Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-01
BY GENEvIEvE HENDRICKS.


Many requests for information re-
| garding specific problems of furnish
| ing and decorating the home have
come to the authors of these articles
| The ma iOrity of these requests would
not interest any other than the per-
sons writing them, but a few others
have been received several times and
would seem to be of interest to the
public at large. SO we are leaving
our furnishing of the living room FOR
this week and are printing below
few of the most pertinent questions
and answers.
Question: enjoyed your plan for
the living room in Saturday evenings
Star and found it of great value. Now
| must ask for advice on my drap-
cries l have written to several con
Germs but they have given me noth-
ing of value My problem is this:
Easement Windows Plan.
II have in my living room two dou-
BILE easement windows Ranking the
fireplace and one large window. The
windows are AS inches wide and "a
inches long. One authority says,
Never use glass curtains on case
ment windows / think over-curtalns
at the window only would look silly.
Yet. l don't know If they would be
suitable at the easements. Are Win
dows being dressed without over
draperies? That's what | would pre-
fer If permissible"
AnsWer-'Your easement windows
on either side of the fireplace are In
deed a problem and unfortunately 1t
is a problem many people have to
face. 1t is a great pity that architects
do not consider the dressing of such
windows when they draw the architec-
tural plans.& These windows, being
horizontal in effect, tend to diminish
the height of your room; also they are
too high for your comfort ana 90
not match in size or shape the other
window in your room.
Restricted in Selection.
'It Is, of course, possible to use glass
curtains on your easement windows
However, you are restricted In the
selection of their style. Unless you
catch the curtains tight at top and
bottom on rods the curtains will blow
out with any draft and thus be eX-
posed to the elements. If your Win
dows open out, it is difficult to use
glass curtains even with rods top and
bottom because of the constant eX-
posture to rain and dust.
You are right in your feeling that
oyer-curtains at the long window
only would not be satisfactory. The
reason for this, of course, Is that you
will want to balance the color given
by the over-curtains at the one WIN
dow by. placing it also at the other
windows.
Windows are, of course. being
dressed without over-curtains. How
ever. windows treated Just with net
curtains are too bare and colorless to
give satisfaction.
Combination of Curtains.
"Why not combine glass curtains.
and oVer-curtains in one? A very
good effect can be obtained by the use
of gauZe or easement cloths whlch
come either In neutral tones or in
soft colors. If these are properly
hung to the edge Of the window
frames and so that the top of the
eurtain comes to the top of the wood
work, they can give the effect of both
a glass curtain and an over-curtaln,
and will at the same time contribute
something to the color scheme or the
room. Also If they are hung to the
outer edge of the window frame ana
swung on rings, they can easily be
pushed out of the way OF the opening.
when YOU make your curtains Tor
vo,1r short easement windows, | would
suggest that you hang the curtains
from the top of the window frame 10
& or 10 inches below the frame. This
will give an effect of greater length
TO YOUR short windows and will be
more in harmony with the long win
dow at the side of your room"
CHEEKY Grapes Query.
Occasionally dining room Is to
the north and rather dark, so ] would
like the Grapes, If any, to be CHEEKY.
Answer.-There is no place in the
house where you will do better to use
cheerful colors than in the dining
room. This is especially true in your
house, where your dining room Is to
the north. Not knowing the other