May, 1910 



AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 



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A flowered chintz 



An apple-blossom paper 



A background for decorative curtains 



design is made in wall-paper, the use may be reversed, 

 decorating the walls and hanging the windows with silk 

 tapestry, shaded velvet or corded silk. 



For any part of the summer cottage there is nothing as 

 satisfactory as a curtain that may be laundered at the end 

 of the season, and with the innumerable variety in cretonne, 

 chintz and linen costing from twenty-five cents to two dol- 

 lars a yard, one can meet every condition in color, design, 

 quality and price. Taffeta, jaspe, chintz and linen, with the 

 pattern printed by hand, may be beyond the average income, 

 but an inexpensive wall-paper may help to balance the ap- 

 propriation for windows and walls. 



In the trimming of a curtain, as described last month in 

 this department, an individual touch may be given with a 

 cut-out border applied to a plain material. This suggests 

 the use of a border on the wall-paper, which should follow 

 the curtain in general effect. 



As the stencilling of window curtains can be done by an 

 amateur with a little practice, it affords many opportunities 

 for the expression of original ideas in harmony with the 

 decoration of the wall. For instance, a wall-paper with an 

 allover design may have some portion of it made into a 

 border for the curtains. Or, with a plain paper the color 

 may be repeated at the windows. In curtain materials there 

 are many new weaves especially adapted for stencilling, and 



some are sun-fast colors that may be exposed to the sunlight 

 without deterioration. 



For a room that is not well lighted the right combination 

 of curtains and wall-paper will produce almost the effect of 

 sunlight. Sometimes a room in a city apartment opens into 

 a court where the rays of the sun never enter, and with a 

 dark wall-paper and heavy draperies the room is as gloomy 

 as a cell. In such conditions an experienced decorator made 

 the following scheme : The ceiling was tinted a cream white 

 and carried down on the side wall eighteen inches. The 

 rest of the wall was covered with a plain orange-colored 

 paper. Across the glass, as it was imperative to have some 

 kind of screen, a thin cream-white net embroidered with 

 yellow flowers was draped; and at the sides of the case- 

 ment some straight lengths of figured silk in orange, y^ellow 

 and mahogany were hung. 



At the opposite extreme one may imagine a room over- 

 lighted from, perhaps, three different exposures and super- 

 abundant window glass. Here one may apply a grav-brown 

 paper in a two-toned effect with curtains of blue, green and 

 gold; or, a foliage tapestry paper may have long curtains of 

 blue linen or velvet to diminish the glare of light. 



A bathroom does not suggest much opportunity for 

 aesthetic decorations, but a little thought bestowed on the 

 treatment of the walls and window will be more than re- 



A ribbon design 



Hand-printed linen 



A nursery pink 



