. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . s of upholsterers as theone material to use for inexpensivedoor curtains, is not a bad choiceif properly treated. Curtains ofthis fabric should be madesimply, finished with a three-inchhem at the bottom, and run by acasing of the material at the topof sufficient depth to allow it toslip readily on the rod. The edgesof the curtain may be finished bya narrow guimp or moss fringe,a quarter of an inch in width,exactly matching the curtains incolor. The applique of
. Your home and its decoration; a series of practical suggestions for the painting, decorating, and furnishing of the home, comp. .. . s of upholsterers as theone material to use for inexpensivedoor curtains, is not a bad choiceif properly treated. Curtains ofthis fabric should be madesimply, finished with a three-inchhem at the bottom, and run by acasing of the material at the topof sufficient depth to allow it toslip readily on the rod. The edgesof the curtain may be finished bya narrow guimp or moss fringe,a quarter of an inch in width,exactly matching the curtains incolor. The applique of galloonand many embroideries, whichfrequently find their way on suchcurtains, are usually misapplied,and should, as a rule, be velour is fifty inches wide and runs in price from ^ a yard to $^.^0, according to the quality. This comes in a good range of colors, and often successfully fills all requirements. Brunswick, cut velvet, figured and plain wool damasks, and arras cloth are all fabrics which lend themselves well to special decorative effects. In rooms where old mahogany furniture is used against a low [50]. Plate XLV. Suggestions for Window Treat-ment in a Room Furnished Afterthe Louis XV. Period FABRICS wainscot finished with ivory white enamel, the dull soft folds ofvelvet as door curtains, and as upholstery as well, fit perfectly intothe picture—or the satin sheen of wool damask is suited to suchrooms. Where Craftsman or Mission furniture is used these fabricsmay also be introduced, but the coarsely-woven arras cloth treatedwith stencil borders is often preferred. This material sells for$ a square yard. A point for the amateur house decorator and furnisher to havewell in mind in having her curtains made is that there should beno interlining. In this regard many upholsterers and decoratorshave held, and still hold, adverse opinions. When the questionis raised, it is invariably met by the workman with the reply, 1have never made them without interl
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