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Not the most interesting of topics but there you go. I prefer curtains but I'm changing colour in the kitchen and I'm not sure if I can be bothered splashing out on them so might just leave them bare. Less cleaning as well, although my windows have wooden surrounds* and I think bare windows look better if it's just the masonry showing. Hate blinds though.

What do most people have?

Ben

*whatever you call them, the flat mitred picture frame type that surrounds the top 3/4 of the windows and comes down to meet the sill.

In reply to Sharp: nothing

In reply to Sharp:

Nothing.

In reply to Sharp:

A bamboo blind, which only is only ever rolled down in high summer for shade when the sun shines right in.

In reply to Sharp:

Nothing since we moved here. Old house had blinds, that were virtually never down (in the kitchen part - dining part had curtains.

Curtains over worktops would drive me mad, I reckon....

In reply to Carolyn:

Curtains.....................on tie backs.

Only drawn when it snows.

In reply to Sharp:

Once set the Kitchen curtains on fire, with an angle-grinder. (A cautionary tale)

In reply to butteredfrog:

The missus not the best in cooking department I take it?

In reply to andymac:

Burnt pin holes in the carpet with the welder too.

In reply to butteredfrog:
Where you trying to cut some particularly over done food with a grinder?

I currently have nothing over the windows or french doors. Before the french door were put in and the kitchen renovated I had a curtain over the one window (away from the cooking and food prep) area and then a roller blind over the window by the sink.
I need to put some curtains up soon as I could do with saving heating costs and getting some privacy from the people over the back from me.

In reply to butteredfrog:

You can't say that and not tell us the story!

In reply to elsewhere:

A little bit of motorcycle modification. (She wasn't very impressed with the coffee table engine rebuild either)

In reply to Sharp:
Blind. Pressed into use when the sun comes round in the pm and is too bright.

Sxx

In reply to Sharp:

Heavy duty curtains, you'll be surprised how much insulation they provide, save on energy bills and be more comfortable.

In reply to Skip: Well I think I'll try without anything first, may well cave a few months down the line and put curtains up. They do look nicer but they get filthy pretty quick in the kitchen.