white roman shades that stay folded up most of the time.

Do you feel like you need privacy from the other homes, like at night for example? If not, I'd look into an outside mount sun shade that would block the intense sun when you want but still allow light and a view out. It will give some privacy in the daytime but not much at night when you have the lights on inside. Remote controlled so you can open and close from the kitchen. You can even roll them partway down to block the sun when it's high in the sky and the bottom of the window would be uncovered if you want.

This one happens to be solar powered; I have no experience with this version, just the electric kind.

this is what they look like from the inside (dark color, but you can get lighter mesh).

Seeing your beautful windows, and style of kitchen, my first thought was having custom scalloped roller blinds made (inside mount). You could get the color and details just as you want.

I’m not familiar with this company, just posting as an example:

https://www.meltonworkroom.com/salepage/roller-shade-w-scallop-border

Besides being lovely and classic, I think the curves would be so elegant amid all the square shapes in there.

But if you don’t care for the scalloped edge, you could of course get any style you like.

Custom shops can do designs, too.

This is lovely, too:

https://www.theshadestore.com/blog/author/jgeorge/

Smith and Noble does custom, too, you'd just need to compare prices:

https://www.smithandnoble.com/shades/roller-shades

Or solar shades:

Roman shades are a classic, and you could use custom fabric …

Not sure why automatic blinds are out of the question as this is a perfect application. You won't be able to reach the top of the window very easily unless you are really tall so you will either need automatic/electronic blind or a blind with a cord (my last house we had cordless and I couldn't open it all the way). We installed electronic blinds in the living space of our current home and I love them. Wish I had done them in more places. They don't HAVE to be smart; just having a remote is great (we added the smart feature so we could set the shades to open in the morning & close in the evening). We did whitish fabric roller shades (they're not solid - kind of heathered). I don't see top/down bottom/up working for you here.

I think a roller shade as long as it has a cord would be fine (best cord option would be the loop so it's easily accessible, not the pull down). We did hunter douglas for ours (our window treatment place said their electronic blinds function better than other brands) but there are less expensive options. A lot of people like Levolor.

I couldn’t stand looking at the side of my neighbors house but still wanted light so I tinted my kitchen window and added shutters.