I think nobody responded, because this is a matter of personal taste. I have wood blinds to my windows, too. My window wells are a foot and a half deep, so it was easy to make the decision to do inside mounts to show off the wood. I did put rods at the top of the windows and sewed balloon valances, and I pull the blinds up entirely during the day so that they are not even visible. Unless you buy custom sized blinds you will be locked in to various widths and may not have a choice exactly how much of the window frame you choose to leave exposed. If you don't give the blinds an inch or two overlap onto the frame, you will find in old houses the windows may not be exactly plumb, and you will see a gap on the side with the blinds let down. This definitely will bother your O/C tendencies, even if you don't have them. So, you may want to take a plum bob to see how stract your frames really are. If they're not perfect, you may want to size the blinds to overlap the window opening an inch or so on each side.

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

To answer your question regarding mixing window treatments..Yes, absolutely you can mix curtain styles and unify the look with using same fabric or shape. Is this your home? I might suggest painting the window molding white to not attract so much attention to all the windows. I think an attractive solution to the quarter round windows is to mount an upholstered valance/lambrequin on the top portion of window giving the window shape a overall rectangle appearance. It is a DIY project that is relatively simple. You could choose a bold stripe or print and drapery panels in a coordinating solid for your other windows. I like the color of the ones pictured. I think your drapery rod height is fine. It is really a cute place. Good luck.

I am facing a similiar challenge in my own house although my window depth is a little larger than yours. Have you looked at fabric roller shades? All the web blind stores offer them. They appear like a faux grasscloth to me. You will have to measure the mounting hardware. To shady lady: I was shopping today for a 1 X 1 board at the big box stores as we'll as a specialty lumber store without any luck. I guess I will have to have a bigger board cut down because I don't own a table saw :) Also, can you take a look at the sewing board? I posted a Roman blind constuction question and no one has responded. Sorry to hijack kaokeefe75.