’ve ever looked into upgrading your blinds or shades, you know that it can get costly. After a quick trip to Lowe’s and Home Depot with the hubby, I quickly realized that not only are those custom order only, but they did not fit into my impatient timeline (yes, when I want to do a project, I want to do it now and not in 6-8 weeks).
So, off to Amazon I went to search for bamboo shades. There are a LOT of options – so many options that it took me a good 4 days of adding shades to my cart and deleting them after finding more. Finally, after narrowing my search down to three options, I brought in my husband to make the final decision. Lucky for me he was in agreement with the one I liked best and I finally committed to hitting that order button!
Here is the bamboo shade we chose!
Here is the shade all installed!
… and here is the Before and After!
We LOVE the new look! For us, with white kitchen cabinets and a white backsplash, this bamboo shade brings so much more character to the window. Husband Side Note: it was pretty easy and quick to install – making this a simple weeknight or weekend project that easily gave our kitchen window the update we wanted!
Did you notice the other updates we made to this area? Most of these were Amazon finds!
Black Faucet with Pull-Down Sprayer
