Businesses, especially those in the dining industry, are constantly trying to make their restaraunts and cafes as comfortable as possible. Usually that means making the customer feel like they are relaxing in their home. As a result, many restaraunts and cafes mimick decor and furniture ideas that are in fashion for homes. There is, however, one style that was popularised in the opposite direction – cafe curtains. Cafes have been using these curtains for literally centuries, and slowly but surely, people began to realise that they could utilise both their functionality and their charm in their own homes.
Nowadays, cafe curtains, although they retain their original name, now adorn more houses than they do actual cafes. If you haven’t explored the world of the cafe curtain before, let me give you an explanation. A cafe curtain is designed to cover only the bottom half of a window. It is either a continuous single panel curtain that travels the length of the window, or two panels that can be opened as regular curtains would. Cafe curtain rods are hung in the middle of the window frame. quite often home owners will use a spring loaded rod that just snaps into place, this makes it easy to remove when it is not required. To be fair, cafe curtains could be used on any window in the house, but traditionally they are used in the kitchen. In fact, the use of cafe curtains is limited almost exclusively to the kitchen window, there’s not many times when you will see them on any other window in the house.
If you like the idea of a curtain like this, but need a bit more coverage for your window, you are not limited to having just the half curtain at the bottom. In fact, the majoirty of people prefer to have not only the cafe curtain at the bottom, but a matching valance at the top to finish the look. 
If you need to go a step further and have complete cpverage at night to keeop out the cold, you can look at getting a full set of curtains installed over the top, that can be tied back during the day. If set up properly, with matching material, this can be a great look in your kitchen.
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The obvious benefit of the cafe curtain is it’s charm. Installing one on your kitchen window can have an immediate effect on your room, changing it from just another kitchen to a European coffee house. Start the perculator bubbling and your kitchen will be one of the most inviting rooms in your home. But this is not why these curtains were originally created. Their main purpose to begin with was to give cafe patrons some privacy as they enjoyed their favorite cup of coffee or tea. Having the curtains cover just the bottom half of the window meant that the light still shone through, creating a fresh, alive atmosphere, while nosy parkers outstide couldn’t bother the customers inside. When installed in your home, they provide you with the same level of privacy. You can comfortably go about your cooking and cleaning chores, while not falling prey to inquisitive neighbours.
Cafe curtains are one of the easiest styles of curtains to make, they only consist of one (or two, in the case of double panels) sheet of material, with a pocket for the rod to run through. Because of this minmalistic design, they are also extremely inexpensive. You will have no trouble at all picking up a set of cheap cafe curtains if you do a bit of shopping around. In fact, because of their simplicity, retail shops tend to stock them in abundance, in many different styles.
On of the hardest choices will be the pattern that you want on your curtain. You can get them in checks, tartan, stripes or plain colors, with many different color variations. You can also get them with country style images on them, like cows and chickens, if you are trying to create a country kitchen look. Another very popular style are lace cafe curtains, that can add a bit of old world charm to your kitchen.