That is a gorgeous window and view. Anything inside will not take away from it's beauty.

How about a motorized solar shade installed on the outside?

The remote works from inside your home. And, you can also program it to up and down at certain times, if you so choose.

Sigh... We have the exact same challenge - beautiful big window over the sink, awesome view but the southern exposure is blinding - especially in winter when the sun is lower! We have a light coloured & patterned honey-comb blind installed exactly as jk910 suggested you do - when it's up it's only 2.5" so it disappears. On sunny days I also have to hang my dish cloth over the arch of our chrome faucet - when the sun reflects off it's like a laser!

Thank you for sharing andrea! Do you mind sharing a photo of how the hardware looks above the window? i cant really find any photos online showing how it would look with the crown molding

Motorized solar shade - you will still be able to see through. You may not have enough room above the tallest part of the arch to mount on the wall - maybe talk to a sales rep if a ceiling-mounted one will work. With the molding, I don't know if that would make the shade too far out.

as simple as possible. but some people like more elegant things for details. you can have a valance in a few ways as an option WITH a flexible swoosh function of sheers on a rod. your kitchen looks a little more classic so the valance plays into that .....but the sheers at mid point or a little higher will give you the filtering which is the goal.

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Tint the windows...