Show Womans Woman's World Colorful New Nev Curtains Give Needed Tonic to Many Homes By lla fia ct ley Pr THIS HIS Is the time of year when many a homemaker gets the urge to do something different to her home Ive I've ev even n heard of ol this feeling taking expression in such drastic steps as changing the whole layout of furniture or in buying new things that put big dents in the budget Most of us cant can't afford allord this big biga a 11 dose of tonic so Im I'm going to tell you of a simple way to add a new feeling to the home and to give yourself yourself your your- self a n lift at the same time You'll find that simply adding new treatments treat ments to the windows will give you just the touch of freshness youre you're seekIng Becking First heres here's a tip about selecting c n color Study the room carefully and try to pick up one of the colors In your furnishings or wallpaper which youve you've neglected Then see If this cant can't be made up into the window treatment If 11 for example you want to use sheer curtains in a creamy white or ecru shade dont don't give up the idea of using color For a treatment such as this you might make a frame for forthe forthe forthe the window out of wall board or plywood ply ply- wood Incidentally this is a nice trick for making narrow windows look more luxurious Paint the frame in an attractive design and run it down to the floor if the window is short run the frame across the bot bot- tom Prepared trimmings which are pasting elf elf pasting also may be used to decorate decorate decorate dec dec- orate the frame if you are not handy with a brush Treating Windows to Let Light Come Came Through Most rooms could use a bit of good old sunlight and window treatments can be made to encourage the sun peeping through them In this case you must make use of sheer curtains I which will permit light to come I through but d drapery apery material that is heavy and pa patterned also may be i used to enhance the tr treatment I If you want to let in a lot of light i yet give the impression of the window window window win win- dow being draped hang sheer curtains curtains curtains cur cur- from top top to bottom Then use an extra pair of sheer curtains and hang them in a drapery pattern 0 mill 1 0 1 Create new window effects letting them overlap Use interesting interesting interesting interest interest- ing colored tiebacks or knobs h for fora a dash of color If 11 you have short windows hang them with short sheer curtains but dont don't stop there Have a cornice in an attractive color and then pipe drapery material which has been set on the sides of the window with the same color you have in the cor cor- nice Or use a cornice made of a pleated pleat pleat- ed or gathered drapery material and let the material of extra draperies go at the edges of the window Another treatment that is very smart employs sheer curtains but buta a colorful chintz is added to the cornice and a deep bor border er of the same chintz is used to border the glass curtains This gives a room a very finished appearance Tailored Curtains Best for Some Rooms Perhaps you have a desire to convert convert convert con con- vert your bedroom from a thing of frilly ruffles into something morea more 00 a I To add tonic to o your rooms tailored but still neat and feminine appearing appealing A smart unk unique ue solution for this Is to whip up full length curtains made of eyelet embroidered embroidered embroidered ered material This may be tinted one of the attractive pastels Put Puta a strip of embroidery bordered with the plain across the cornice and hang floor length panels of solid colored colored colored col col- ored drapery material Three Thre-e panels panels panels pan pan- els make a nice looking treatment a panel at each side and one down the middle If U you have a room in the attic with small windows you can have an inexpensive trea treatment ent for them by using feed sugar or flour sacks dyed to mat match h the color scheme of the room Use short tailored curtains curtains curtains cur cur- and run them across the win win- dows Place a cornice or ruffle rume at atthe atthe atthe the top of the windows in hi a contrasting contrasting contrasting contrast contrast- I ing darker shade than you have used for the curtains themselves Making stubby windows appear longer is a trick that some of us need at one time or another A cornice cornice cornice cor cor- nice is the easiest way to do this as it creates the illusion of height I If 11 you use sheer curtains and draperies draperies draperies drap drap- eries both at the window have enough of the drapery material so that you can cut the two complete patterns from the drapery and paste these on either side of the cornice Another simple way of making the window look longer is to use a cornice cornice cornice cor cor- nice and have the top and sides piped or painted with material picked up from the room a dark solid color is best Then pipe the curtains with this same material where they come together and at the bottom |