Drapes are practical and environmentally sound. They keep out the drafts in winter (central heating is still not one of England’s strong points) and the hot sun in the summer. And as both Scarlett O’Hara and Carol Burnett have demonstrated, you can always make a gown out of them in a pinch.

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