Popular Interior Design Styles for Your Kitchen on Kauaʻi

Kalaheo kitchens lean into open concept plans. They’re spacious and great for entertaining guests, but sometimes that can make for a trickier time finding the right window treatments. Open concept often means expansive glass windows and sliding glass doors. If left uncovered, they can be a source of excessive solar heat gain and glare.

At Window Trends, we’ve been helping our Kalaheo neighbors make the most of their kitchens without sacrificing style for years. Here are a few of our favorite popular interior design styles for kitchens on Kauaʻi—and how the right custom window treatments can make your space more stylish while boosting light control.

Natural Textures

Many Kalaheo homes open into expansive backyards and capture a stunning view of the mountains or water. This indoor–outdoor connection shows up in architecture and in décor, with homeowners gravitating toward relaxed, organic, coastal-inspired kitchens.

Window treatments for sliding glass doors are a natural fit with indoor/outdoor design. Woven wood shades pair nicely with other textures and keep that connection to nature going right at the window. We love taking these materials into your space—natural grasses and reeds like dried pampas grass and eucalyptus for neutral textures that are easy to incorporate.

Kitchens are also being designed to cut the clutter. Simple, low-profile window treatments are the alternative to traditional blinds. Collections like Alustra® Woven Textures Roller Shades offer a simple, low-profile. Roller screen shades boast over 70 fabric colors and choices, making them a great choice for whole-home solutions, plus they’re a great option for whole-home solutions where you want your kitchen, living room, and dining area to feel cohesive without feeling “matchy.”

Timeless Accents

Another popular interior design style in Kalaheo, Hawaii, leans toward collecting belongings that combine the modern with the vintage—classic and timeless rather than strictly coastal. In these kitchens, architectural details and quality finishes that matter just as much as the view.

Much like the natural textures of woven woods shades, plantation shutters can be a fantastic accent for your Kalaheo home. Homeowners love the custom-built nature of shutters that are known for boosting curb appeal and adding value to their home. With lustrous paints and stains, custom shutters easily tilt to allow incoming natural light to fill your kitchen with the natural glow only genuine hardwood can bring.

For lovers of modern home additions, durable and stylish options like Palm Beach™ Polysatin™ Vinyl Shutters from Hunter Douglas can even be outfitted with PowerView® Automation, which gives you hands-free control of your shutters without any visible wires, batteries, or motors. Plus, their vinyl material and durable interior bracing will keep them pristine in humid kitchen or bathroom spaces.

Bright Contrast

In an open floor plan, a pop of color can be an intentional way to change up a space without changing the layout. We’re seeing more Kalaheo kitchens embrace bold paint, colorful tile, and playful fixtures—then echo that color at the windows.

• Think custom drapes with an interesting pattern or color. Choose a saturated or contrasting fabric color and they become both a practical choice and a design feature.
• Pleated Roman shades in a bright color visually separate the kitchen from the adjoining living or dining area.
• Duette® Cellular Shades have been a longtime favorite of Kalaheo residents thanks to their interior cell-shaped construction that traps air, working to keep your home a steadier temperature year-round.

Embrace Popular Interior Design Styles in Kalaheo, Hawaii

With the new year around the corner, now is the perfect time to find the perfect set of window fashions to create a solid foundation for your next interior décor vision. Whether you prefer the subtle appeal of natural textures or want to go bold with a memorable color, our team of designers is ready to help you find the right window treatments to create a kitchen you love spending time in.

Book a free in-home consultation today to get started!

We are proud to always be locally owned and operated; we service Kalaheo, Princeville, Lihue, Kapaa, and Poipu (Koloa), Kauai, Hawaii, as well as the surrounding communities.