The plan is to get a duvet that's goldish and then just fold the quilt up at the bottom of the bed. I'm not parting with the quilt. Browny, et al., it's not old, it's just a Ralph Lauren quilt that mimics an old pattern (and was extremely overpriced). Here are two closeups of the fringe; as you can/should see, it's a perfect match for the rug and chair and, I think, the velvet in the curtains. And you're in withdrawal because I haven't yet finished my other (and small) things. I'll post about one of them tomorrow (it's about where to hang this new framed oil painting I got (there's a teaser of it below)), but this past weekend I also made the terrible mistake of thinking I could easily strip an old 5-panel door I got to match the closet door in my living room. If you recall, I had my contractor put in a new 32" door for my bathroom to make furniture moving easier and just to have a bigger door. Well, I hated the look of the 6-panel door just 5' away from my original 5-panel door. So I went on a hunt at the local salvage yard and found a matching 5-panel, 32" door with a brass mortise lock and properly hung. I couldn't pass it up, and it was just $45 once I talked her down a bit and told her I didn't want the hinges, knob, and rosettes it came with. So I took it home and spent 7 hours stripping 1 side. Disaster. But it's getting there as you can see below, albeit from an upside down positioning of the door. Here's the door (one side nearly completely stripped of about 20 layers of paint) and the teaser of the new painting that is going to go in any room of my house.

Too funny! I've thought about doing that myself. We have brick floors and Oriental rugs throughout our house and the ones with the long fringe are such a PIA! They hardly ever lay straight and get so messy looking. Turk, my bad-boy dobie, chewed on the foyer rug's fringe when he was a pup. That side's now up against the front door and so it looks naturally messy while hiding the chewed part ;^P In recent years I've refused to buy any rug without the shorter fringe. I've seriously thought of trimming the fringe on the longer ones myself. To me, that's a more practical solution . . . except for the foyer rug. I'm waiting to hear about replacing fringe on your thread for that one! Lynn

I am long waisted and have been wearing a lot of tunic tops. Unfortunately, there is a fine line between tunic and maternity and it is often hard to find tops that aren't too voluminous. My kids have been wearing lace shorts for a few years. The trend may have hit our house earlier because my kids are older or because of my daughter's sorority influences. Many (not all) Southern sorority girls are always on hunt for the newest thing. Missy, I have noticed the retro bathing suits as well. Sadly, the trend has not hit the high school girls around here who could often use extra covering. I recently saw an online article about the backlash against thongs and the resurgence of granny panties as the choice for twenty somethings. lol. Can we just have a happy medium?

It seems unusual to have that problem in a short time. I have a Turkish carpet which originally had a long fringe. All was fine for 20+ years until the dog suddenly took a fancy and chewed part of the fringe --grrr as you can imagine! She was 2 at the time and never chewed anything before or since. I had it repaired, and then a few years later, unrelated to the chewing repair, the fringes started to unwind and loosen out. The same specialist rewove a new short fringe and there have been no problems. He explained to me that after long periods, i.e. decades, some long-fringed carpets are susceptible to unravelling. It should not happen in a short time. Mine never looked dirty or balled up - mysterious about yours. If you haven't had it long, maybe consult the vendor or manufacturer. Or, you could just leave it tucked under, or have it replaced with either new fringe or binding.