Monthly Archives: December 2009

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 [...]

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 [...]

What to put on table between meals depends somewhat on the type of the room. If it is of a formal type, a silver bowl or covered warning dish brings the gleam of silver to the center of the room. There are many attractive hot water dishes with roll tops, much used in the 18th [...]