Trend Tidbits
-- Gifts & Decorative Accessories, 12/1/2000
- Rattan rules the furnishings world.
- Chenille rules the upholstery world.
- Accessories with multiple uses are popular.
- Large accessories-such as Palecek's 48" x 24" serving tray-are in.
- A color to watch for: buttermilk
- Consumers are turned on by fabrics that have a "rougher" hand.
- Anything that looks old sells.
- Materials to watch for in decorative accessories: pressed tin and wire
- Vendors are combining leathers with fabrics in sofas and chairs; it's an easier sell to women, who may be turned off by the all-leather look.
