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 on the long wall of the room over a group of windows with the effect emphasized by using the same material (or matching wallpaper) on the ceiling.

Even the indirect light is covered with the pattern. The fireplace wall is of brick painted to match the background of the colorful chintz, with the fire opening completed by a fascinating copper hood. The other two walls are of plaster. Note that the French Provincial chairs of Beachwood, covered in small all over print of the period are drawn up to an 18^th century mahogany pedestal table. The beige rug, with is nubby surface, completes an unusual and delightful bit of decorating. The combination of furniture of the right scale, of different periods used with imagination such as this shows the new decorating trends. Now turn on the room opposite: here is a new type of dining room with walls of wooden plank painted gray green with the brick fireplace of the same tone. The metal supports of the table and chairs are black, as is the 17^th century black iron candle fixture suspended over the table.

Curtains and window seats may be most decorative features and many houses especially those built twenty to forty years ago, have window seats. There are formal and informal ways of handling them. In the house of English type two sets of curtains may be used. Casement cloth, which is a good fabric for the short glass curtains under draperies, ca also be used alone as it is an opaque material. In either case hooks sewed to the backs of the curtains g into rings which are placed on the rods. Rods are fastened to the frame in double hung windows or casement windows opening out. For casement windows opening in a short rod should be placed on each separate casement window. In formal rooms if window seat is recessed, patterned draperies may be hung from the wall opening to the floor at each side of the window seat.

Treat bay windows as one as suggested in the dining room above at right. Here is one of the most attractive rooms I know. The walls wood work and scalloped window cornices are all of a soft sky blue. The Colonial mantel shelf holds a pet collection of jars; the furniture is mahogany with the chair covered in ivory leather which matches the color of the rough textured draperies hung from the blue cornice. In this sunny country house no glass curtains are needed and the draperies are full enough to cover the windows when draw at night. A curved rod is used supported in the middle by a hook the curtains following the curve when closed. Note that the window at left of picture shows a deep recess and that the curtains hang from the wall opening to the floor in a straight line. This is right for a room of somewhat formal character. In an informal room they could be hung next to the glass and reach only to the sill.