My Kitchen Bay Window Makeover

Linda B
by Linda B
This is about a long neglected dark and dreary window that I painted white against the suggestions of everyone because it matched the cherry cabinets. I love it white.
Bay window
It was such a dark kitchen before I painted the window white. I had so much angst over this since the window was stained to match the cabinets, but finally decided to go for it and I'm glad.
This is the color it was before.... drab, dark.
I used a little rotary sander - I love that thing - to sand down the stains and stuff. I covered the window with plastic so that there wouldn't be dust all over the kitchen.
I cut strips of fabric with my rotary cutter about 2 1/2 inches wide to make a fun "curtain" for the NEW kitchen window.
I hung the strips one by one on the spring tension rod.
Until it looked like this.
Ta da~~ Now if I could work up the nerve to paint the cabinets white...


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  • Kathy Nelson Clements Kathy Nelson Clements on Feb 07, 2019

    Please Tell me how long are the strips of fabric

  • Michelle guerrero Michelle guerrero on Nov 24, 2019

    How long is each strip of material?

  • Alex Alex on Apr 19, 2020

    Fantastic idea.

    Could you tell us how long & wide you cut your strips, please? And how many did you use on your window to get the right amount of gathering?

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  • Meweldon Meweldon on Jan 31, 2022

    I love this idea. Love the white window and your tile backsplash! By the way - PAINT those cabinets! Mine were builder installed boring and when I had my kitchen painted red, I did black and white Buffalo check backsplash and painted the cabinets white with black knobs. It’s amazing!

  • Kat Kat on Sep 11, 2022

    I love the new look! Thinking of doing this in the bathroom of my new house, but using darker fabric strips.

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