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Show Wall Window Treatment 'Enlarges' Small Rooms Small rooms can be made to seem larger by use of a few ample am-ple devices, interior decorators PPatinti1ng the woodwork as light and bright as the walls, for instance, in-stance, will "open up" a room where the use of contrasting colors makes it appear smaller. Light adds a fourth dimension to a room. Streaming into a room, light tends to "increase" its size, but out-size window openings seem to shrink it. The use of a valance at the top will scale down a window that is too high, while the use of floor-length drapes and curtains on windows that are too wide will tend to stress the vertical verti-cal line. Care must be used m the amount of window covered lest the desired effect be lost by cutting off too much light. |