Kitchen curtains are often a last minute decision when it comes to remodeling your kitchen and sometimes they are forgotten about altogether. But if you want to finish off your kitchen properly you need something for your windows. It does not necessarily have to be curtains. Blinds are good for kitchen windows too but curtains provide a way of framing and accentuating windows which you do not get with a blind.

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1. The Color of Your Kitchen

Kitchens (at least kitchens which have been planned as far as colors are concerned) fall into two groups. They are either predominantly cool colors such as white, gray, black, green or blue or predominantly warm colors such as cream, yellow and beige. In either type of kitchen you might have stainless steel appliances (a cool material) or wood on floors or units ( a warm material) but look at the main colors used for worktops, units, tiles and so on to decide. Then choose a color for your kitchen curtains which falls in with that.

2. The Color of Your Accessories

If you have some great accessories which add color to your kitchen you can pick out the colors from the accessories and use those in your curtains. For example if your kitchen is quite neutral but you have a bright blue food mixer then use a curtain fabric with bright blue in it.

3. Available Fabric Colors

Sometimes, if you have a neutral kitchen and have not chosen other colors, it can help to start with a fabric you like. You can then pick out colors from the kitchen curtain fabric to match up other items in the room. This can give you a good start in picking a color scheme.

Home Bar

Depending on the talents that you may or may not have, installing a home bar might be a reasonably priced way to increase the value of your home and maybe give your popularity a little boost as well.  Home bars seemed to be all the rage when I was a little kid back in the 1970s.  Most of my parents' friends had bars in their homes and their group of friends would gather from time to time at each others' houses to hang out with each other.  Sometimes it would be for special occasions like New Year's Eve or a playoff football game, but other times they just hung out together.  The kids went off and did things to keep busy.  I remember learning to play bumper pool one time and going out in the yard at night to catch worms on another occasion.  I guess we did what we had to to pass the time.

I never minded going on those visits because I really liked actually looking at the bars.  I know that sounds kind of strange, but my Dad did carpentry work on the side and he actually built many of the custom home bars in their friends' homes.  It was pretty cool.

If you are able to build things on your own, you can save a lot of money, but modern home bars are not all that expensive when you consider how much other home improvements can cost.  Honestly, I was shocked at how little pre-built bars actually cost when I checked out the prices.

Discount home bars are actually available for under $200 and I know that is a lot less than my Dad spent even back in the 70's for just the materials he used for building a really nice bar on his own.  Now, if you are looking to build a deluxe type bar rather than a simple home mini bar, your costs will obviously be higher.  The cheap home bars that come pre-assembled are basically rather short and straight, as opposed to L shaped corner bars that can actually be the centerpiece of a game room.  You can add all kinds of accessories like running water or set ups that allow you to keep refrigerated kegs of beer available.  You can also go all out and pick out a particular theme that you would like to build around.  If you have a favorite sport, your decorating might be based on that.  If you like neon lights to give the feel of a "real" bar, you can get those too.  Be warned, those home bar accessories are where you might end up dropping the bulk of your money.  Even bar stools can be pretty expensive.

If you would like to save some money, I would highly recommend checking out your local classified ads or sites like eBay and Amazon when it comes time to buy home bar accessories.  Just signs and lights for decorating your bar can be very expensive.  Shopping around a bit has its advantages.

There are some very cool things that can add an unbelievable amount of atmosphere to home bars.  Personally, I think if you have the room, you should have a pool table.  I really like playing pool with friends and this is another addition that you can usually pick up pretty cheap if you shop around.  For sports fans, you might want to consider installing a mounted television and/or sound system for when big games are going to be on.  Obviously the cost here depends entirely on what type of system you choose to enhance your set up.  Finally, having a dart board mounted in your game room is the perfect compliment to your bar if you are going to be entertaining friends.  The electronic boards that keep score for you usually come with plastic tipped darts that are designed not to damage things when they hit something other than the board.  A bonus is that they are usually really inexpensive.

This is just a small list of ideas.  Certainly home bars can be pretty much anything you want them to be.  They can be very simple or if you have enough money to spend, they can become very extravagant.  I wish I had photos of the one my Dad actually built.  It was an L shaped bar that had a sink built in to the lower level.  That level was also lit (by a very cool red light that matched the overhead lighting he installed).  The base had sliding doors that hid a ton of storage space.  I would imagine having that custom bar built now might carry a hefty price tag.  Like I said though, he was able to do the actual building himself.

If you are able to do the grunt work, you might want to just look around for some home bar plans to guide you.  You will certainly save a lot of money on labor.  If you just want to pay the money and get your bar, you should probably consider looking for home bar sets that come complete.  You may have to pay a bit for the convenience, but you will be able to get started entertaining right away.  Even for the higher priced home bars, the entertainment value is great if you like to hang out with friends.  If you are a regular visitor of "real" bars, your savings from not going to them could probably go a long way toward getting your own home bar up and running.  That would probably work as a good justification too if you have a partner who is on the fence about getting a home bar!