Show CHOOSING CURTAINS FOR BETTER HOMES F r f F F 9 i it t 13 r I It r 45 t t e t t te r c r Good Curtains of Flowered Cretonne for a Room With Plain Walls Prepared by the United l States Department of Agriculture I I Choosing cut for the house I Ings brings to mind fabrics of or charming olor color and texture han hanging In graceful kinds But it Is not always s 's easy to set get Just the effect the mind first pictured plc- plc tired and cost much be considered com o 9 curtain the windows of ot even a n five fl room house about CO GO yards of mateE material mate- mate E Sal rial t Is needed and curtains generally Have to be renewed every e few years ears W J As S n a help to homemakers the United Unit Unit- ed States Department of or Agriculture makes ma makes es suggestions about cut curtain tain fabrics fab lab rt tics s and ways of hanging them Curtains Curi Cur Cur- i are an excellent means of furbishing furbishing fur fur- bishing up an nn old house or are needed needed its s the finishing touch to a new one I Jn In n planning curtains s remember tl that at r window dow aro gro P put t In h u es In er to and air Mako your light lIgh curtains cur cur- as simple as effectiveness will p permit Elaborate curtains curtain defeat the then Purpose n of ot windows and are are out of place In the average home ft A I Shape and Size of Window I. I Look ook carefully at the shape and size f v- v s and how they are re replaced pl placed ced In the the effect ciTed of fur s os Y J lJ e e- e particular ular windows and how they will appear appear fro from l the outside as well veU as int- int Inside of the house If It there are t lonely ly views from the windows study I lit v to keep them without sacrificing privacy and an nn attractive Interior An Art unattractive view may need to be screened ened b by curtains but hut beware of out too much r light r i Study tUdY the general style of ot your room Curtains can help to make a s. s roam homelike and Inviting or nl dignified i fled fied and formal depending on the kind of material used and how It Is hung I 1 Glass Hass curtains made of thin material materIal material mate mate- rial and hung on a straight rod Inside ih the casing close to the glass soften I arid and na change the color of the light coming com coming com com- omill om- om ill ing Into the room lend an air of ot R. R vacy acy and are a protection to side i I draperies Glass curtains should be Just long enough to escape the sill Side Draperies Useful Side draperies give a finished led appearance appearance ap ap- to the window are useful as ns shades If It arranged to draw ant and are U a good goot means of adding color to the room and of ot modifying poor In small homes side draperies that end on a line with the apron of the win window ow are aie more suitable If 11 a amore amore more foi formal mal effect Is desired let them extend exten to the baseboard or an inch above the floor A valance used with or without draperIes draperies draperies dra dra- carries the eye eJe across the top and has the Ule effect of decreasing the height of ot room and window curtain tahi ma material get t samples of the kinds that seem seem most most suitable and see how how they go with w walls valls s woodwork rk rk floor and furniture by both day and nd artificial light Strong light shining through curtain fabrics oft h brings out striking effects not vot suspected until put to this test Excellent Excelle Excellent Ex- Ex celle t curtain materials can sometimes sometimes some some- times be found nd among th the dress goods j J 1 a r aDd andA colors colors' that ata t wIlL clean well welland and withstand light are the best bargain In the end Examine also for defects in the weave that may show up when the curtains are hung With figured wall paper choose plain-colored plain curtain material If It the walls and most of the furnishings are plain the curtains II may a be he figured but preferably with th the background the same color or r slightly deeper than the walls With cream walls for Instance a cretonne with soft tan background and figures that repeat the colors used elsewhere In the room might be suitable suitable suitable suit suit- able for living and dining rooms In selecting figured materials give preference to conventional designs that will stand stan the test of being looked at day after day ay |