How about a wooden or upholstered cornice, with wide wooden blinds?

Since your name is "Crafter Beth", I'm going to assume you can sew...

Those windows are just beautiful and if you make your own Roman blinds, you can make them washable. You just need to leave the pockets for the sticks a little bit open on one end so you can slide them out.

But really, just vacuum them every once in a while and make everyone use the hood when working with grease. They won't get dirty!

fori...LOL! Yup, sew, scrapbook, garden, total DIY build houses including with my hubby every inch of the one pictured!

A wooden valance/cornice is what we removed because after 17 years I was tired of it.......

I was thinking wood blinds but with so much wood in the house already I'm not sure......

Making the roman shades removable would be an option...that way I could use the same fabric for the stools I'm going to cover for the breakfast overhang you can't see in the photos...

Wood blinds come in many colors! They would look smashing!

I vote wood blinds oo.

Do you know what color your walls are? it's similar to the color I'm looking for. Thanks!

craftlady, it's Benjamin Moore Wilmington Tan, I love it sooooo much I'm thinking about putting it in my family room as well.

thank you so much. a lot people have recommended that one, I really should check it out. Thanks!!

You don't explain whether you want the windows covered or uncovered most of the time. Is there a view? Do you need sun control? Is a partial curtain useful here? Do you open the windows? What is climate? Is heat/cooling loss and issue?

It looks as if you have the space for full drapes. I love the drama of full drapes. You can layer them with some kind of blind if you need sun control.

But if you're looking for something more minimal, then go with roman shades that bridge across the whole bank of panes if possible. How wide is that three-window set?

The choices of fabrics available to us these days is absolutely incredible.

Basically just looking at this for decorating type advice or photos of similar windows that are already dressed, something to make the windows look attractive while providing a bit of privacy at night when the lights are on.

Large window is over 6 ft across.

View - yes

Neighbours - 1 acre lots, but house is on an elevated knoll and we are on display at night when in the dining area

Open windows - yes

Climate control - I live north of the Maine Border, we have no control!LOL Too cold in the winter and virtually no one has air-conditioning here.

I really think roman blinds would be lovely. I'd go with a pattern, maybe a paisley that would be forgiving to dust and flying food (or maybe that doesn't happen in your house)

The other reason I'd suggest fabric is for it's noise absorption. We have hw floors too and I can't believe the difference even basic fabric window coverings make to the acoustics.

Hi crafterbeth..

I don't have any input about your windows. They are really nice though!

It's your dining room set that I wanted to mention. Have you considered painting it? Maybe black to go with your dining light fixture and your uba tuba counter? Maybe then you wouldn't have to part with it since it is only a few years old. Just a thought....I hope you don't mind my suggestion. It's just a shame to have to buy another one so soon!

Looking forward to seeing your kitchen remodel!

KA:)

No worries kitchenaddict!

I had thought about painting it but the chairs still give me that "country" feeling I'm trying to get away from AND we have a 21 year old with his own place so I thought hubby might buy into a new set (after all the money spent on the kitchen reno!LOL) if it was be given to our son!!!LOL

Our backsplash arrived in the store today! yeehah!! I can't wait to have it all done so I can post the before/after photos!

Here's a website with a lot of ideas.

Here is a link that might be useful: The Blind Alley custom window treatments

How about a tailored, fabric corner cornice that wraps around the entire bank of window tops? If you combine that with blinds or coordinated roman shades, the tops would be covered & the area would be visually unified regardless of whether the blinds are open or closed.

I was just going to suggest something similar to antiquesilver: a fabric covered cornice that wraps around the corner. We had something similar to that in a former house and instead of blinds we had sheers on a draw rod. I guess it sounds dated but it really was a soft airy look. If we needed to cut the glare or needed to obscure the view from the outside in, we drew the sheers and light still filtered in. It was lovely. I always thought sheers were easier to care for than blinds. You just pop them into the wash! Then you can hang them back up to dry. If you didn't want to do the padded/fabric cornice then any type of fabric valance could be used for the same effect.