Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 285, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 December 1910 — FRAME FOR WINDOW [ARTICLE]

FRAME FOR WINDOW

HOW HARMONY IN CURTAINS MAY BE SECURED. Woodwork, Wall Coverings and Funnlture Must All Be Uniform If the Best Results Are to Be Arrived At. Woodwork, wall coverings and type of furniture should all be taken into account wlien the curtains are planned; and there should also be uniformity In the appearance of the windows from the outside. The best way is to put pane curtains in all the windows facing the street, hanging inside the draperies assigned to decorate the room. The pane curtains are made of some light material and run on rods which fit into the window casing close against the pane, the linen window shades drawing up and down between these pane curtains and the draperies within. Much filled pane curtains and those looped back or crossed over each other are not as fashionable as straight curtains of conventional pattern, and these curtains may be simply hemmed or bordered with a narrow ball fringe. Creamy window hangings are often far more harmonious in brown; yellow, green or rose tints. Women who can stencil cleverly are putting artistic stencilled hangings In library, den and dining-room windows with excellent effect. When the ceilings are over-high for the size of the robm, a more graceful effect may be achieved by the use of valances. Indeed, the valance Is the smart thing now in window drapery, and unless the windows are very low, add greatly to the attractiveness of the hangings. The valance is a strip of the curtain material set between the two long curtains and falling ten Inches or so across the top of the windows, making the opening between the curtains rectangular rather than V-shaped, as Is the case with draped back hangings. Great care must be taken In making the valance to have the hem perfectly even and the casing at the top the same width as the casing In the longer curtains. A thread should be drawn In both curtains and valance to make sure the measurements are exact. It is these little details of exactness which give the professional touches, and no matter how anxious one is to get the curtains up to see the effect, the work should not be slurred over or the result will surely be amateurish and bad.