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Show v Drapery Problems? Here Are Some i Easy Solutions Windows, due to the whims and fancies of architects are not always al-ways as well-placed as one could wish. All too often, two windows of dissimilar sizes will be found in the same room to the bewilderment bewilder-ment of the woman who wants to a create a balanced and pleasing t effect. Beatrice Greeff Price of Greeff 1 Fabrics, believes wonders can be done to deceive the eye by the I ,skillful hanging of draperies. For example, as so often happens in old houses, windows are of varying vary-ing widths. One might be of good proportion and others in the same room might be narrow and high. By hanging the draperies at the well-proportioned window in the usual manner, that is, overlapping the sash by about 4 inches to 6 inches at each side, and by hanging hang-ing the draperies at the narrow window at the edge of the sash and overlapping the wall, it is possible to have the two valences of the same width and to create the impression im-pression that the windows are mates. A long narrow room with a single off-center window will appear ap-pear to better advantage if the draperies cover all the wall space on either side and overlap the window in such a manner as to make it seem centered. In a room where the ceiling is low, coming right down to the top of the window frame, another decorating dec-orating problem is presented. A-gain A-gain valences come to the rescue. Introduction of a scalloped effect appears to lower the height of the windows and make them seem more pleasing. Here too, the larger lar-ger part of the draperies may be hung over the wall in order to maintain a pleasant proportion and to make the windows more important import-ant than they really are. Where a window is set in such a |