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1920s Apartment, Craftsman Rugs, Craftsman Style Interiors, Historic Home Renovation, Apartment Curtains, Ladies Home Journal, Home Journal, Window Dressing, 100 Years Ago

18-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today: Thursday, July 10, 1913: Ditto Her middle-aged granddaughter’s comments 100 years later: The previous day Grandma wrote, “Not so very much doing today,” so I guess that a hundred years ago today was another quiet day. Sometimes I wonder where Grandma was sitting when she wrote these diary…

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Portieres, or Door Curtains, for Houses 1900–1940 Curtains For Closet Doors, Victorian Rooms, Victorian Curtains, Tapestry Curtains, French Door Curtains, Victorian Door, Victorian Bedroom, Glass Menagerie, Victorian Interiors

Practically, this drapery hung in doorways to stop drafts (and dampens sound) between rooms—but portieres also offer a romantic, inviting transition by softening doorways. Most were frequently made from tapestry to match the wall hangings and give some decorative cohesion to the room, but portieres might also be made of strung beads, tassels and decorative cording, even seashells (for your beach bungalow). They remain an appropriate accent for the Arts & Crafts home today.

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