Lovely readers, what do you know about lace edging on shelves? I've taken a recent interest in this topic, and here's why:
Ever since Caroline from Caroline's Clothing left me a comment on one of my recent posts about how she loves edging like this on vitrines and cabinets with glass doors and actually reproduced this effect on the buffet in her kitchen, I've been scouring the internet to find out more about this tradition.
(Caroline, to answer your question, this photo was taken in a local antique store. I snapped this picture to remind my future self to try this out if I ever get the right cabinet!)
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| From the calendar "Aus Großmutters Küche" by Christa Versley, Korsch Verlag |
But it seems very little has been written on this topic! So I'm going to offer every bit of knowledge I've acquired about decorating shelf edges, and in exchange, I would love to hear anything you know about this topic! (See the end of this post for more details.)
Apparently shelf decorations can take two forms:
