Most Greek homes hold a few beautiful pieces of embroidery that have been passed from hand to hand and now lie hidden away in drawers.
It’s true that, however charming and intricate the old doilies and lace squares in our grandmothers’ homes may be, we would hesitate to display them on a table in a more modern home, as earlier generations did.
That is why we are so excited by the idea of using these pieces of traditional craft, which stir so many memories of the past, to create beautiful and original artworks for decorating your walls!
• To make lace wall decorations, you can use solid-colour canvases or frames with a bold coloured background as a base. Set your doilies or lace squares on top, and the lovely details that make them so unique will stand out.
• If you have many different doilies or lace squares, you can still put them to use by creating a gallery wall of multiple frames.
• You can use the pieces you have as they are, or use details from them that fit your own frames.
Even large old crocheted tablecloths can be transformed into big, imposing works of art.
These pieces can be used in every room, from the living room, dining room, kitchen and hallway to the bedroom, bringing a note of nostalgia and highlighting the romantic, vintage character of the space.
We have also come across bolder applications of the idea, even in more modern spaces, such as the bedroom below, which achieves such a striking result by combining old and new.
Below are several ways of putting the idea into practice. We hope they will persuade you to take grandmother’s doilies and lace squares out of the drawers and bring them back into the spotlight!
Photos: shelterness.com | lindsaylandmanevents.blogspot.com
Text – Editing: Natasa Lianopoulou
