The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1908-07-29
DRApERY IN HOUSE
HOW BEST RESULTS MAY BE
OBTAINED.
Too Many or Too Heavy Hangngs
Az to Spoil tire Good Effects
Good Arrangement for the
Dark Rcom.

Too much drapery is apt to make
the rooms close and stufy, and par
ticularly when there Is not large
space and the room is not very we'll
lighted, and one must be careful not to
produce cramped effect by shutting
out the Light 70. mod crate sized
room with folding door which leads
iAto another apartment and Is of
course permanently closed, good ar
rangcment can be made without using
too heavy drapery. lns cad of pair
of portieres hung on a rod and falling
in heavy folds, take the material and
stretch il across the doors, fastening
il even with the door without the rod,
more like a panel effect
When the Material Is Plain.
If the material be plain and not bro.
cade or tapestry il can be draped
slightly or laid in folds like box plaits
and fastened in the center OF the plat
with a stud or brass tack This will
give the material efficient amount
of fullness and do away with the stiff
ness of stretching plain material tight
BY over doors Ii one happens TO
possess a mirror in a gold frame or an
old colonial heirloom in wood. the eff.
feet is particularly good ii the mirror
is hung against this background and
a divan placed beneath il with the
cushions of the soft shade which cor
responds with the colorines OF your
room, and the diyan cover either
matching the drapery of the door or of
a shade which Is in harmony with It,
Arrangement for Dark Room.
An effect Of this kind seen recently
in a rather dark room was excellent
but the background in this case was
rather more elaborate and consisted[
besides the fiat piece Of velvet over
the door, OF a top piece This piece.
which was separate, was made of a
thin board of about six inches in
depth. which was fastened at the top
of the door and also covered with vel
vet, with the edge trimmed with
duh gold braid like lambrequin,
while the folds OF the curtain with
the brass studs In the center of tho
folds fell from just below this piece.
The edge of the diyan cover was OF
the same material and was trimmed
with the same gold braid, and the
mirror was gilt one OF rocco de-
sign
As the room was rather dark, the
cushions selected were of the lighter
shades of brocade In soft greens, vel.
lows and old rose, and the result with
the mirror rejecting tie other side OF
the room and the dark recedng back
ground OF the curtain was to make
it appear much larger and more spa
cious, and do away entirely with the
effect of curtained doorway.
Oriental Draperics Excellent.
Where one is the happy possessor OF !
some fine tapestry or bit of Oriental !
they can he used instead !
Of the arrangement we have men.
toned, and. Of course, are much more
beautiful. But even with tapestry, II |
1t is not of the finest weave and de, |
sign. good effect may be obtained |
in this same way by putting the tapes. |
try fiat against the door and hanging |
a mirror on it. A divan under the /
mirror or deep sofa heaped with |
cushions Is always attractive, and very |
good effects may be obtained in the |
matter of soft pillows and couch GOV.
erings with the expenditure of com !
paratvely little money in the way OF
materials. upon the covering of either |
sofa pillows or couch draperies, If the |
proper combinations OF color are Sc.
lected and nothing glaring or obtrusive |
is used