no 



The Country House 



fere with the ventilation, and as there is plenty of light in the summer it will 

 not cut off enough of this to count. Of course in the case of outside 

 blinds this is unnecessary. Copper wire makes the best screen covering, 



although the most 

 expensive; common 

 wire rusts in spite 

 of paint and soon 

 goes to pieces. If 

 copper wire be 

 beyond the reach 

 of your purse, gal- 

 vanised wire is the 

 next best thing. 

 Where the outside 

 blind is desired, it is 

 better to employ 

 some form of 

 "opener" which 

 manipulates it from 

 the inside. In this 

 case the blind can be 

 arranged to work 

 outside of the outer 

 screen. Great care 

 should be used in 

 the arrangement of 

 the outside blind, to 

 see that it alwavs 

 lies flat to the wall 

 when thrown open 

 and does not come 

 "cross other open- 

 ings. In the shingle- 

 window motives the 

 problem is some- 

 what simplified, but 

 the mullioned win- 

 dow is apt to give 

 considerable trouble 

 in this direction, and 

 bay windows are 



simply out of the question as a general rule. A good form of inside 

 blind is the '* Venetian." In this the slats are affixed to wide tapes, 

 and the blind is capable of being condensed into a space equal (theoreti- 

 cally) to the thickness of the slats. Where they are used an ample pocket 

 should be provided for at the top of the window motive. If this is not 



Excellent glass motives, both in the treatment of the doorway and the high bay. The latter 

 might well be adapted to the staircase motive 



