I have been looking for a kitchen valance FOREVER since we redid our kitchen with grey walls and ivory countertops and cabinets and painted the adjacent room opened to it turquoise.  I was thinking I would buy a more staid valance of blue or gray but when I saw this valance, I knew it was the right one.  As soon as I put it up, I knew I was right!  It looks terrific in my kitchen and brightens up that semi-monochromatic room and gives me lots of ideas about colors I can decorate with now.  This concerns my husband greatly and that makes me laugh.