My Favorite Project Ever . . . Kitchen Window Shelves

This might seriously be my favorite project of all time, although the bedroom fireplace and barn door rank right up there, these simple kitchen window shelves were so easy to install and are so cute I think they win!

Our windows had a very natural spot to pop a shelf up, and we have a pane detail at the top of our windows which made a very obvious break! But with the shelves being the same color as the trim you could pop them up anywhere and they just blend in! 
 Like I said it was a really easy project, just two pieces of wood 1/2" thick, 8 small L brackets and some paint in your trim color!

1. First we had to find wood the same depth as our windows (4 1/2" deep) Home Depot had it in stock.
2. Lee cut it to length. 
3. I painted it our trim color, Martha Stewart's Heavy Cream. 
4. We attached two small L brackets to each side (also found at Home Depot for $1.09 for 4. 
5. Lee screwed them to the inside of the windowsills. 

 For the cafe curtains we used the same tension rod as last time and hung them just in front of the L brackets to hide them a little bit!

 Thanks to your prompting I decided to add a little touch of color to kitchen windows and picked this fabric up from Jo Ann's. It's a Waverly Fabric and it's called Robin's Egg. It has a great linen texture to it, and I love the blue, cream and tiny red stripe.

I think that all accent colors should be repeated at least twice so I chose a little red pot to repeat the red element, I'm seriously in LOVE with that little red pot!

I plan on adding another plant or maybe a cute tea cup. But for now I love it just the way it is, just adding the two shelves made a big difference in the sink corner . . . somehow it feels cozier! We both love it!

Total Cost: Kitchen Window Shelves
Wood: $9.42
L Brackets:  $2.18
Trim Paint: Free (we already had it)
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$ 11.60

Total Cost Cafe Curtains:
Umbra Tension Rods: $20 each
Umbra Curtain Clips: $7.99 each (2 packs)
Waverly Fabric: $17.99 a yard (1 1/2 yards needed)
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$ 70.00
This cost will totally change depending on What fabric you use!

I Hope you'll consider trying out these little shelves, the we're definitely Beginner on the DIY scale! Less then an hour of actual work and they made a HUGE difference!