All the decorative elements here are effective 
Distinction in Windows 
DEVICES FOR GLAZING—THE ARRANGEMENT OF SILLS AND FLOWER DECORATION THAT ADD TO THE 
GENERAL ATTRACTIVENESS OF ROOMS—THE POSSIBILITIES FOR MAKING THE MOST OF OUR WINDOWS 
by Mary H. North end 
Photographs by the Author 
A WINDOW is an integral 
feature of a room. It 
is a decorative entity, a re¬ 
source full of latent possibili¬ 
ties. We shall never get the 
best results out of our rooms 
till we become fully alive to 
the decorative importance of 
the window and bestow upon 
it a due measure of our atten¬ 
tion. A window is far more 
than a mere aperture in the 
wall to admit light and air. It 
is a potent factor for good or 
ill and may go a long way to¬ 
ward making or marring a 
room. 
Let us consider several of 
the possible ways in which 
window treatment may be 
made to add to the general at¬ 
tractiveness of our rooms. Of 
course, suitable curtaining is 
the first means of beautifica¬ 
tion that will occur to many 
readers, and curtaining is un¬ 
doubtedly one of the best 
ways of achieving an agree¬ 
able and satisfactory result. 
For casement windows small panes are advisable. The sill here is covered with zinc 
for winter plants. Fewer ornaments would have been better 
but there are several other 
devices that are often over¬ 
looked. 
The glazing of the window 
is in itself an important dec¬ 
orative factor to which too 
much attention cannot be paid. 
Large panes of glass, filling 
the whole sash, may 
have certain advantages when 
it comes to cleaning or to af¬ 
fording an unobstructed view, 
but they can scarcely be re¬ 
garded as beautiful or as 
adding to the charm of a 
room. For all the help they 
give to the decorative value of 
a room, the window might 
just as well be a featureless, 
staring, opening in the wall. 
Windows glazed with these 
big panes need all the soften¬ 
ing effect that curtains may 
be made to give. 
The problem of decorating 
a room will be much simpli¬ 
fied and much aided by hav¬ 
ing sashes with the smaller, 
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