Window valances provide texture and character to a kitchen, but the ones we were using last century are outdated. Here's how to give them a modern upgrade.

Kitchen valances — those mini-curtains hanging out at the tops of kitchen windows — were all the rage from the 1970s through the 1990s. The '90s versions were often rather big and ballooning (my mom, ...

Given their status as an antique interiors staple, it’s easy to assume that valance sheets are a totally old school design ...