Originally Posted by
Suz
...........Anyone else remember curtain stretchers with all those tiny nails?
OMG .... haven't thought of those in years!
Ours weren't lace but some sort of a mesh with coloured lines of thread giving a bit of a design to them. The house was just so much brighter all of a sudden!
I knew summer was almost here when I came home from school and our dining room was filled with those huge stretcher frames. And indeed, the nails, I can't forget as we were always forewarned to stay clear and not get our clothes caught or prick our fingers!
Then come fall they'd be packed away for the heavier winter curtains. They were seldom closed, but helped keep the draft at the edges windows and less of the coldness from the glass from chilling the house.