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Back to the Future - Lace Curtains Re-imagined   So why do lace curtains still have appeal?   I mean this is the 21st century isn't it?   I suppose, lace curtains say something about Art and Creativity. Lace also says something about that special magic that appears only when something is created by hand.    Lace has an ethereal quality. It combines space and non space, light and form,    a barrier that lets the outside in but doesn't let the inside be so very revealing. Lace leaves something to the imagination.       Lace means that this particular space is an entry into the world of the Feminine. A seeming world of kindness and gentleness. A world of growth and possibility. A deeper world of Creativity, of nature and of surprise.   At the edge of the home, at the window there can be - beauty, fragility and strength. Lace combines all three.   Not an aesthetic for all, but only for those who have a love of delicacy and finer energies. For lace

Lace at the window     Okay. I know this is a trifle old fashioned, but note how effective this is at allowing light in while privacy is maintained. Yes. This is exactly what your grandmother might have placed at the window but there was method in her design.       Lace curtains incorporate light and beauty with craft, effectively feminizing the interior of this room.           The entire feeling of each of these rooms has been transformed into a kind of magical world of delicacy and refinement. No minimalism here. Instead a curious kind of fragility.   Yes. Here too a simple vinyl roller blind tucked up underneath any of these curtains would add to the privacy and warmth most of us need at night. Our forebears were solving these puzzles of what to do with the window long before modern methods. Besides, isn't minimalism a little too masculine sometimes? A little too utilitarian? Doesn't minimalism occasionally add an unnecessary brutality to wha