The two windows were treated with lush pink swags and floor-length (breaking ever so slightly) draperies, behind which hung lace panels.

Paltrow's choice, which revealed her underwear through sheer black lace panels, led to her being named 4th worst-dressed celebrity of the year by Time.

A lace panel that curves in a serpentine way up one thigh and around the back is one of these details.

Then there are shutters in natural or white-painted wood: if you have Victorian shutters, strip them, and hang a pretty lace panel at the window.

At strategic places, it was inset with lace panels that offered a glimpse of flesh.

Look at the sheer lace panel blown back from the French doors.

Down from all four windows came our dark-wood blinds and up went full-length flower-print curtains with lace panels beneath; a softer look was obviously sought.

The draperies were a heavy midnight blue velvet, and the lace panels were full of gracefully drawn peacocks.

'But that looks dangerous,' I said, 'with it under the lace panels and so near to the draperies.'

Variously patterned lace panels hang over portions of the windows, and the overhead lights are uneven and harsh.