Window above sink with view of fence?!!

[Ozster]

Thinking of kitchen designs and one would be to have the sink on a wall that looks onto a fence.

Would you rather have no window above the sink or a window that looks straight at a fence ? I could make it look nice with blind etc ?

I'd personally rather have a window above the sink, regardless of what the view is of. Much better than looking at a wall.

When you say 'straight onto a fence' - how wide is the gap? One of our windows is towards a fence but the planting is nice so it is still a nice view, despite not being far-reaching.

Many terrace yard walls are only 4 or 6 feet form the kitchen window.

Same - can you put plants on the sill? Train a creeper up the fence?

You can decorate the fences - add trellis and hang small plant pots tea lights or outdoor lights even small mirrors to reflect the lights

evergreen Mexican mock orange, year round foliage and grows in shade

Yeah my mum has this in her bungalow. She's painted the fence a pretty colour and put a couple of attractive plant pots mounted to the fence with flowers in and a bird feeder etc. It's quite nice.

Should add the fence is a sort of walkway distance about 3 ft from the window

I’ve opted for no window. Seriously, do people look out the window when washing up? I don’t. I have asked for a long and uninterrupted workspace instead.

My kitchen sink doesn't have a window (as we took the window out for the conservatory opening), but then with dishwashers I don't do sinkfuls of washing up, just odd bits.

My utility sink is at the side of the house, so just a few feet from the hedge - which will shortly be replaced with a fence. Never bothered me.

Our kitchen sink window looks out onto our caravan which is parked about 6 inches away from it but I don't really notice it, if it wasn't there it would just look out onto the drive and fence. I prefer to have the window than a wall though and put plants and flowers on the windowsill

Could you put a water feature on the fence?

I’ve put my sink against a wall. I have a dishwasher and I really don’t spend enough time at the sink for it to bother me.