Kitchens can be a challenge. And when windows fall in interesting places.. even more so. May not be ideal, but what about floor to ceiling curtains flanking that living room window that almost goes all the way to the kitchen wall tile? Hang in there. A lot of things that we struggled with no one even notices now. Houzz users really has some awesome advice.

I don't think most would feel miserable. :) there's a neat and trim placement of tile. Where is the black trim? do you mean the lights? Your metal stool is fine, but you could buy in a color - which is in your house already?

Americana of red and blue?

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I don't see a fail. The kitchen looks clean and crisp. The black metal is a nice accent. The suggested buffalo check roman shades would be fabulous in your kitchen. I am thinking your idea of "modern farmhouse with slight boho" is where the disconnect is. Did you have some inspiration pics maybe they would help us steer you to what you dreamed of?????

I’m just not following the black trim. Every picture I have seen doesn’t have it so I need to find a way to creatively make it “not seen” but I think it’s impossible now.

Inspiration pucs

I should have done a white trim 😑

I would do a faux flat roman shade valance on the 2 kitchen windows. You don't something that goes up and down you have blinds for that. In the living area if you like the panel curtain look hang the rod a bit more than halfway between the window top and ceiling and 6 inches wider than the windows. Make sure the 2 panels equal 2 1/2 times the width of the windows for the best look. You can choose a fabric you love for both treatments.

These are samples of the faux from etsy.

What about woven wood shades??

Those blinds there are old from original owner they needs to be replaced

The only thing new is the kitchen. With the big black line 😑

You can do wood woven shades, but don't forget to add color with your accessories.

Do woven shades in the kitchen and drapes and woven shades in your living area.

I love these pictures!! Do you think the shades will detract my eyes from that damn black trim line down the peninsula?! 😾😾😾 I was so rushed into that decision

What is the black line? Metal tile trim?

I am a huge fan of bamboo shades and white linen panels - so if it were me I would do bamboo shades on each window and then run a nice rod across the 3-window bank and have white linens panels on each end (make sure they hit the floor) to bring in some softness to the space. If you are not loving the black, you could bring in some rattan counter stools - Serena & Lily and Ballard Designs have some nice choices-

I think your kitchen looks great - once you are finished and moved in you will not notice the little things that make you crazy now... PROMISE!

Depending on what black lines are bothering you, they can be taped off and painted. The paint could be perfectly color matched to your backsplash tiles. If the trim is metal, get a DTM paint (direct to metal). If you have other areas of a different material the DTM paint should work there as well. You would need to sand, but just to give the surface some "bite". Also, use yellow frog tape to get perfect paint lines.

ETA - if you do this - get a quality paint. I would suggest something from Benjamin Moore - maybe Command, or their Rust Scat DTM.

Do you think its worth the effort? This JUST got installed (yesterday)...why didn't I choose something different? Great question -- I felt so rushed!

Projects are very stressful. I still want to kick myself for decisions sometimes. You may want to take a moment to step back and live with it a bit. I could tell you that there’s no rush , but I am not able to take my own advice. I had help ordering Roman shades and when they arrived I hated them( mainly because we had to mount them outside of the window). And I mistakenly ordered windows with black interior trim. We bought temporary pull down shades from home depo that use command strips because I didn’t want to pull holes in the window frame until I was sure. 3 years later… still using them. I kinda like them now and will wait for them to break before making anymore decisions. Hang in there!

Don't be so focused on the black line......keep moving along with your decorating. Wait it out before doing anything to update or paint that black line, sometimes these little things just disappear in out head :-)

Can't the tiler just pop-off the Schluter trim and replace with different choice?

Not sure @beth! I’m afraid to ask LOL

Is that an easy job??

😂 thank you 🙏🏽 yea we do need privacy as it’s facing the street! Ugh. Ordered some samples from blinds.com

Are your blinds either wood, or wood-look? what's wrong with that... there's chance a fab cleaning would work. The slats look ok with tiles in same direction. Place your fabric over them.

They are old, very very dirty, and not the right size (also they smell like cig) :( They aren't "ours"

Jennifer- yuck! We completely remodeled a house where the prior owners were very heavy smokers, as well, had a wood stove. Every surface had to be cleaned/painted/wallpapered. I feel your pain on that! I am really big on natural light myself. Is your plan to keep a portion of the windows covered at all times? Or do envision opening and closing them? Is it sufficient just to cover say the bottom 1/3 of the windows over the counters? Just thinking that trying to open/close blinds over the counter might be difficult.

Gotcha, smoke, bleh.

Like others, I don’t see “black trim.” I see black accents. And they look great! The question is…do you want to add more black and make that dominant? Then go black and white buffalo check curtains in the living area and a matching Roman blind in the kitchen. Or mix it up with black and camel. Or…add a natural element with a sea grass blind with black tapes in the kitchen (a natural element), and draperies that coordinate with that (and include a touch of black in the fabric) in the living area. Then, add green plants or art or some bold color in the form of accessories, bowls, a colorful mixer, etc. to your counters. You have a beautiful kitchen. You haven’t begun to live in it, yet! Go for it!

Nice that a houzzer above posted about tile trim. I read your comment, and I understood that it's hard to talk about their work that we don't like.

Is the black line vertical along the edge of the wall tiles?

Your kitchen looks beautiful! I use only washable window treatments in the kitchen. They are bound to get splattered or attract grease. I would choose neutral panels for the living room windows. I do not think that they need to match the kitchen windows.

Do the kitchen windows have to be covered? If so, I would use a pair of wide curtain panels ( in a pretty patterened fabric), attached to rings and hung on a decorative rod. They can easily be opened all day and closed all night. The rod could be hung at the top of the window or hung 1/2 way up or 3/4 way up.