Melle - they are not that hard. It is all straight sewing. What is most important is the measuring. The ones I made are flat Romans - now wish I had done waterfall Romans, but didn't even know they existed! It looks like the London is made flat, then the bottom is sewn into the fan at the bottom. What I suggest is that you go to Penney's and look at theirs. They should have several on display and you can see how they are made. I used some information off of a website - Terrell Designs -I really thought they would be harder than they actually are. What was the worst part for me was the cutting. I also made full length side panel draperies and they only place I have to cut is the floor or my dining table. Once you can see how they are made, they are not that difficult. Just remember to measure, measure and then measure again! Good luck!

Ummmm well no I am not really a nudist - not that anyone would notice unless a neighbor drove by at exactly the right moment. I have a small unfinished cabin that is at the edge of the wood. It's pretty small with a fair number of windows. I just got the window trim done a few years ago - very simply in butternut. Anyway through a confluence of events moved up here full time very quickly about a year ago in January. Not the best time to arrive in Maine. Needless to say it was really cold - all my miscellaneous curtains got hung up very quickly. They don't match, cover up the windows and the trim and are a real PITA to open. I felt like my house was shrouded in a dress two sizes too big. So even though it's not warm yet and my blinds are coming slowly - curtains are coming down. Hopefully by next winter I will have lovely roman blinds that fit inside the window frame with hand sewn rings carefully placed.

Thanks everyone. My thought was to bring in some color and pattern to what is currently all wood, wood tones and metal. I did think to add texture, but would a natural woven shade look boring? By the way, I am a girl. :) I love the rich color of the cabinets, but strengthening the masculine aspects of the room may not be what I want. I don't want a window treatment to look cheap or out of place, or country or frilly, but I would rather soften the formality than make it more formal. I like rich colors, but making it a little less traditional, giving it a little modern edge would be nice, but I also like to add some contrasting elements to keep it interesting and personal. I am certainly open to keeping it rich and clean lined, but I need to add some interest and contrast in some way. I picked a faucet that that is supposed to have an organic shape from nature, it looks like a nodding flower to me. I also picked it in shiny chrome to add a little shiny sparkle and break up the brushed nickel and stainless steel bit. The light fixtures I thought were also a little like flowers and might go with the faucet but I think now they just look sort of old fashioned. I may eventually change the knobs, but have no idea to what. I think glass would be very pretty but would play up the formality even more, and to be honest, this kitchen indulges my formal side, but my house is really not super formal. If I could add a little punch, a little color, even soft color, as well as texture, and make it a little less masculine and traditional at the same time, I would love that. I may be a hopeless cause, however. They had to talk me out of a mini pendant at the lighting store that was a small cube of crystals with a light in the center. :) LOL, I just found a piture of it: I will save that for somewhere else, though. I have no problem adding a crystal pendant over a country bed. :) Hmmm, maybe one over each night stand... Oops slapping myself upside to get back to the current task and stop daydreaming. If you have ANY specific recommendations please feel free. I may be wrong, but I am just afraid plain wood blinds would would be too much of the same thing. Whatever I go with, it has to be an inside mount because of the cabinet moldings that don't leave room for an outside mount in the top corners of the window. Photos are hard to get because of the glare, but here is a clearer picture of the window area. I will have to pare down those plants to just a couple and remove the flag to clean up the look a bit: Sue Here is a link that might be useful: The must stay faucet that you can't see clearly in the photo

Thank you jck910 and Patricia Colwell Consulting. A couple of follow up questions: 1) what do you think of this fabric for the kitchen roman shades? it's the same blue as the living room drapes. And a hint of grey. 2) This is what the window frame looks like above the sink, underneath/behind the cabinetry "valence". Do you suggest getting shades that cover the entire window AND trim? If so, do you mount it on the ceiling or on the wall? Originally, I was thinking to get the shades to fit INSIDE the window trim. But now when I look it it, if I do it this way (fit inside the frame), then there might be a small sliver of window trim showing under the cabinetry valence (because the valence isn't long enough to cover the top of the window trim).