Use solar shades they give heat and UV protection and let you keep the view they are roller and easy to use but most of my clients hardly ever roll them up except on rainy days.

Why do you want shades at all? Is it to block sun or is it for privacy.

I recently remodeled my condo in a high rise. I have a view that I don't want to lose but don't have privacy concerns. I do have strong Eastern light so that I want to have shades drawn in the morning until the sun moves high enough so I am not getting blinding glare - this is for comfort/not heating up excessively in the summer as well as preventing sun damage to floor and furniture.

I installed film to block a high percentage of UVA. This is imperceptible.

I also got shades that theoretically don't block the view. These are operated remotely as well as through an App on my iPhone. The automatic aspect is well worth it as I can't imagine having to lower and raise shades every day especially since some of them aren't really conveniently accessed.

In my personal experience even though my shades are not fully opaque and are theoretically designed to let me experience the view, there is no comparison between how I experience my "view" when shades are up or down as one is totally aware there are shades versus when they are up and there is nothing between me and the view except the dirt on my windows :-)

Roller Shades are a great way to dress up a kitchen while keeping it clean and practical. They are minimalistic ( about 1 3/4 inch only for an inside mount) and hundreds of fabrics lets you pick a fun one. I believe motorization is not needed in a kitchen, but if you want to, a lithium battery option including RC is available as well.

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How about sunshades that offer UV protection and privacy but you can still see out of them? We love ours.

Thanks to each of you for your suggestions; I was surprised at how quickly I received responses. We don’t need UV protection in the kitchen even though two of our windows are quite large as trees give us shade. There is a privacy issue, especially at night.

I like my roller shades. They are almost always up, though. Not much worrying about somebody coming into my backyard with several large dogs out there.

I have rollers from Hunter Douglas and Horizon and like them both. (Blackout and linen look) If you can do them without the cassette you will have less of a light gap.

I wanted to be able to roll my shades all the way to the top so I used roller shade kits in which the shade is raised and lowered by a small rope or chain rather than spring in the roller. I initially made fabric shades using the kit, but after many years, I needed to change the shade part. I bought two solar Levelors at Lowes and transferred the solar fabric to my older rollers. I really like the solar fabric.

I had 2 roller shades custom made by a local company, 1 with a cassette, 1 without. I love them! I will be using roller shades in the kitchen reno as well.

The roller shades we are researching have stainless steel chains to raise and lower them and also have a small valance to hide the roller system.

We have roller shades on the patio doors in the eat in area. The other windows have blinds; I'd like to eventually switch them all out but that's not going to happen any time soon.

We need the privacy at night otherwise I would leave the doors completely bare. We close them at night and keep them fully open all day long. Really happy with them.