I have a "light bridge". I also have a unique window but I got the idea from a kitchen I was in that had a regular window. I love this - great lighting by the sink but doesn't obstruct the view out my window.

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I currently have a thin wooden valence and it is going in the remodel. I don't know if the valence is out of style, but I don't like the way it looks, and it's not appropriate to my planned contemporary design. The valence spans a 24" wall cab and a corner cab. I am replacing the 24" cab with open shelving, and the corner cab is going, too. Instead I will have glass-fronted cabs along that wall, with no corner cab. I will probably put some sort of fabric shade over the window.

Well...mine probably won't help. I have a bay window that juts out. The crown molding stops with the cabinets and then it's all wall. The pendants hang down from the bay window ceiling. We had a valance in our old kitchen (no window in front of the sink) and I didn't particularly like it.

Here's a picture of the old kitchen sink:

New kitchen sink (kitchen is not done yet):

We have a clock over our bow window:

I am watching this thread with interest. I have a popped out window with a granite ledge, kind of similar to buehl's, but my window is raised off the counter. I have an area only 9" high and the length of the window (I think it's 5 or 6'), and it just looks bare. Can't seem to find anything that will fit there tho!

Eagerly awaiting more photos, and thanks for posting the question!

Boxie

We have a shelf over the window that's over the sink -- I've got a bunch of decorative glasses in a line on it. The window that's over the breakfast bar has a portmeiron rolling pin over it.