Jen, the kitchen shade is a woven wood. The window is in an alcove with a slightly sloped ceiling, and the shade is mounted on the ceiling, but falls flat as if it were mounted on the wall. That particular window doesn't have trim. I also have woven woods in the family room (the Citrine paint category), mounted above the trim of the French doors. The woven woods are mounted on the dry wall, and when they are raised, the trim surrounding the French doors is totally exposed (and it's easy to use the French doors). I ordered the woven woods from a local custom drapery shop. Not sure which company made them, but the shop deals with all the name brands of window coverings, in addition to the drapes they make themselves. You nailed the reason I used woven woods. I wanted to filter out the sunlight. The kitchen and family rooms face west and these shades do a beautiful job of filtering and reducing the amount of sunlight which comes into the room. If you take it a step further and line the back of the woven woods, they'll act as a black-out shade and totally eliminate incoming light. I'm very pleased with the effect of these shades. Hope this helps.

I thought I would post an update to this thread. Ellen mentioned this thread in her blog, this thread was linked. My daughter did use her paint to paint several rooms. She talked to Ellen on the phone and really enjoyed their conversation. She said Ellen was very helpful. She painted her bedroom Gustavian Gray. She gave Ellen the room size and Ellen told her to buy 3 gallons but 2 was plenty. She never even opened the 3d gallon but of course was unable to return it. That kind of hurts when it's $50.00 a gallon. I don't know why the amount was so off, perhaps my daughter gave incorrect dimensions. Anyway, my daughter is very pleased with this color. It's very unusual. It's not really gray but it is. It also looks kind of blue and kind of green. I personally don't like it very much but I guess that doesn't matter since my daughter does. She painted an office Olive. This color took two plus coats to cover since it is darker. I like it and so does my daughter. She painted her family room and kitchen buttercream. I really like this color. Again, it looks different depending on the light. Sometimes it looks like a soft yellow, sometimes more beige. I like it better in the family room then the kitchen, however. My daughter's cabinets are maple and have a yellow tone. I think the wall color is too close to the cabinet colors. It looks okay but I would prefer more contrast. But again, my daughter is happy with it. It is a pretty pleasant color. Ellen told her to buy 2 gallons but it took 3. I'm not sure why the amount was off, but it wasn't a problem to buy another gallon. As for whether I can tell a difference between this paint and regular paint...honestly I can't. It's nice paint. It went on well. It looks very nice but I can't really say it looks better then the paint in my house that is Sherwin Williams and Behers. Maybe it's me because so many people seem to think it looks different but I don't really see it. One thing my daughter said she liked was that there was enough choice of colors but not too many choices. I understand what she means. When you go to Sherwin Williams there are dozens of beiges for example. It's easier to pick colors when there are fewer colors to pick from. Two many colors can be overwelming but Ellen has enough but not too much.

It depends a LOT on the color of EK paint. I would call her and ask. It shows up in some of my EK paints, not in others.

Hi, If you haven't gotten rid of them, I'd love them. Let me know what you'd need me to do. Thanks so much! Kim