From formal to flat, casual to swag, valances come in all shapes and sizes. Valances you may ask, are they still in vogue? The answer is, did they really go out of style?

K itchen valances — those mini-curtains hanging out at the tops of kitchen windows — were all the rage from the 1970s through the 1990s. ... indeed, acceptable to swag up your kitchen windows.

Shades, drapes, swags, valances—where do you start? Designers share all the advice you need to achieve dapper window decorating, including tips on new technologies.

Design pros share the tricks they use to keep swags, tiebacks and valances feeling modern. EDGY DETAIL A lime-green outline modernizes the old-school cornice in a Los Angeles room designed by Gary ...