Vintage Curtains

Tiny beige lace with fine wisps of embroidery embellish these curtains.   I've been dreaming of them for months but didn't know where to find them.  Today they appeared.  Mama had some of these that I didn't inherit.  I thought I'd never find any more but today I did.   They are for the master bathroom in our last house... the last move we are making.

In this house hang old, new, filmy, practical, country, checked, printed and elegant lace curtains.   The oldest curtains I made for a kitchen in 1986.   In one of our South Carolina houses we had a true country kitchen, complete with a wood stove.   Ernie made my kitchen cabinets just the way I wanted them with wood counter-tops and a porcelain sink.  The ceiling was ten foot high.  The east wall had a very tall window and two more enormous windows faced the west.  The floor was old wood and I loved it.   A walk in pantry lined with shelves provided more storage.  It was a wonderful kitchen; of all the kitchens I ever had, this one was my favorite.  I wallpapered it in vintage print that had tiny vines and blue flowers.   It needed rich blue country curtains so I sewed them full of lace edged ruffles.   These curtains are now hanging in our daughter's bedroom who "loves every shade of blue there is".   They are 26 years old and still serving watch over the back barnyard.  

This "Last Move House" also has a huge dining room window.  There hangs the most delicate of curtains.   These were purchased for the above country house in 1986 as well, dreamy cream colored ruffled priscillas.  They have hung in every single house in the past 26 years, always there was a window or two that needed dreamy creamy priscillas.  Today they keep an eye on the front yard, letting in the morning sun as birds flock to the feeder just outside the window.   The fabric is thin and fragile but I can't bear to part with them.     They would have many stories to tell if curtains could talk.

I love curtains.  They speak life to a room.  Curtains add sparkle to the day as the sun peeks through.   At evening time they block out the world and create a haven within.  Curtains tell what kind of woman lives within the rooms.  Her style and dreams can be caught in the curtains she displays.