STRAY NOTES

Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 57, 1 December 1926, Page 17

STRAY NOTES

WINDOWS AND CURTAINS i Curtains must vary according to the type of window which is under consideration. Their effect from the exterior is just as important as their etfect in the interior—both as regards colour and type. Perhaps the nlo V favoured window to-day as far as modern domestic architecture is concerned is the casement, either with its wooden or its nieta] frames. Again, where these are found, they are often found in abundance—this particularly is the case of the popular sun parlour, or tlie favourite lounge, which often runs almost tlie entire length of the sunny side of the bouse.

From this type of window has arisen the so-called “casement” curtain, whose increasing charm and popularity is partially due to the endless range of fadeless casement cloths m their/ exquisite colour interpretations and partially due to the successful efforts of the modern .curtain-,wwer manufacturers whose nmv place before the public the most efficient, simple, .and economical ine<i/is ,of fixing these curtains so that thev Jiang perfectly even and run evenly and smoothly.

For the house with casement windows 3 quite tlie most satisfactory solution to (the problem is to choose shpi.t halfway curtains in upifortn cqlouting and uniform material, .wijli .longer..s.ide ones, .to harmonise with the .interior scheme, but lined with uniform material But this means the exterior of the house presents .a harmonious appearance, w'.hi.le the interior need sacrifice no colour principles. To quote an example: Take -the case of a small casement-wfindowefl house, whose frontage shows the bay casement windows of the lotiji.ge, .afid above, those of the main bedroom. Also, above tlie front door a sipall half-landing window. Halfway centre curtains ,o.f natural' Shantung silk, mercerised casement cloth in light buff or filet net would' be practical, while the longer side ones (of printed' linen or cretonne, chosen to accentuate the colour thought of the respective rooms) might be lined with fadeless green •■.nsement cloth in order to create a harmony with -the green-1 painted steel window frames and garden tubs with their quaintly .clipped box trees. In this wav a harmony is created both from without and from within Tn addition to the materials mentioned above, there are the voiles, the : p,in-spot muslins, ..the filet .net, as -well as various mixtures of silk apd cotton. Voile is extremely dainty, as also are the pinspot muslins, and pven the humble cheese-cloth, -but the great point to remember with these is to allow an extra half-an-inch ,for shrinkage.