Article: Consider type of house, furniture when choosing window treatments.(Originated from Knight-Ridder Newspapers)

W indow treatments are a bit like hair styles. You see a picture in a magazine of a style that looks great, so you tear out the page and say, ``I want that!''

Wrong approach, says Pam Singer, manager of the Calico Corners home-decorating store in Strafford, Pa., outside Philadelphia. What looks wonderful in a glamorously styled magazine room may not be right for your home at all.

``There are certain styles that are suited to an old stone house in Philadelphia,'' she says, ``but a new house with large, overscale furniture and Palladian windows will suggest a different treatment.''

Likewise a rowhouse or a ranch. Before you rush into ...

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