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Show K--iKHr--X I KIND GF CURTAIN FOR BEDROOM WINDOWS ;s (Prepared by the United States Department ot Afirieulture.l How shall one curtain the bedroom with best effect? Shall we use glass curtains only, or glass curtains with side draperies, or colonial tie-back curtains, or draw curtains of heavier fabric? Much depends, of course, on ihe character of the room and the taste of the occupant in other furnishings. furnish-ings. The curtains at the windows must complete the other articles in the room, as it were, by harmonizing r.r contrasting pleasantly with them, or by centering attention on the windows win-dows as decorative features. A bedroom in an apartment may require re-quire glass curtains for the sake of privacy where cross-over colonial curtains cur-tains "could be used In the bedrooms of a house set back from the road. Many people, however, like a uniform appearance of the windows of a de- tiii p tilt; j if'1, lilt it K uO,,- Figured Bedroom Hangings Against a Plain Wall Finish. tached house from the outside, and so put the same kind of glass curtains in every room, with the possible exception excep-tion of the kitchen, at the hack. They j depend on overdl'aperies within to express ex-press the special characteristics or use of each room. Choice of plain or figured over-draperies over-draperies for any window Is regulated by the background furnished by the walls. If ' the wallpaper is figured, plaiu-colored drapery is almost obligatory. obliga-tory. Patterned side curtains would result re-sult in confusion of lines, design, and colors. But if the walls are tinted or papered in a plain background color, definite patterns and vivid shades may be used for side draperies witli good effect, provided the colors chosen are right for the room. The picture shows a bedroom window win-dow treatment planned by the bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture for a room in an apartment having a plain light tan wallpaper. The glass curtains extend only to the sill, but the side hangings reach almost to the floor, giving height and dignity to a rather' small window. The length of the side draperies in this case was governed by the desire to make the window seem longer and the room slightly formal in treatment. The patterned pat-terned material was also chosen to bring out the window as a point of interest, and to make a contrast witli the plain walls. Sometimes the choice of longer or shorter side curtains is governed by the prevailing style among decorators, but more often it is decided by the needs of a particular particu-lar room and the likes of the individual. individ-ual. If there had been a radiator under un-der the window in this case it would have been advisable to use draperies extending to the apron edge only. There Is no valance, as a line crossing cross-ing the window would have cut off some of the desired height. The glass curtains of natural theatrical gauze, which match the background of the drapery, are shirred on a rod with small heading. The side draperies are of good quality, fast-colored cretonne, unlined, and finished with an invisible invisi-ble handsewn hem. They are laid in trench pleats and attached to rings which enable them to be drawn across the window on the outer pole. |