I just have wood blinds. Our window is over the sink. I had a valance at one point but it always just looked so dirty and greasy to me. This way I can wipe blinds and be done. My patio door and the LR windows have some pretty graphic curtains and it's all open to each other so I'm okay with it. One more window treatment might be overkill. I'm not one to ask probably either...I like my windows kind of plain and simple. Girls on here all the time tell me to "buy some curtains already!" LOL. We just have a great view and no neighbors so I've never felt the need.
We have wood blinds and curtain panels (hung wide and left open all the time).
I tried it without the curtains, but we have a patio door nearby and a couple of other windows in the area (they have matching wood blinds) and it looked like I forgot to finish that window. I like that they soften a window a bit. If I didn't have the wood blinds on all of the other windows I probably would have done Roman shades.
we have a small bay window above our sink, so there's nothing on it, but a regular window I would do either a bamboo shade or a fabric roman shade, like the ones pp posted.
I'm no help. I have lace curtains But I love them. They let light in even when closed but still provide a little privacy. I don't have old lady lace in the kitchen (like I do in the living room), but a geometric pattern from IKEA. One of the great things about the IKEA curtains was that they could be cut to length without hemming. I have a pic in my bio I think, but the curtains are mostly blown out because of the lighting and white fabric.
We're not putting anything on to actually cover the window because it looks out to the back so privacy is a non issue. I'm having a valance made that looks like this to go over the window and a triple door that's also in my kitchen
Simply because I think most windows look better when they're dressed with fabric.
My window has cafe curtains. I would prefer the raised roman shade because I like that look, but my kitchen window is right by the sidewalk so the cafe curtains allow for some privacy on the bottom half of the window and still allow light from the top half.