RE: MURANO GONE-O
Okay. I’ll answer my own question. What is already soooooo last year? Glam Hollywood accessories like this stacked sphere lamp from Williams Sonoma Home. I used to love this lamp — a former Jan Showers staple — until I saw it on every shelf from Z Gallerie to Target. Now it’s no longer special, simply ubiquitous. Still handsome though. Sigh.
RE: MURANO GONE-O
When I read in a recent Pottery Barn catalog — and, yes, a mail-order catalog counts as reading … perhaps it’s not Beowulf, but it’s a start — that one of their new chandeliers was “Murano-inspired” I realized the end was near. Like I’ve said before, I love my big-box retailers (who doesn’t love cheap knockoffs for the masses?) but leave it to those stores to run something into the ground. Lets take bets on what’s next: Coral is out. Murano is history. And don’t get me started on botanical prints. Any takers?
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