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FOR UNUSUAL PLACES 
W'indow, the French Door Can All Be Over- 
Opening Whilst the Cover Can 
A Decoration 
AWNING fabrics come in so many shades and stripes today that one 
l\. should have no difficulty in choosing a style suitable to the house. 
The awnings should blend with the general color tone of the fai^ade and 
not present too vivid a contrast. They can be finished with a plain 
or fringed scalloped edge, or be simply bound with tape of a con¬ 
trasting color, the bottom cut with a curve to break the bottom line. 
Too fancy a finish should be avoided, however. The best service 
will be given by simple tone fabrics finished simply. 
One long gear-roller awning, in¬ 
stead of two or more smaller 
ones, can be used on a long 
stretch of piazza. When a sleep¬ 
ing porch is enclosed by screens 
without any opening, this roller 
awning can be operated from the 
inside of the porch by means of 
a crank. Another awning for a 
sleeping porch that can be used 
as a protection from wind as well 
as sun, can be dropped to a verti¬ 
cal position, thus bringing it flat 
against, the piazza to form a wall 
or curtain. It can also be raised 
and made to do duty as an ordi¬ 
nary awning 
A French door that opens out¬ 
ward is treated with a double 
frame or hunch-back awning. 
This allows space for the door to 
swing out easily. It can be made 
either with or without side wings. 
The double fold gathers the awn¬ 
ing back against the top of the 
door in orderly folds. The pat¬ 
tern chosen for this awning is a 
style much in vogue ■— panels 
marked out on the awning fabric 
by braid of a contrasting color. 
It gives an orderly appearance to 
the door and a group of such 
awnings will enrich the summer 
appearance of the country house 
The window of extraordinary 
height requires a sliding rod along 
the side. To this the frame of 
the awning is attached. This de¬ 
vice makes it possible for the 
awning to project only a mod¬ 
erate distance from the building, 
instead of the full drop which 
the tall frame would suggest. In 
this awning the seams of the cur¬ 
tains are bound with a braid of 
contrasting color and the bottom 
is finished with a simple, bound 
scalloped edge 
