Perhaps the windows are at the end and side of the room, leaving a long wall, on which you probably have the sideboard with out any upright feeling to balance the windows. A hanging shelf over the sideboard and the screen in front of the kitchen door will balance the room.
Wall to wall curtaining. By this is meant curtaining an entire wall space, either on the length, or on the width, of a room according to the placing of the windows. It is a new note in decorating in which has grown out of the large groups of windows of newer houses. This treatment may be used to enlarge windows by using draperies over a plain wall space. In the attractive room above the curtains are Continue reading
Another type is the shallow bay window shown below. In many of the newer one story houses of ranch type, bamboo shades, in soft neutral tone of beige are both smart and practical. They may be raised or lowered to suit the needs of light. A bright afternoon sun is nicely screened, for instance, if they are lowered and, of course they are a protection at night. The group is full of suggestions: the placing of the modern two tier table the standard lamp, the sofa, the excellent, inexpensive and practical rug, with a slight pattern are all note worthy. The rug, a clean informal floor covering is a type which comes in many soft colorings and standard sizes and is a blend of wool and carpet rayon. Or where a more formal treatment is wishes in a colonial house, the suggestions given below could be followed. Or again over bamboo or Venetian blinds, use full length curtains of one of the rayon or chintz. 
But since windows differ and need varying treatments, here are curtain arrangements for groups of windows. Group of windows should be treated as one. Two different types are shown on the opposite page. The double windows in the altogether delightful dining room with walls of green and white striped wallpaper (lower picture) offers all short of interesting and economical turns and twist in decorating. An inexpensive bamboo screen, such as is used for porches is hung on the window frame across both windows. It rolls up and down on a cord and the cost is comparatively small. The draperies are in a bold green and white pattern the green deeper than the stripe of the paper. For these good sunfast washable chintz or crash in fifty inch width is reasonably priced. 
