Triple-pane kitchen window with patterned valance. - Domenic Gareri/Shutterstock Valances are decorative framing structures that crown the tops of windows, ranging in material from draped fabrics to ...

an old-fashioned kitchen with valances over the window - Trudy Wilkerson/Shutterstock If you have an older kitchen or you embrace one of the vintage kitchen designs so charming they'll never go out of ...

Here's a quick and authentic valance for the windows in your retro kitchen. We modified directions found in a 1957 issue of " " magazine, which began with the perky promise: "Summer spice for a window ...