Show WOMANS WORLD new window treatment pays decorating dividends by ertta haley did id you know that new window treatments in your home will pay YO you u more in decorating dividends than anything else that you can do to a room wind windows can be such a striking feature even though they are small and they can be treated decoratively at less expense than furniture or walls old curtains and draperies may often be used as the means for decorating windows if they lend themselves to new color by dyeing or simple kimple trimming like fringe or ruffle if old draperies are worn and cannot be dyed they can frequently be turned inside out and used again this is particularly true of velvet velveteen or corduroy cotton fabrics such as homespun or muslin types can be dyed readily remnants will often yield enough material to utilize for trimming too check over old formals feed ft ed sacks old sheer curtains or pieces of materials picked up at sales combined A cleverly with what you have inace in the way of draperies curtains or yau you can come up with good od window treatments do your planning of the new project e ct with a flair and dont get sidetracked with an easier but less effective way of doing the job boned ones youre in the midst of it some J F 0 4 double add color k effects planned have to be carried out with good workmanship and careo care if they are to be effective so eo plan to give these the utmost in attention to detail J it if you dont want to redo re do the i whole room choose a window treatment that thai will not make the walls and furnishings look too shabby and thus force you to go further fur theran in your eferts at decori decoration tion iso use fringe ruffles on old draperies fringe trimming can be used in both modern and traditional tradition lil rooms its an excellent way to trim old f drapes and curtains because of its 1 l easy application 11 you may have fringe from on an old pair of drapes that can be dyed to suit your new scheme it may also be purchased in different colors use matching or contrasting fringe 4 in for any of the following suggestions lons i j an old pair of turned draperies can be treated to a fringe decora tion in IV V formation using three I 1 rows of fringe coming just about at the center of the drape it if dyed to a bright shade that contrasts nicely with the drapes this can be 7 effective if your room Is modern in conception cep tion you can us its any plain ma aerial far pr draperies the more tex 1 aured the fabric the better add narrow marrow fringe to the draperies in graduated rows starting with one row at the top followed several inches lower with two rows then three and tour four rows fringe may elso also be used as the edging on coarse net cutt curtains ains this is especially good on single win lows dows such as you would find in a hall dinette or bathroom for washable curtains simply baste the fringe on or sew it to a 4 strip of ana snaps ps such as you might use for attaching a cover to the dressing table remove the fringe before laundering and then snap it on again after the curtains are clean ruffles dont even have to 10 be of the same material as the curtains to which attached another nice idea to know in this respect 4 e ia I 1 and trigs addi alyle la is that two different materials can be used to ruffle trim the tha same window curtains look expensive with these tricks for kitchen or bathroom use a deep ruffle at the top ot of the window add three or four our rows of ruffling to the lower half of the half curtain all the ruffles can be dyed in darker or lighter shades of the same color yellow green pink or blue for a narrow row of kitchen windows heres a neat ideal idea using two kinds of material one of print and the other of plain material that contrasts well with the predominant color of the print make two rows of ruffles and hang ot at the top use the print on top of the old sheeting Is excellent to use me for ruffles as described above for or it can be dyed any color to match the printed cloth which Is picked from a remnant counter ot or Is left from an old cotton bedspread or drapes for dining or living rooms you can make old sheer curtains look double or triple their original value simply by adding rows of ruffle to panel curtains then dye the whole panel with the ruffles the same shade something which will go well in the room sheer cr and panel curtains in contrasting tr shades can be used on the same windows the panel curtains may be light in shade while the sheer curtains hung over them in the manner ma n ner of draperies could be the darker color both sets of cur bains should be full to give a luxurious look ook to the windows striped wallpaper in a room frequently gives rise to a curtain problem solve solva it easily by using white sheer curtains tied back with a tailored bow use a cornice over the curtains with a tal tailored lored bow at tho the center cornice and tiebacks tle tie backs may match the stripe in the wallpaper I 1 use feed sacks for curtains feed sacks offer excellent curtain material because their textures are so interesting and the fabric source so BO economical dye them into the desired color and use one of the following treatments treatment tor for them using two or three feed sacks sack tor for each tide side of the curtain depending on the length of the window stitch them together and place a ruffle of teed feed sack or other material at each seaming these should be of the some same color for informal rooms suc such h as dens play rooms or nurseries plan to use sacks dyed in several col ors to give a rainbow or feet these may be attached to a wooden pole at the top of the window dowby by means of wooden rings small windows strung in n a line across the room such as you might have in an attic or basement roum can be treated nicely with several sacks hung to sill length use sacks of one color but have the cornice in a contrasting shade bathroom windows can be inexpensively dressed with feed sacks since they can be dyed to match the towels cottage type curtains or straight hanging curtains with a ruffle at the top are excellent it if desired the ruffle may be in a contrasting solid color or print heres here a good treatment for a bay window dye enough feed sacks sack to use tor for a ruffle at the top of the windows and tor for draping two sides in a dark color preferably a room color on the windows themselves use priscilla curtains tinted in a curtain shade or in plain white keep materials moving in the dye bath when youre dyeing materials the important thing to remember ilia ij that at they therbe be kept moving constantly to get an even shade ol of dye as well as to prevent any streaking |