On 12/5/2015 2:16 PM, -MIKE- wrote:
Clarification: when you say "valance" is that what I call a soffit?
The framed up box on the ceiling, covered with drywall, used to fill the
space between the top of your cabinets and the ceiling?

In cabinetmaking parlance, particularly in kitchens, a "valance" is
usually wooden, but sometimes curtain material, located at the top of a
window and spans the distance between the cabinets on either side of the
window, or the window itself when cabinets aren't involved.

A wood valance in a kitchen most often contains, or hides, a light that
shines down on the sink area.

Example of one type of "valance":

https://picasaweb.google.com/1113554...3 77282607874

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