| Window coverings made of the fabrics that are | | | | lace was used at the windows to add a feminine |
| considered French Country are richly-colorful in bold | | | | touch to an otherwise plain, sparsely-furnished room. |
| prints and paisleys. Most often done in muted tones of | | | | Imagine the pleasing balance created between the |
| purple, yellow, pink, and green, the whole point of the | | | | frothy effusion of lace and the thick posts of heavy |
| fabrics is to emulate the colors found by gazing out at | | | | wooden furniture. |
| the French countryside. | | | | You will find that most French window treatments |
| Every window needs some kind of special touch to | | | | incorporate thick, heavy curtains with a decorative |
| keep it from looking plain and bare. By adding a | | | | valance. If you choose you can add blinds, but |
| gracious window treatment to a window, even the | | | | traditional French homes very seldom used them in |
| plainest window becomes at once charming and | | | | their décor. Most blinds are quite plain, run |
| appealing. Somehow a window finished with a beautiful | | | | horizontally, and block out a lot of sunlight. |
| window treatment can become either a focal point or | | | | Toile prints are probably the designs Americans most |
| lovely backdrop for your French Country room. | | | | often associate with the French. Toile is an elegant |
| The French are famous for their love of flowers and | | | | print fabric which depicts various scenes from |
| fruit, both of which are motifs present in many of the | | | | everyday French life which are repeated over and |
| French Country window coverings that are available | | | | over down the length of the fabric. Toile has a look |
| ready-made. You will find designs of plump yellow | | | | that is both childlike and whimsical. For that reason, it |
| lemons, delicate purple lilacs, and many other rustic | | | | has become a very popular fabric for use in children's |
| depictions of fruits and flowers. | | | | rooms. However, it is certainly lovely enough to set the |
| Intricate lace designs often find a place in French | | | | theme in any room. |
| Country window blinds and curtains. Historically white | | | | |