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Whatever ya do, don't order the lace item from Brocade.

I ordered a whole bunch of furniture from there when I completely re-did my apartment. Almost EVERYTHING arrived broken in some way or another.

I ordered the lace front media cabinet. It arrived broken so I sent it back. They sent me a replacement: THE SAME CABINET. It was damaged in exactly the same place and was in the same damaged box the same way I had repackaged it.

I ordered the hourglass side table. The drawers didn't work. I sent it back. They sent me another one. The drawers didn't work. They sent a "furniture medic" a MONTH later, who finally fixed the drawers today. He also fixed the drawers on the hourglass dresser, which also arrived with broken drawers. This was the second furniture medic sent to repair that particular piece.

The pieces that I have here now, yes, are lovely. They are really pretty and look great in the room. But they've all had to be tweaked and fixed in some way. I never did end up with the media cabinet. I was so furious I told them to take it back and refund my money.

So. Lace = pretty. Lace from Brocade = nightmare.

another cool lace concept is lace packing tape. I bet there are 101 cool uses for this: http://www.oboiler.com/tape/tape.html

I LOVE the lacy chair. I can't get away with too much of a lace theme in my house, with my retro-minded husband... but these chairs really blend a retro feel (the shape) with the lace design. Very elegant yet mod....!!