Articles for August 15th, 2008
The Greening of Metrocon
I wandered through Metrocon yesterday and noticed two major influences - green and tile. Almost every booth had some kind of informative blah blah about green, or eco, or sustainablity. I don’t know about you but it is all starting to sound kind of like sound bites to me. Maybe if we just look at this practically - re-use what you can, re-cycle what you can’t, and build with materials that aren’t endangered we can make sense of it all. Or maybe I’m just dense. The other trend is tile and it is certainly compatible with the green issue. Marble, glass, stone, and porcelain - tile is moving out of the kitchen and bath and will soon be part of your decor through out your house. And the designs - linear, geometric and bold - taking influence from the large scale wallpaper patterns that are so popular now. Check out Horizon, Ann Sacks, Walker Zanger, or Arizona Tile to name a few.
Stephanie Anne Says, “So Long China”
If you think Stephanie Anne is the place to go to find the most beautiful, classic china, unfortunately, you will have to find a new fave. Stephanie Anne’s has decided to discontinue their china offerings, and solely offer their stoneware collections (bummer!). Supposedly, just not enough people are buying china these days to keep the collections in stock. Hurry and make your Stephanie Anne china purchases while you can, because it won’t last long. Oh ya, all china pieces are 20% off.
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