Very often you inherit your kitchen from the pervious owners or even if it is a new build, the kitchens are installed according to the plans, not according to your individual requirements. To have your kitchen exactly how you want it usually requires installing a new kitchen which often runs into thousands of pounds. It is very easy to imprint your own personality and taste by changing the wall colours, window treatments and by adding your choice of kitchen accessories.

   

If your home has a modern style of decoration then you will probably like to achieve a streamlined, clean-cut appearance, with all the cooking paraphernalia hidden in the kitchen units. This being the case, the ideal style of window treatment for your kitchen would be a trendy modern blind such as the Brushed Steel metal venetian blind. The modern metal colouring perhaps complimenting the kitchen door handles. Alternatively the Poppy metal venetian blind will add an impact of colour giving life to perhaps some rather uninteresting kitchen units. A venetian blind is also a very good choice from a practical viewpoint. The blades of a metal venetian blind can be easily wiped making them ideal in a small kitchen where grease may quickly accumulate and may go unnoticed on a pair of curtains.

Trendy roller blinds such as the Penang Gold roller blind also make a good window treatment choice for a kitchen. Light contributes more to the character and ambience of a room than anything else. A roller blind is the ideal choice for small kitchen windows as the blind literally rolls up out of the way when not in use, leaving as much light as possible to come through the windows.

 A more traditional kitchen often means saucepans and kitchen utensils dangling from racks, lots of accessory jars and general family clutter, giving a welcoming homely feel to the kitchen. The curtains should be casual, perhaps a pair of informal print or stripe curtains tied loosely with a knotted tie heading attached to a black wrought iron curtain pole like the Cameron Fuller Wrought Iron Cage. Alternatively if you have wooden kitchen units, a pine or wood stained finished pole, such as the Byron & Byron Florentina Plain Ball curtain pole, will follow the colour flow of the units, keeping continuity in the décor.

Whether you have opted for the modern or traditional kitchen, the kitchen is often the heart of the house and as such should be a room that everyone feels comfortable in. Whilst blues and greens are ideal colours for bathroom blinds, a kitchen sits well in the warm earthy colours of reds, terracottas and oranges, such as the Vivacious Ruby roman blind, the Imperial Ginger roller blind, and the Acacia Tango vertical blind. These colours are known to stimulate our subconscious, whether for the preparation or the eating of food.

 Although pine kitchen units are still very popular, there are many alternative wooden or wood effect kitchens that offer a more modern approach. Ikea and many of the large DIY centres such as Homebase or B&Q offer a wonderful selection of very reasonably priced kitchen units, with a multitude of kitchen door furnishings. A stainless steel effect curtain pole like the Sunflex Mayfair, for instance would look stunning where matching stainless steel kitchen door handles are used. Whereas the modern Kestrel Gallery Baton curtain pole would match many of the light wood units available on the market today.